Best Bathroom Cabinets

Archive for September, 2009

In a bathroom…is there a standard distance between the top of the vanity to the bottom of the mirror/medicine cabinet???

Hi Jenni, this is a very good question and I’m going to try to give you a common sense type answer, Two things, what is the height of your mirror and is there a light on the wall above your mirror? Or just a light on the ceiling? If you have ceiling only lumes, and your mirror is 18 to 26 inches in height, the mirror might be as much as 8 to 10 inches above vanity. Just keep in mind a person who 4 foot 2 would like to see a much as a tall person. If mirror is 42 inches or more, about 1 to 2 inches off vanity is very smart looking. Never mount mirror right on vanity due to cleaning and periodic repair of caulk that should be around your vanity. If you have a light on the wall try to balance a smaller size mirror (18 to 26) between the vanity and light, usually about 6 to 8 inches above vanity. And if by chance you got a tall one (36 to 42 and more) about 1 inch off vanity looks great and really opens up the room. Good luck, sorry about long reply. I’m just anal that way. jim…

I live in rented house and I loved the location and the enourmous rooms it has, but I really never liked the colors of the bathroom our the kitchen cabinets. My bathroom has 12 by 12 ceramic tiles that are mint green, with white black, and tan rock-like specs. I am trying to to figure out what colours can I use for the shower curtain, rugs etc. to make it look better. Also my bathroom walls are white. Please help!!!

I’d go with a good quality white shower curtain and chocolate brown for the rugs etc. Stick with these colours which are timeless, and don’t introduce any others into the room.

Thanks for the ideas, however I rent and don’t want to redo the tub as much as I dislike it. Thought about black/white flooring and the counter top is sorta gray so looking for other ideas…?

You can have the tub reglazed. Or get a neat shower curtain and cover hide it. Roxanne