Just throwing this out there. . . In my last house I was blessed with a wide & deep tiled area in the bathroom for putting my mirror and shaving gear on. Now I am in a bigger house yet with a stupidly small bathroom. Whilst I can handle less space for gear whilst shaving, the mirror thing really bugs me. I’m curious if anyone else has limited space for their shaving mirror and if so, what mirror do you use?
To the right of the picture is one of my pet hates and something I’ve always found amusing when in other peoples’ bathrooms: a mirror fronted cabinet directly above the toilet! It has a decent mirror on, but I don’t want to stand astride the toilet whilst shaving, no do I want to open the mirror door and have to move my head sideways constantly whilst shaving to look into it. So forget that mirror, it’s functional for storage only. The cabinet can’t really go anywhere else, as if it went on the side wall you’d bang your head on it getting up off the toilet, and obviously wouldn’t be over the sink to shave anyway!
Herein lies the problem: the small mirror in the photo has been knocked over a few times when someone has pulled down the blind (not pictured) when it gets dark. The plastic lug which holds it into the bracket has snapped off on one side, so it’s forever dropping out of the bracket and into the sink. So I need something more rugged / heavy that won’t get knocked off its bracket so easily. Doesn’t sound too difficult does it? Just buy a good quality mirror and put it on the shelf, right?
Now the problem comes that most mirrors have a base that is too deep for the space it has to fit on, and if looking online, sellers don’t state the dimensions of the base itself, just the size of the actual mirror. The main flat part of the UPVC windowsill the mirror has to stand on is little over 7cm deep. I’d like more of a pedestal type to give more height, but as I said, they all seem to have a square or round base that’s too wide for where it has to sit.
I’m struggling to find any double sided (with magnifying side) mirror that will fit in that space, is held in its frame/bracket by something better and more durable than cheap plastic lugs, other than just buying another of the same mirror and seeing how long it lasts next time. Any help appreciated.
To the right of the picture is one of my pet hates and something I’ve always found amusing when in other peoples’ bathrooms: a mirror fronted cabinet directly above the toilet! It has a decent mirror on, but I don’t want to stand astride the toilet whilst shaving, no do I want to open the mirror door and have to move my head sideways constantly whilst shaving to look into it. So forget that mirror, it’s functional for storage only. The cabinet can’t really go anywhere else, as if it went on the side wall you’d bang your head on it getting up off the toilet, and obviously wouldn’t be over the sink to shave anyway!
Herein lies the problem: the small mirror in the photo has been knocked over a few times when someone has pulled down the blind (not pictured) when it gets dark. The plastic lug which holds it into the bracket has snapped off on one side, so it’s forever dropping out of the bracket and into the sink. So I need something more rugged / heavy that won’t get knocked off its bracket so easily. Doesn’t sound too difficult does it? Just buy a good quality mirror and put it on the shelf, right?
Now the problem comes that most mirrors have a base that is too deep for the space it has to fit on, and if looking online, sellers don’t state the dimensions of the base itself, just the size of the actual mirror. The main flat part of the UPVC windowsill the mirror has to stand on is little over 7cm deep. I’d like more of a pedestal type to give more height, but as I said, they all seem to have a square or round base that’s too wide for where it has to sit.
I’m struggling to find any double sided (with magnifying side) mirror that will fit in that space, is held in its frame/bracket by something better and more durable than cheap plastic lugs, other than just buying another of the same mirror and seeing how long it lasts next time. Any help appreciated.
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