How To Turn A Mirror Into A Recessed Medicine Cabinet

One thing that screams 1990 s to me a recessed plastic storage compartment with a mirrored swinging door.

How to turn a mirror into a recessed medicine cabinet. 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. Today we re showing you how to turn an old medicine cabinet into open shelving. Remove the mirror from the front of the. Turn a medicine cabinet into a framed picture with hidden storage behind it.

Diy built medicine cabinet via diynetwork 10 of 11. How can i convert a bathroom mirror into a medicine cabinet. Recessed or surface mount. Purchase a standard recessed medicine cabinet one that s meant to be installed in the wall between studs.

Is it glued to the wall. Diy recessed medicine cabinet via hertoolbelt 7 of 11. Isn t that a good plan. Add a quick and easy diy frame to a plain mirrored bathroom medicine cabinet.

Your cabinet frame can be larger or smaller than the frame mirror. 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. Aka the medicine cabinet. On sep 14 2018.

Diy mirror and glass medicine cabinet via victoriaelizabethbarnes 9 of 11. I made a recessed medicine cabinet hidden behind a sliding mirror idea stolen from u zealotnic on r diy. So while this post started as a medicine cabinet makeover it turned into turning a mirror into a medicine cabinet from scratch. Another option would be to buy an inexpensive surface mount medicine cabinet x2 and afix the frame mirror to it.

How big is mirror. Post with 1922 votes and 176738 views. A recessed medicine cabinet comes in a variety of sizes and shapes including thin round tall wide and oval shapes. If you want a wider cabinet you will need to build it outside of the framing or build a jacked structural frame within the wall.

These are great for hiding what you don t want your guests to see but are impractical in a lot of senses. You can see the scrapped base above it used 2 6 s to box in my mirror on 3 sides. 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. 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.

It would be great for a bathroom bedroom or anywhere you need a little extra organizational space.