So Patrick did a little browsing at Urban Ore and after a few tries found a wooden medicine cabinet that was in good shape and just needed a coat of paint or stain. After sanding and sanding to get the varnish off, we decided it would be nice to paint it a bright orangish-red color. The color would brighten our bathroom without having to paint the walls.
Next up was inviting Dad over for a little contracting job to be paid for in lunch and a beer. It was actually not very hard, but deciding to poke a hole in your wall is a bit intimidating. Baby steps before deciding to remodel something bigger, I guess!
I can't find a before photo, so here is a shot of the mirror from the staging before we bought our place. And you'll notice it's actually the mirror image (ha!) of our bathroom because it is from Katie and David's house. The first step of course was removing the mirror. Unfortunately the anchor/screw holes were not covered by the new medicine cabinet, so there will be patching and painting in our future.  |
| We were able to place the cabinet between two studs in the wall. |
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| Patrick checks out the hole with his two advisers. |
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| We added new hinges and were done! |
