A Brief History of the Bathroom Cabinet: From Medicine Chest to Mirror Cabinet

The bathroom cabinet started life as a lockable medicine chest and became a mirror, and this report from Furniture in Fashion traces how that transformation still shapes bathroom storage in UK homes. Rather than attach dates or production figures we cannot verify, the account is qualitative: it explains how indoor plumbing gave the cabinet a room, how fixing a mirror to the door merged two objects into the form still sold today, and how electric lighting brought the cabinet within the scope of the IET Wiring Regulations and their bathroom zones. We set out the constraints that continue to define the product, including the 15 cm to 20 cm depth limit above a basin and the 20 cm mounting height above the rim, and we explain why medicines no longer belong in a humid bathroom at all. A storage comparison table and material guidance are included....