Turn A Mirror Into A Medicine Cabinet Door

Turn a medicine cabinet into a framed picture with hidden storage behind it.

Turn a mirror into a medicine cabinet door.

Sand the door panel. Once you find the studs you can determine how high you want the cabinet and how tall you want the cabinet. Shut the door and you now have a framed picture on the wall instead of a medicine cabinet mirror or door. Homfa bathroom wall mirror cabinet with double doors and adjustable shelf 20 9 x 22 8 inch wooden medicine cabinet multipurpose storage organizer kitchen cupboard cream 4 1 out of 5 stars 113 69 99 69.

So while this post started as a medicine cabinet makeover it turned into turning a mirror into a medicine cabinet from scratch. Your cabinet frame can be larger or smaller than the frame mirror. Sanding is necessary to allow the adhesive to penetrate into the door so that the mirror will stay attached. Cut cove molding to fit the inside of the door frame making 45 degree miters at the corners and glue it in place.

Only roughen the area that is going to be covered with the mirror. Wipe away any excess dust before continuing. Another thing to consider is whether you want a door covering the cabinet shelves. Install the door pull.

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. Step 3 attach the mirror to the wall cabinet doors. It would be great for a bathroom bedroom or anywhere you need a little extra organizational space. Step 5 mount the cabinet.

Make sure to keep the hinges attached so you can replace that mirror with your picture. The concealed cabinet this old house. You can see the scrapped base above it used 2 6 s to box in my mirror on 3 sides. Screw the hinges.

Use the caulking gun to insert the liquid nails. Remove the mirror from the front of the cabinet. Isn t that a good plan. Line the hinges up with the holes in the medicine cabinet and screw into place.

Flip the door over apply mirror adhesive to the back of the mirror and lay it in place. 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. Another option would be to buy an inexpensive surface mount medicine cabinet x2 and afix the frame mirror to it. Since the 16 o c.

On center is a standard for most buildings the width of the cabinet is limited to 14 5. So working with just the mirror portion of my cabinet i started laying out my wood.