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Have you looked for medicine cabinets that are meant to be mounted into the wall between the studs? We have two like that in our main bath, but they're hung on the wall because the studs aren't centred over the sinks (we may end up cutting out the studs and bracing them, etc., to allow them to be recessed, but that's a long-term project -- too many other things on the go for now). Ours have mirrored boxes and oval mirrored doors (no frames). They had similar ones that had rectangular mirrors. We got them at Home Depot.
i think there is a specific kind of glue that would definitely hold a mirror - I would ask at the mirror/glass company that you are looking at getting the mirror made from.
I am thinking of getting a glass and mirror company to custom make a mirror that has a glass frame. I want it longer than the medicine cabinet opening. So I guess I would get a backing for the mirror and maybe glue the mirror onto the backing and then hinge the backing to a frame around the shelves on the wall. I just don't want this mirror to look like it is a medicine cabinet and to be flush with the wall as much as possible. Do you think this would work? Would glue to enough or would the mirror need to be mounted better on the backing?
We made mirrored doors for a wardrobe. In our case we were actually dressing existing slab doors, so we already had the "base", but a piece of mdf, melamine etc. will work. We used casing to make the molding or "frame" on the front of the door and routed out the back so it would fit over the edge of the mirror. You can buy "picture frame molding" and other similar things in the molding aisle of your building centre that would do the job with out the routing. Then we had mirror cut to fit. We attached the first 3 pieces of molding with glue and finishing nails, then slid in the mirror, and then attached the last piece of molding. They look great and no one knows they are home made.
Another simpler option I've seen done on medicine cabinets is to put some hinges on a framed mirror and use it as the door. Personally I think you might want to put a piece of painted masonite on the back or something, just for a clean look when you open the door.
You could try a lot of things. Typically simple mirror doors are just some wood (.25" or so) with hinges and a mirror attached flush to the edges but you could add a frame of some sort pretty easily too. I have an old house and the mirror in the bathroom is that set up (flush on wood).
Probably the simple approach is finding a mirror you like (framed or backed in some way) that you can attach hinges to.