Medicine cabinet for two

After a bathroom remodel that included moving two walls, replacing a shower stall with a footed cast-iron tub, and building a rather unusual sink cabinet that included a column of drawers, all that was left was to build the medicine cabinet to go over the counter. But it's never that easy, is it?

I kicked around a number of ideas before finally calling in the expert. My wife told me her needs were simple. She wanted a larger mirror in the middle with two shallow cabinets on either side with mirrored doors that folded in so she could see both sides of her head when she was doing her hair.

I guess I had been over-thinking it. I drew a rough sketch of the walls and sink cabinet in Sketchup, then drew the cabinet to fit the open space pretty much exactly as she described. The only decorative touches I added were a large cove molding that wrapped around the top and ebony pins in the corner of each mirror. The results matched the rest of the bathroom decor quite well, I think, and my wife has been very pleased with the result.