Article: Hidden GEMS; Sleek medicine cabinets stylishly hide necessities

While we're not supposed to sweat the small stuff, we do need a place to keep it. And when that stuff is in the bathroom, there doesn't seem to be a more convenient storage space than a medicine cabinet.

Oh, sure, for a time there, home designers and homeowners generally preferred large, wall-mounted mirrors. That left dental floss, cough medicine and bandages to slide around in vanity drawers or disappear in cabinets beneath the bathroom sink. But those items are easier to locate when they're at eye level. They're also easier to spot in a storage space that's only 4 to 6 inches deep.

In medicine cabinets, "things don't get lost or shoved behind other items," says Theresa Lacey, a sales and ...

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