Mirror Cabinets

A bathroom mirror cabinet does two jobs at once: it gives you the mirror over the basin and hides the clutter behind it, so the cotton buds and the half-used toothpaste live out of sight instead of on the shelf. The ones worth buying add LED lighting you can actually shave or do your make-up by, a demister pad so the glass stays clear after a hot shower, and a built-in shaver socket for a razor or an electric toothbrush.

The range below includes single-door and double-door cabinets in 500mm, 600mm and 800mm widths. Read on for the buying guide and quick answers, or scroll down to the full range. If you want the light without the storage, our illuminated bathroom mirrors cover that, and the fog-free mirror range is worth a look if a clear reflection after a shower is the main thing you are after.

What to look for in a bathroom mirror cabinet

A mirror cabinet earns its place by clearing the basin shelf and giving you a decent light to get ready by. The decisions that actually matter are size, how many doors, and which features you genuinely need. Get those three right and the rest looks after itself.

Size: match the cabinet to the basin, not the wall. Width is the one to start with, and as a rough rule you want a cabinet around the width of your basin or vanity so it sits in proportion rather than looking lost or crowding the taps. The LED range here covers the three widths most bathrooms need, all of them 700mm tall. The 500mm single-door LED cabinet at £259 suits a cloakroom or a smaller basin where space is tight. The 600mm double-door LED cabinet at £319 is the sweet spot for a standard family bathroom over a 600mm basin, and the 800mm double-door LED cabinet at £379 gives you the widest mirror and the most storage of the three for a larger vanity.

Depth is the measurement people forget, and it bites if the basin sits tight to a door or a corner. Most mirror cabinets are wall-mounted, so they sit proud of the wall rather than recessing into it: check the depth on the product page before you commit. For a sense of scale, the Jemima Bluetooth cabinet covered below is 135mm deep.

Single door or double door. One door or two is mostly about width and how you like to open it. A single door, like the 500mm, is the simplest option and fine for a small space. A double door, like the 600mm and the 800mm, opens from the middle so you are not swinging one big door across the whole basin, and you get more shelf width behind it. Three-door cabinets exist for very wide runs where the mirror has to span a long vanity, but the widest cabinet featured in this guide is the 800mm double door, so scroll through the range below to see the current line-up. Whichever you pick, look for soft-close hinges so the doors shut quietly instead of slamming: all three LED cabinets have soft-close doors as standard, with adjustable shelves inside.

The features worth paying for. This is where a good cabinet pulls ahead of a plain mirrored box. The lighting on all three LED cabinets is switched by an infrared sensor, so you wave a hand near it rather than pressing a smeary mirror, which is genuinely handy when your hands are wet. Each one also carries a demister pad, a heated pad behind the glass that keeps a patch of mirror clear after a hot shower, and a built-in shaver socket that powers an electric razor or a toothbrush charger without a cable trailing across the basin. That last one is the answer if you have been searching for a bathroom cabinet with a shaver point. If you only want one of those features and not the cupboard, the fog-free mirror range does the demister job on its own, and our shaver socket mirrors put the socket on a flat mirror.

Bluetooth, if you want music while you get ready. The Jemima single-door cabinet at £389 has built-in Bluetooth speakers, so you can stream music or a podcast from your phone, alongside an infrared on and off sensor, a demister pad and a built-in shaver socket. It measures 500mm wide, 700mm high and 135mm deep. There are more options in our Bluetooth mirrors and cabinets section.

Mirrors inside the cabinet as well. Jemima has double-sided mirrors, so there is glass on the inside too, which is more useful than it sounds when you are checking the back of your hair or doing your make-up from another angle. If you want that across two doors instead of one, the Bethany double-door LED cabinet at £399 has double-sided mirrored doors in a 600mm wide, 700mm high body, with a touch-free infrared sensor, an LED downlight, a built-in demister pad, an integrated shaver socket and two adjustable shelves. It comes with a two-year guarantee.

The bits people forget: rating, wiring and fitting. Anything mains-powered near a basin has to be rated for where it sits, and the 600mm and 800mm LED cabinets are IP44 rated for bathroom installation. Check the zone rules for the exact spot yours is going in, particularly if it could be splashed directly. LED lighting, a demister pad and a shaver socket all need power, so the cabinet is connected to a supply in the wall by a qualified electrician rather than plugged in. Budget for that if there is no supply where the cabinet is going. Fitting is the other one: these hang on the wall, and the doors and glass make them heavier than they look, so fix into something solid or use proper plasterboard fixings, and get a second pair of hands for the lift into place.

If the cabinet is part of a wider fit-out, it is worth browsing the rest of the bathroom storage and accessories range so the finishes tie together.

Quick answers

What is a bathroom mirror cabinet? It is a wall-mounted cabinet with a mirrored front, so you get a mirror over the basin and hidden storage behind it in one unit. The better ones add LED lighting, a demister pad to stop the glass fogging, and a built-in shaver socket. It is the tidy way to keep toiletries off the shelf and still have a decent mirror to get ready by.

Do bathroom mirror cabinets come with lights? Some do, some do not. Every LED cabinet featured in this guide has built-in lighting switched by an infrared sensor, so you never have to touch the glass, plus a demister pad and a shaver socket. Lighting means power, so check there is a supply where you want the cabinet before you buy.

Is there a bathroom cabinet with a shaver point? Yes. Every cabinet featured in this guide has a shaver socket built in, including the 500mm, 600mm and 800mm LED cabinets, so you can charge an electric razor or a toothbrush without a cable on show. If you want the shaver socket but not the cupboard, our shaver socket mirrors do the same thing on a flat mirror.

What size mirror cabinet do I need? Match it roughly to the width of your basin or vanity so it looks in proportion. As a guide, a 500mm single door suits a cloakroom or a small basin, a 600mm double door suits a standard family bathroom, and an 800mm double door fits a wider vanity and gives you the most storage. The three LED cabinets here are all 700mm tall.

Do mirror cabinets stop the mirror steaming up? Only the ones with a demister pad, and not every cabinet has one. A demister is a heated pad behind the glass that keeps a patch of mirror clear after a hot shower. Every cabinet featured in this guide includes one. If a clear mirror is the only thing you are after, the fog-free mirror range covers it without the cupboard.

What about 3-door bathroom mirror cabinets? Three-door cabinets are built for very wide runs, where the mirror has to reach across a long vanity. The widest cabinet featured in this guide is the 800mm double-door LED cabinet at £379, which gives you the most mirror and the most shelf space of the three LED sizes.