MountainHaven created a cherry wood medicine cabinet for a client who requested a larger than typical cabinet with the look of a built-in cabinet. The client needed an exact stain match to blend the medicine cabinet with the cherry vanity in the dressing room of the Master Suite of the home. The style of the medicine cabinet also need to conform with the vanity.
This cabinet is attached to the wall in a convention manner. Top and side trim moldings fit the cabinet sides to the exact profile of the wall surface for a perfect built-in fit. The client specified cherry wood on the face and doors, profiled and stained to match an existing vanity. The specification for the inside of the cabinet was "hospital white" with deep, adjustable shelves. Hardware was selected to match the nearby vanity.
After reviewing the initial design, and before work began, the client requested a rack be added below the cabinet for reading materials as a decorating element for the space. Accordingly, a rack was designed that can be removed when necessary in order to facilitate maintenance of the plumbing fixture below the cabinet. The client also requested that the cabinet not extend full height to the ceiling so as not to overwhelm the space.
While the merlot finish is a precise match to the color of the commercially produced vanity, it allows the elegant grain of the cherry wood to come through the translucent finish. The finish required nine separate steps and custom color blending to achieve the requisite color without hiding the beauty of the wood grain.
Additional photographs, below, show the details of this cabinet than can only be achieved through custom design and handwork craftsmanship.
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