How To Turn A Mirror Into A Recessed Medicine Cabinet

So working with just the mirror portion of my cabinet i started laying out my wood.

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. Purchase a standard recessed medicine cabinet one that s meant to be installed in the wall between studs. 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. Diy first aid cabinet via look what i made.

One thing that screams 1990 s to me a recessed plastic storage compartment with a mirrored swinging door. On sep 14 2018. Is it glued to the wall. 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. I made a recessed medicine cabinet hidden behind a sliding mirror idea stolen from u zealotnic on r diy. Remove the mirror from the front of the. Aka the medicine cabinet.

How big is mirror. You can see the scrapped base above it used 2 6 s to box in my mirror on 3 sides. It would be great for a bathroom bedroom or anywhere you need a little extra organizational space. These are great for hiding what you don t want your guests to see but are impractical in a lot of senses.

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. Today we re showing you how to turn an old medicine cabinet into open shelving. Turn a medicine cabinet into a framed picture with hidden storage behind it. Diy medicine cabinet from a mirror via scavengerchic 8 of 11.

Your cabinet frame can be larger or smaller than the frame mirror. 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. How can i convert a bathroom mirror into a medicine cabinet. Add a quick and easy diy frame to a plain mirrored bathroom medicine cabinet.

Diy built medicine cabinet via diynetwork 10 of 11. Post with 1922 votes and 176738 views. Diy mirror and glass medicine cabinet via victoriaelizabethbarnes 9 of 11. Diy recessed medicine cabinet via hertoolbelt 7 of 11.

So while this post started as a medicine cabinet makeover it turned into turning a mirror into a medicine cabinet from scratch.