Round 1 Medicine Cabinets FOR REVIEW
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For this 1st round gallery, we’ve focused on showing you different types of medicine cabinets that are available. For efficiency, I’ve pulled just one example of each type. Once you’ve narrowed down the type of cabinet, we can pull more examples within that category. We have focused on cabinets that are 20” - 24” and ones that are 30” wide as those sizes balance best with the ~31” wide vanity top that will be underneath. If you’d like to see other sizes, just let us know!
Initial sketch showing size relationships
This sketch is just a reference to orient you as to how a 20” to 24” or a 30” medicine cabinet will fit over the new vanity.
Detail showing 20”, 24” and 30” medicine cabinets in relation to the ~31” vanity top.
Overview showing size relationships within the full context of bathroom (click on image to see it larger if needed).
types of 20 -24 inch Medicine cabinets
Frameless Mirrored Recessed Cabinets (Rectangular):
Signature Hardware Alastor 23” w x 30” h frameless medicine cabinet with beveled edge. Can be mounted fully recessed or on the wall. Specifications don’t provide interior depth but it looks like it will not hold anything that’s more than 3-1/2” front to back. Available from Build.com for $207.90 + tax with free shipping.
Also come in 20” and 24” widths from different manufacturers.
Frameless Mirrored Recessed Cabinets (Oval):
Kohler Verdera comes in a frameless 24”w x 34” h oval that can be mounted fully recessed or on the wall (shown above). Cabinet itself is ~21 h x 16” w and looks like it will not hold anything that’s more than 3-1/2” front to back. Available from Kohler for $474.97 plus tax with free shipping.
Also come in 24”w x 36” h, 21”w x 31” h and other sizes in between from different manufacturers.
Frameless Mirrored Recessed Cabinets (Arched):
Kohler Archer comes with a 20” w x 31” h frameless arched mirror and a cabinet that’s approximately 18-1/2” w x 24” h. It also looks like it would accommodate an items that’s around 3.5” from front to back - but may be a hair less deep than the other two. Available for $191 plus tax with free shipping from build.com
There are other manufacturers who make arched designs in different sizes and also with more rounded corners and/or a softer arch on the mirror.
Polygonal Recessed Cabinets
Rejuvenation Hardware Alberta has a 20” w x 30” h octagonal mirror with a cabinet that’s approximately 17” w x 21” h and will hold items approximately 3.5” from front to back. Available from Rejuvenation.com for $449 plus tax
Rejuvenation makes a number of other shapes including a curvy octogon (Ossie), a rectangle with rounded corners (Oliver), a rounded rectangle with an arched top (Grae) and a rectangle with an ogee shaped top (Carmen). Some of these are frameless and some have thin metal frames.
Frameless Mirror Recessed Cabinet with Inset Illumination
ExBrite Opale 24” w x 30” h will accommodate items that are approximately 3.5” from front to back. The color temperature and brightness of the light is adjustable, it has a heat setting so it doesn’t fog up and an outlet inside the cabinet. Would require an electrician to add wiring before we install it. Available from Lowes,com for $365 plus tax with free shipping.
There are a lot of other manufacturers that make similar items with the same or slightly different features.
Frameless Mirror Recessed Cabinet with Edge Illumination
ExBrite Rim 24” w x 32” h has all of the same features as the Opale but the light goes around the edge of the mirror. The picture shows it surface mounted but it can be recess mounted as well. Available from ExBrite/allsumhome.com for $578.85 plus tax with free shipping. Note: the product page shows a higher price that comes down when you add it to your cart.
They also make versions with a frame and with the light in bars on either side instead of all 4 sides. See more options here.
Recessed Mirrored Cabinet with Picture Frame
Kohler K2967 framed recessed medicine cabinet is 20” w x 26” h with a cabinet that’s approximately 19” w x 25” h and can hold an items that are up to around 3.5” from front to back. It comes with an oil rubbed bronze frame. Available from Build.com for $223.99 plus tax with free shipping.
Kohler also makes a version with a silver finished mirror for $188.00. The frame could also be painted another color.
Other manufacturers make picture frame cabinets with a variety of frames - wider, thinner, more ornate, simpler/cleaner, etc. As mentioned previously, we could also look into having Vienna Woodworks provide us with extra matching wood to add as a frame to one of the frameless cabinets.
Semi-Recessed MIrrored Cabinet - extra deep
Empire Windsor 24-7/8” w x 30-3/16” h semi-recessed mirrored cabinet has a 3-7/8” deep cabinet that recesses into the wall like a normal recessed cabinet but it also comes out of the wall an additional 5-5/8” so you can store items up that are up to 6-7/8” from front to back. Available from QualityBath.com for $573.30 plus tax with free shipping.
Other manufacturers make semi-recessed cabinets that may protrude from the wall a little less and some come out more and can hold even larger items. Some look more traditional like this one and others more modern. This specifications sheet makes it a little easier to understand how the semi-recessed cabinets fit into a wall.
types of 30 inch Medicine cabinets
Frameless Mirrored Recessed Cabinets (Rectangular):
Kohler 30” w x 26” h Double Door Reversible Hinge Frameless Mirrorred Medicine Cabinet. It can be surface mounted or recessed and holds items up to approximately 3.5” from front to back. Available for $202.59 from build.com.
There are LOTS of 30” frameless medicine cabinets. The 2 main differences between a 30” wide frameless cabinet and a 20-24” wide one are that the door will be in 2 parts - either 1/3 - 2/3 as shown above or 50/50. They also come in a greater variety of heights from 26” - 36”.
Frameless Mirror Recessed Cabinet with Inset Illumination
ExBrite Boost M1 30” w x 30” h will accommodate items that are approximately 3.5” from front to back. The color temperature and brightness of the light is adjustable, it has a heat setting so it doesn’t fog up and an outlet inside the cabinet. Would require an electrician to add wiring before we install it. Available from ExBrite/Allsumhome for $616.25 (lower price in cart).
There are several other options in both the 30” x 30” and 30”w x 32”h size range. The ExBrite Rim edge illuminated version also comes in 30” w x 32” h - see details in the 20”-24” section.
Recessed Mirrored Cabinet with Picture Frame
Lunara framed recessed medicine cabinet is 30” w x 32” h with a cabinet that’s approximately 29” w x 30” h and can hold an items that are up to around 3.25” from front to back. It’s shown here with an oil rubbed bronze frame but also comes in black, silver and white - the frame can also be painted any color. Note: the photo makes it look as though the right side is glass but both sides are mirror - it’s just reflecting some open shelves. Available from Wayfair for $309.99 plus tax with free shipping.
Other manufacturers make 30” wide picture frame cabinets with a variety of frames - wider, thinner, more ornate, simpler/cleaner, etc.
Framed Mirrored Recessed Cabinets (Round):
NicBex has a 31.5” diameter mirror with a ~18” h x 25” w cabinet that can be fully recessed. It will not hold anything that’s more than 3.25” front to back. Available from Target for $289.77.
There are a lot of surface mount round mirrors in the 30” size range but very few that can be recess mounted.
Note: I was not able to find semi-recessed cabinets in a 30” width but there are lots and lots of surface mount cabinets (here’s just one example) that we could mount as semi-recessed cabinets by using plaster techniques to fill any gaps between the drywall and the cabinet.