Turn A Mirror Into A Medicine Cabinet Door

Sanding is necessary to allow the adhesive to penetrate into the door so that the mirror will stay attached.

Turn a mirror into a medicine cabinet door.

It would be great for a bathroom bedroom or anywhere you need a little extra organizational space. So working with just the mirror portion of my cabinet i started laying out my wood. Step 5 mount the cabinet. On center is a standard for most buildings the width of the cabinet is limited to 14 5.

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. Use the caulking gun to insert the liquid nails. Cut cove molding to fit the inside of the door frame making 45 degree miters at the corners and glue it in place. Isn t that a good plan.

Remove the mirror from the front of the cabinet. Wipe away any excess dust before continuing. Another option would be to buy an inexpensive surface mount medicine cabinet x2 and afix the frame mirror to it. Your cabinet frame can be larger or smaller than the frame mirror.

Turn a medicine cabinet into a message center sarah schreiber sarah schreiber has been writing. Since the 16 o c. 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. So while this post started as a medicine cabinet makeover it turned into turning a mirror into a medicine cabinet from scratch.

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

Turn a medicine cabinet into a framed picture with hidden storage behind it. Flip the door over apply mirror adhesive to the back of the mirror and lay it in place. The concealed cabinet this old house. Sand the door panel.

Another thing to consider is whether you want a door covering the cabinet shelves. Shut the door and you now have a framed picture on the wall instead of a medicine cabinet mirror or door. Step 3 attach the mirror to the wall cabinet doors. If not you can build this a little bit.

Line the hinges up with the holes in the medicine cabinet and screw into place. Fasten the hinges 3 inches from the top and bottom of the door and onto the cabinet frame.