Variety in Medicine Cabinets

There is a large variety of medicine cabinets in the market. However, before you even go out to buy a piece for yourself, the most important thing to consider is what you should choose and how? Buying bathroom storage furniture can be tricky if you have limited space in the bathroom. It becomes even more complicated if you need medicine cabinets for multi usage in bathroom for various needs.

Most often people install a medicine cabinet to store items that are used with sink or mirror in the bathroom. This helps to keep products safe and stores items such as cosmetics and toiletries within easy reach. Always have a look at the variety of medicine cabinets to get the best for your bathroom.

Size of Medicine Cabinets

Medicine Cabinets are available in a variety of sizes usually with two or three shelves. Movable shelves let you to arrange the medicine cabinet the way you want to store the essential items.

Most of the medicine cabinets have mirrored doors or an interior mirror. These cabinets fit above the sink.  In many cases, medicine cabinets are located under a lighting fixture to make shaving, putting on makeup and contacts easier and to give bathroom the added warmth of overhead light.

Medicine cabinets usually range from four to six feet in size. If you want maximum storage space in your bathroom, the six feet medicine cabinet with a big mirror, upper & lower shelves and single door is best. However, some medicine cabinets are designed in such a way to be linked together.

Place the cabinet at a height where all the users can access it easily. However, if you intent to keep medicines in it, make sure that they are placed in high shelves where children cannot reach them.

Types of Medicine Cabinets:

There are two most used types of medicines cabinets available in the market. The main difference lies in their installation. They are:

• Recessed medicine cabinets  
• Surface mounted medicine cabinets

Both these types of cabinets are designed for flat walls and counter mounting, depending on the requirement. Surface mounted medicine cabinets are the ones that hang on the wall supported by nails and fixtures while recessed medicine cabinets are fitted in the wall after cutting it down. Recessed cabinets give a spacious look to your bathroom as they are fixed inside the wall instead of hanging on it. Surface mounted cabinets are available in left or right hinges and provide a side kit for both mirrors and lights.

Variety in Shapes and Designs

Medicine cabinets are available in rectangular, oval, arched and round shapes. Typically, they are available in widths of twenty inches, twenty-four inches, thirty inches and thirty-six inches. There are wider ones too with triple mirrors in forty-eight inches or sixty inches. The materials generally used in making medicine cabinets are oak, aluminum, maple, chrome, plastic and brushed nickel.

Most of the medicine cabinets have a beveled or plain mirror door. However, a few come in clear or ribbed glass doors. Bevels mirrors are usually done in 0.5 inch, 0.75 inch or 1inch.

Apart from these, there are also medicine cabinets that have built-in lights above the mirror or lights running in a vertical line on both sides such as in a Hollywood make-up mirror.

Some medicine cabinets are available with accoutrements like side mirrors, a few electrical outlets to recharge electronic appliances, fixed magnifying mirror and toothbrush holder or a night lamp.

Medicine cabinets are sold either separately or as parts of bathroom sets that consist of faucets and fixtures such as vanity, lighting, sink, tub or shower, bidet, toilet, etc. All of these fixtures are essential parts of bathroom furniture and help to give a unified décor theme to match your home.

There is an endless variety of medicine cabinets to choose from to best suit your bathroom and home. Get the best variety in bathroom medicine cabinet to add that great look to your bathroom now!

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