Vanity Mirror With Storage & Lighting

Hello everyone! As a freshman in high school, designing things has been a big passion of mine, and thanks to one of my classes, Intro to Design, I am able to create and explore this passion. My teacher introduced my class to Fusion 360 this year, and while exploring the program has presented its challenges, the learning experience has been incredibly rewarding! This project initially started as an assignment in my Intro to Design class, but my teacher recommended that I present my creation on Inscrutables! Nearing the end of the school year, I have learned a lot about Fusion, and I'm thrilled to show off my design- A Vanity Mirror with Storage & Lighting! Hopefully in the near future I can replicate this in real life!

Essentially, I created a vanity mirror with storage and lighting to combine practicality with aesthetics, in order to provide a functional and organized space for beauty and grooming routines. The storage aspect helps keep makeup, skincare products, and accessories neatly arranged and easily accessible, reducing clutter and creating a more efficient space. The lighting is essential for providing clear visibility while applying makeup or doing other grooming tasks, ensuring precision and a flattering environment. By integrating these features, I've designed a functional yet stylish solution that enhances daily routines and adds a touch of luxury!

1. Software Fusion 360

1. I first started out with making a sketch of 2 squares, then extruding upwards.
2. After I had my base, I created another sketch of a new rectangle to connect the 2 previous rectangles, to make a table.
3. Now that I had a table to work with, I created a sketch of a thin rectangle behind it to replicate a wall.
4. On the table, I created a sketch of two squares and cut it inwards. This would be the inside space of the drawer. After what I have which now looks like a sink (which is what many of my friends joked), I covered it with a red-stained glass so it would look more like a desk, with the purpose of being see-through so you could see inside.
5. Then, I created a little table above the desk, and extruded it inwards to create a small area to put products inside.
6. After this, the final step was to create an actual mirror! I did this by sketching a square and extruding it outwards, filleting the perimeter so it would look like a bar of light around the mirror! Unfortunately, I couldn't find a glowing material in Fusion to make it look more like an LED bar.
7. Now I have a basic foundation of a vanity mirror to work with!

Instead of making closed drawers, I wanted to open mine, to give it more of a finished look, where I could also hollow them out.

1. First, I started by sketching identical squares on the legs of the table.
2. I then extruded these squares. The top drawer was extruded the least, and the bottom drawers were extruded the most, in order to give it a symmetrical look.
3. After extruding, I created a sketch of another square, smaller than the first, on top of my drawers. This is because I want the inside to be empty. Then, I extruded inwards, cutting a chunk out of the drawer to make it look hollow. Not all the way through, though.

Now, our drawers are complete!

1. For my shelves, I simply created skinny rectangle sketches on the wall and extruded outwards!
2. I also made the material a beautiful mahogany wood!

1. For the outlets, I first sketched a square on the face of the wall, and then extruded it outwards.
2. Then, on the face of the square I just created, I sketched the plug-in part of the outlet, which was just two circles with two rectangles in the middle.
3. I then extruded only the circle, which left the two rectangles indented inside the circles. This created a space for the plug to fit inside!
4. To make Drawer Handles, I first created a sketch of a 2 circles on the face of the drawer, and then extruded them outwards.
5. Then, I created another sketch of a circle, this time another plane, extruded it, and connected it to the previous extruded circles.
6. I decided to make the handles and outlets gold to contrast with the mahogany wood and dark table!

More more detail, I wanted to add storage compartments inside the drawer.

1. I did this by creating sketches of different sized rectangles and squares, and then extruding them outwards.
2. After extruding them, I created smaller sketches of its original shape and cutting it, to make a bow shape, kind of like how I made the drawers.
3. For the other side, I just repeated these steps but I made the rectangles different shapes to hold different products.

From this part and on, I just decorated my vanity mirror so it would look as realistic as possible!

Creating these products were really simple, but I think that the challenging part was copying and pasting them a bunch of times. I essentially made a couple different products by extruding different shapes, filleting them, and making pumps (for one of the 4 products). I then placed them around by mix-matching them until I liked the way they looked.

Candles

1. To make the candles, I first extruded a sketch of a circle, then created a small sketch on top of it then cut it until it looked real
2. For the wick I extruded a super small circle
3. Then I copied and pasted the entire candle so I would have two.

Revolving Makeup Organizer

1. To make this, I first started with the base, which was just a small extruded circle.
2. Then, I made a bigger circle on top of it, extruded it, and now I had the bottom part of my revolver
3. Next, I extruded a small circle in the center of the base to create the poll.
4. For the top part, I just extruded another bigger circle
5. Now, I had to add walls and dividers, otherwise how else would the makeup be organized
6. I did this by first, sketching two circles, one bigger than the other.
7. I selected the middle of these circles, extruded them, and changed the material to a foggy glass.
8. For the top divider, I essentially did the same thing, except I just made three rectangles.

This step was super challenging, and by far the hardest thing I made in this whole project. While I was visioning this table in my head, I always wanted to put a hair dryer and dangle its plug-in chord off the side of the table. I always thought that would be super cool. Because this is my first year using Fusion, making this hair dryer was super difficult for me, as hair dryers have unique shapes that are not just circles and squares extruded. While in the process of making it, I wanted to just scrap the idea entirely because I didn't realize how hard it would be. But in the end, it all worked out (I figured out a somewhat simpler way to make it), and I'm super glad I didn't give up! I'm really proud of it as well! :) Here is how I made it!

(I'm sure there are other ways to create a hair dryer on Fusion, and probably better looking versions too, but as a beginner, I think I did pretty well!)

1. First, I sketched the hair dryer head shape off the table. I made it really big so I could see what I was working with without zooming in to micro levels.
2. After this initial shape, I extruded it, then filleted literally all the sides to make it as round and curved as possible.
3. Then, I sketched the shape of the handle and filleted it, same process as the head.
4. On the handle, I extruded a small circle to make a small button to turn the dryer on and off
5. After I had the initial hair dryer shape, I created the front part (the part where the air comes out of).
6. I did this by extruding a circle, putting it inside the head, but sticking out a bit.
7. Then, I created another sketch of a circle and cut it inwards, in order to have a nozzle shape.
8. For the chord, I just sketched a worm like figure from the handle to down a bit of the table and then extruding it.
9. I then created the plug, which was just an extruded rectangle, with 2 other extruded rectangles at its base.
10. And now I have something that looks like a hair dryer!

(If I'm being completely honest, when I put the extruded circle inside the head, it randomly created a bunch of black lines inside, I have no idea why [maybe it glitched?]. But it actually looks like the filter/air vent inside the nozzle of a hair dryer, so I really lucked out with that:))

This is it! I really hope you liked my vanity mirror!