If I do that tall one, do you think it would look good if I had it trimmed out to look like built-in, something like this?

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The original part of the home has nice thick trim around the windows and doors and we plan to duplicate that as we remodel the addition that was added in the 1980s. (we're making the house feel consistent)

This is the front of the one cabinet from Wayfair

Would this work? Would it even look good? thanks!

As someone that picked your third option (or something very similar..our came unfinished, and we painted it the walls' color, only in semi-gloss appropriate for wood, so it'd dissappear more)..I vote for it. It 's very unobtrusive, and holds tons of stuff. It goes in the niche between the studs-doesn't take space at all. And performs the function. I think was the best decision I made for that smallish busy working bath. Yes it looks good.

I like vintage feel too.

I'm not sure what you mean about trimming it..the only thing I can say-everything that's non-standard in terms of labour drives up the price. Do you do it yourself, or have a GC with a team? Does it matter if it appears that to build the frame/fit it differently will cost twice the cabinet itself because of the labour(as an example)? Theoretically lots of things can be done, they just start being much more expensive the moment you tweak.

aprilneverends thanks for your feedback. Good point that the labor to install (or add trim) may effectively double the cost of the item. I didn't consider that. (it's early in the remodeling project, can you tell? lol)

After posting I started paying attention to how I use storage in my bathroom. Concerning Option 3, the tall cabinet, I realized that I may not be thrilled bending over to get stuff from the low part of the tall cabinet, esp. if I end up with back problems like both my parents. What do you store there, seldom used items?

They have some cool vintage medicine cabinets but if the main mirror cabinet looks like a plain mirror, will it look off balance to have a vintage cabinet on the side wall? So side medicine cabinet

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Current plan: main mirror: 24x36 plain medicine cabinet with sconces over 4.5 wide vanity.

Before you answer that question, you need to figure out just what you need to store. When I added on to my original tiny master bath in my 1920s home, I took an inventory of exactly what I needed to find storage for, and planned the drawers and cabinets accordingly. My medicine cabinets are just the size you described, and the two vanities have 6 drawers each, and can hold everything I need, including hair dryers and brushes. I have an over-the-toilet cabinet for extra rolls of toilet paper, and a small open shelving unit between the vanities for towels.

Only you can make that determination.

Agreed. Go through your bathroom items and purge what is expired and what you don't use. Then take note. How many liner feet of products do you have that would fit the different size options you have. Also, do you have a hallway linen closet and would any of these products make sense in there?

I once lived in a great 1920s apartment in Chicago with a classic vintage bathroom in immaculate condition. Fantastic tile, deep tub, original sink and other fixtures. I too wanted to up the spa like feel and decided that an uncluttered feel was needed. I used only the vintage mirror medicine cabinet - which held only daily use products. All other products went into organized, stacked bins in the hallway linen closet. It work great for us.

girl_wonder, don't worry, I was unprepared to so many things I won't bore you with the list..))

so I went to see what I store there..or rather, my kids-it's a hall bathroom so it's theirs when they're home, and guests'-and it's easier to say what's not there. My stuff is not.(it's in the master) And supplies and seasonal things(like bug sprays etc) are in the closet in the corridor. I also have several hiding places for medicines allover the house. (for who knows when fate might strike right? lol) Otherwise..it's shaving cream, and alcohol(I mean the one that desinfects), and all sorts of medicines, and creams, and spare soaps and deodorants and shampoos and I don't know what else.

Yes, whatever they use daily is in the upper part of the cabinet. But not neccessarily.

As for your other question, regarding vintage cabinet next to plain mirror-no, it doesn't have to look unbalanced. We did something similar in my MIL's bath . It really depends on proportions and everything else. Will you recess it? If not-it'll go last anyway, and you'll already have all the elements there, and it'll be much easier to figure out what works , what not, and where exactly to put it so it's most pleasing to the eye and most functional height to use.

Whether to go with a long storage cabinet at all or do something else..well it depends on your bath. My hall bath is small, pretty hardworking, the vanity is 36'( I think), it's second hand too and looks light because it has open shelves-I didn't want to overwhelm that bathroom.. The shelves look fine because I use bins there so everything's contained. But I sorely needed much more storage. Hence the biggest ready-made cabinet I could get.

Frankly I was going to buy some cool vintage doors, and started hunting for them -but then they explained to me that I might end up paying thousand and more to build a frame to fit old cool doors. That sad fact brought me to Wayfair. Otherwise I'd have cool vintage doors wherever I could. I had big plans and all that.

In our master we have wall cabinet only in the restroom and it's also vintage and has glass, as a roll of toilet paper aside-I put there things that look pretty. Main space-we have long roomy vanity, custom-made and very conveniently planned, so no need for medicine cabinet. Everything fits inside.

We also have a tiny-tiny powder room, and there we put another vintage cabinet over the toilet and across the mirror. There also the vanity is tiny (rather a stand..also vintage), so the mirror has small shelf (took me months to find a mirror with a shelf that'd fit there. Also Wayfair. And frankly-it's a high price for the quality. , The cabinet holds standard jazz medicines, tooth brushes for guests etc, I like how mirrored vintage cabinet is reflected in the mirror, and vice versa. It's really a tiny space. .

So it depends on so many things-how many bathrooms are there in the house, their sizes, what else will be there in terms of storage, how many people will use it, what are their needs, what are their habits, what are most realistic scenarios for your family..

My mantra usually is-increase smart storage whenever possible. What's smart-will depend. I come from urban living and tight quarters and many people who share them. It always looked pretty, clean, and ready for guests too (guests were big part of life) because of how it was organized.

Bungalow from 40 s sounds very cool. I hope you'll achieve there just that right vibe you look to achieve. Sounds exciting, anxiety aside.

I'd rather use something not recessed if I already have one recessed plain mirror cabinet, and different in nature so it all looks intentional -or something concealed and not taking any attention.

Make sure if you haven't yet that your electrical plan for sconces will work in your space.

Saying that just because I had a plan, and hunted very pretty sconces, and all-but it turned out to be too narrow a space, and sconces could somehow be fit but looked like my life at its low point.

Seeing the plan with measurements will be helpful, if/whenever you decide to ask specific questions.

My parents have that hinge-hung storage cabinet behind their bathroom door and it is awesome in their condo.