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Two great rooms to remodel when you’re wanting to boost your home value are the kitchen and bathroom. Kitchen is first, but bathrooms can also give you a good return on your money. No one likes a gross bathroom, and an outdated one is also rather off putting. If you don’t have a big budget you can start small and just replace some simple features like the medicine cabinet, bathroom vanity or perhaps add a mirrored medicine cabinet.
If you’re looking for great storage, choose a large cabinet that can hid your hair dryers, electric razors, and other toiletry accessories that you use daily but don’t really want visible during the rest of the day.
You are certainly not limited to the common wood box cabinet base (although this is usually the least expensive option!) There are also vanity cabinets made of stone or covered in tile.
Today’s bathroom medicine cabinets are a far cry from the ones 30 years ago. They don’t even have to be above your sink, they can be free standing in the corner or be closer to the toilet instead of the sink base. Some have mirrors, some are recessed. Some are wood, some made of metal, others are plastic and junky. Whatever you consider getting be sure it gives you the most bang for your buck. Get something well put together, easy to hang (or place if freestanding) and doesn’t look gaudy. You want to improve the bathroom not make it worse.
Right now my medicine cabinet hangs on the wall above my sink. It holds a fair amount of stuff, is a 3 way opening mirror and doesn’t look too bad. I have 4 vanity lights hanging above it so I can clearly see my face in the morning (oh joy). So far I don’t feel a need to replace it, but if we remodel soon I guess I may have to.