February 05, 2007
Medicine Cabinet
18-20 years ago I ripped out the in the wall medicine cabinet and replaced it with a larger on the wall cabinet. Which rusted and the mirrored doors fell off. Decided to take the time to Do It Right:
The hole in the wall is between two studs with top/bottom headers giving me a 14.25" wide by 20.5" high opening. And since it is in a wet wall it is over 6" deep -- which means I could use .25" x 5.5" oak boards from Loews. So I did. Pondered about the back of the cabinet, went with a mirror. Used 1.5" x .25" oak to frame the box. Looks pretty good considering that I am not a cabinet maker. While shopping for cabinets I saw one that had mirrors on both sides of the door -- you have a mirror available with the door open. Had a pair of mirrors cut by Gardena Glass, made an 18" x 24" frame out of 1.5" x .75" oak, mitered the corners, slotted to hold the mirrors. Modified a pair of hinges to work. Only thing left is the magnetic catch.
The ready-made cabinets are only 3.5" deep. My 5.5" deep shelves gives my three 14" shelves as much space as a taller and wider four shelf commercial cabinet.
Posted by Paladin at February 5, 2007 09:52 PMLooks good. Did you ever take the finished door to Gardena Glass to show them the end result?
Posted by: Wendy at February 9, 2007 08:06 AM