How To Turn A Mirror Into A Recessed Medicine Cabinet

The oh but a medicine cabinet means you can t have a pretty mirror immediately popped into my head with the intro so i felt pleased to have guessed right on where the post was going also i m sorry about the folks that seem to be a bit personally offended by not prioritizing maximum storage function over form.

How to turn a mirror into a recessed medicine cabinet.

Recessed or surface mount. So the building we just moved out of is about 10 years old and built by a condo developer which means that someone in an interior design office probably chose a lot of the standard features and fixtures mostly based on price. Diy mirror and glass medicine cabinet via victoriaelizabethbarnes 9 of 11. One thing that screams 1990 s to me a recessed plastic storage compartment with a mirrored swinging door.

Post with 1922 votes and 176738 views. So while this post started as a medicine cabinet makeover it turned into turning a mirror into a medicine cabinet from scratch. Diy first aid cabinet via look what i made. These are great for hiding what you don t want your guests to see but are impractical in a lot of senses.

Add a quick and easy diy frame to a plain mirrored bathroom medicine cabinet. Aka the medicine cabinet. It would be great for a bathroom bedroom or anywhere you need a little extra organizational space. Diy medicine cabinet from a mirror via scavengerchic 8 of 11.

Eather ut a hole in the sheet rock and box it in or get a shadow box and attach to the wall then add the mirror with hinges. Today we re showing you how to turn an old medicine cabinet into open shelving. How can i convert a bathroom mirror into a medicine cabinet. If you are looking for something that looks less like a cabinet and more like a mirror on the wall consider a size or shape that is nontraditional or includes a decorative frame.

Another option would be to buy an inexpensive surface mount medicine cabinet x2 and afix the frame mirror to it. Purchase a standard recessed medicine cabinet one that s meant to be installed in the wall between studs. Is it glued to the wall. A recessed medicine cabinet comes in a variety of sizes and shapes including thin round tall wide and oval shapes.

Turn a medicine cabinet into a framed picture with hidden storage behind it. Diy built medicine cabinet via diynetwork 10 of 11. Remove the mirror from the front of the. On sep 14 2018.

So working with just the mirror portion of my cabinet i started laying out my wood. How big is mirror. Diy recessed medicine cabinet via hertoolbelt 7 of 11. Your cabinet frame can be larger or smaller than the frame mirror.

You can see the scrapped base above it used 2 6 s to box in my mirror on 3 sides.