Jazz Up Your Bathroom With A New Vanity Mirror and Medicine Cabinet
Mirrors are a standard feature in bathrooms and powder rooms, both for their practical nature and their ability to visually enlarge a small space.
In most homes, builders simply take a plate mirror cut to size and glue it to the wall.
While this is functional, it is far from fashionable or attractive.
There are only a few ways you can give character to a standard bathroom or powder room.
One is to hang or create a framed mirror over your sink or vanity.
Powder rooms in most homes are small rectangular afterthoughts with a basic vanity and a toilet.
Yet, because it is so small, minor but noticeable changes you can do in a weekend can make a huge difference.
Removing the wall-to wall mirror over the vanity and replacing it with a framed mirror can, along with new faucets, towel accessories and lighting can completely change the feel of a powder room from generic to stylish and full of character.
Since wall-to-wall mirrors are typically glues on, there may be some wall damage to repair or refinishing to do if the mirror is not carefully removed.
Visual interest and softening of the rectangular angles of the walls and vanity can be achieved by hanging an oval or other non-rectangular-shaped framed mirror over the vanity.
The frame should compliment the style and finish of the vanity, faucet and hardware, but it does not have to match.
A muted silver or pickled wood frame makes a nice compliment for a powder room featuring a white vanity and chrome fixtures.
Bathrooms, especially master baths with double sinks, can constitute more of a challenge, since the mirror gets more practical use and the larger size in most homes serves a practical function.
For those bathrooms that have large mirrors you wish to keep, placing trim wood that has been stained, painted or finished to compliment the vanity and other fixtures around the plain flat bathroom mirror dresses it up by creating the illusion of a framed mirror.
Simply cut the wood to the length and width of the mirror on the inside edge and miter the corners at a 45-degree angle, resulting in a longer length on the outside edge.
Then glue the trim into place around the mirror and secure with a few nails.
This quick, easy and inexpensive project wields a major impact by lending a custom finished feel to your mirror.
Another solution is to remove the entire large mirror over a dual sink vanity and replace it with two smaller, matching famed mirrors that coordinate with the bath but have visual impact.
This leaves wall space the can accommodate shelves, sconces for additional task lighting, a decorative element or a print.
You could later choose to replace the dual vanity with two separate pedestal sinks and a set of drawers in between or two smaller vanities, depending on the size of the space and the style you are going for.
In most homes, builders simply take a plate mirror cut to size and glue it to the wall.
While this is functional, it is far from fashionable or attractive.
There are only a few ways you can give character to a standard bathroom or powder room.
One is to hang or create a framed mirror over your sink or vanity.
Powder rooms in most homes are small rectangular afterthoughts with a basic vanity and a toilet.
Yet, because it is so small, minor but noticeable changes you can do in a weekend can make a huge difference.
Removing the wall-to wall mirror over the vanity and replacing it with a framed mirror can, along with new faucets, towel accessories and lighting can completely change the feel of a powder room from generic to stylish and full of character.
Since wall-to-wall mirrors are typically glues on, there may be some wall damage to repair or refinishing to do if the mirror is not carefully removed.
Visual interest and softening of the rectangular angles of the walls and vanity can be achieved by hanging an oval or other non-rectangular-shaped framed mirror over the vanity.
The frame should compliment the style and finish of the vanity, faucet and hardware, but it does not have to match.
A muted silver or pickled wood frame makes a nice compliment for a powder room featuring a white vanity and chrome fixtures.
Bathrooms, especially master baths with double sinks, can constitute more of a challenge, since the mirror gets more practical use and the larger size in most homes serves a practical function.
For those bathrooms that have large mirrors you wish to keep, placing trim wood that has been stained, painted or finished to compliment the vanity and other fixtures around the plain flat bathroom mirror dresses it up by creating the illusion of a framed mirror.
Simply cut the wood to the length and width of the mirror on the inside edge and miter the corners at a 45-degree angle, resulting in a longer length on the outside edge.
Then glue the trim into place around the mirror and secure with a few nails.
This quick, easy and inexpensive project wields a major impact by lending a custom finished feel to your mirror.
Another solution is to remove the entire large mirror over a dual sink vanity and replace it with two smaller, matching famed mirrors that coordinate with the bath but have visual impact.
This leaves wall space the can accommodate shelves, sconces for additional task lighting, a decorative element or a print.
You could later choose to replace the dual vanity with two separate pedestal sinks and a set of drawers in between or two smaller vanities, depending on the size of the space and the style you are going for.
