| An increasingly popular trend in bathroom remodeling is | | | | At this point, you have three options: |
| to look for antiques that will give the room a unique | | | | 1) Take all the items that you collected, and visit your |
| decor. Antique medicine cabinets not only fill this need, | | | | local cabinetmaker. |
| but they also add valuable storage space. | | | | 2) Buy a book on how to build antique medicine |
| Buying an existing cabinet | | | | cabinets. or |
| When looking around for vintage cabinets, bear in mind | | | | 3) Look online for step by step information on how to |
| that some that you find will actually be antiques, while | | | | build bathroom medicine cabinets. |
| others will be antique reproductions. A faux cabinet | | | | Restoring a cabinet |
| may actually be exactly what you're looking for. And it | | | | If you already have an old bathroom wall cabinet, and |
| may even obviate the need for you to restore or | | | | would like to restore it, your first task will be to make a |
| refinish it, since it might be in better condition than a real | | | | thorough assessment. Look for missing and/or rotting |
| antique. | | | | parts. Then you will need to find some materials with |
| Some great places to search are online auctions, | | | | which to repair it that closely resemble the original |
| estate sales, and specialized websites. The price | | | | cabinet. If you need ideas, there are websites that |
| range for antique medicine cabinets runs from fifty | | | | have step by step instructions on the restoration |
| dollars up to as high as four hundred dollars. Online | | | | process. |
| auctions and estate sales may have them at cheaper | | | | Whether you are designing your own, or restoring |
| prices because they are used items. | | | | antique medicine cabinets, it is important to use period |
| Making your own cabinet | | | | appropriate colors, like browns and greens. You can |
| If you can't find just the right bathroom wall cabinet, | | | | also apply a faux finish, to give your cabinet an |
| consider making your own. Draw a sketch of the | | | | expensive look. |
| cabinet. Then go to local antique hardware stores and | | | | For more helpful information on this subject, take a |
| salvage stores to buy the fittings. | | | | look at the author's website in the paragraph below. |