Adding a Bathroom Medicine/Storage Cabinet

Our Agile did not come with a medicine cabinet in the bathroom; rather it has a small odd shaped mirror installed above the pull out sink. The stock bathroom mirror looks terrible with rough/ chipped edges and several small cracks around it. Roadtrek did a terrible job cutting the acrylic mirror. To make it look decent, I temporarily installed a decorative trim around the mirror using a chrome automotive door edge molding (pictured below). The original plan was to replace the mirror with a surface mount medicine cabinet with mirrored door for extra storage, but because of its odd shape it needs to be a custom built.

I had few days off from work last week and had the chance to start the project. The medicine cabinet was fabricated using acrylic plastic. I thought plastic would be a better choice as it will be installed inside the shower area. The first step was to remove the old mirror and to make a paper template by tracing the shape of the stock mirror.

Here's what it looks like when done.

Working with acrylic is fairly easy using the right tools. The tricky part is the bending the acrylic to conform to the curved shape of the shower enclosure where it will be mounted. I use a heat gun to soften the acrylic and slowly bend the piece to the desired shape. Fast setting acrylic glue is used to glue all the pieces together, and then light sanding is done in prep for painting. Acrylic comes in many colors, but I was not fortunate enough to find scraps of white acrylic so I just painted it white. Acrylic can get expensive if you buy them by square footage. I usually buy the acrylic scraps which the local store sells for about $2 a pound.

Stock mirror with decorative trim.

 

Gluing acrylic pieces together using acrylic fast setting solvent.

 

Non-Mortise Spring Hinge assembly.

 

Partially done.

 

Painted it white, then hinges and magnetic latch were installed.

 

Wall mounted using 6 stainless steel screws.

 

With the medicine cabinet door closed.