‘Please Hate These Things:’ This Instagram Account Is Heaven For Those Looking For The Worst Home Design Ideas (40 Pics)
Pinterest is great for inspiration when creating interior design for the home, but it also has a lot to answer for. Because some people take their creative ideas way too far, and end up with monstrosities as you'll find below.
This list, collected by a popular Instagram account called Please Hate These Things, is yet another example of the seemingly endless world of crappy design. These particular examples come from people's homes - so at least the rest of us are spared from their crappiness.
Scroll down below to check these terrible home design ideas out for yourself, and let us know what you think in the comments!
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I Stubbed My Toe Just Looking At This
So we've seen the consequences of bad design, so what makes for good design? There are a few basic principles to stick to if you want to make sure your home design is practical, relevant and makes sense!
According to Dieter Rams, a German industrial designer who was responsible for the design of Braun’s consumer products for many years, there are 10 principles on avoiding design fails, also known as the '10 commandments.' Even though they were written long ago and technology has advanced beyond his wildest dreams, Dieter's principles still apply today!
I’m Choking I’m Laughing So Hard
I’ll Take Swollen Vulvas For $600, Alex
Furniture designers Vitsoe have worked closely with Dieter Rams for decades, and helpfully summarize his founding principles of good design with the following explanations:
Good design is innovative The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.
Good design makes a product useful: A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.
Good design is aesthetic: The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.
Someone Looked At This House And Said “Yknow What This Needs? A Rapunzel Tower And A High Dive Platform. Then It’ll Be Perfect”
When You Want A Kitchen Island But You Also Want A Place To Do The 6 O’clock News From
Good design makes a product understandable: It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.
Good design is unobtrusive: Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.
Good design is honest: It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.
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Good design is thorough down to the last detail: Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.
Good design is environmentally-friendly: Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimizes physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.
Good design is as little design as possible: Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.
So three you have it, pretty simple right? If you are tasked with designing something and want to avoid the hilarious mistakes found in this list, check these principles off first and you should succeed!
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Feel Like You Could Put A Nice Dent In The National Debt By Auctioning Off Access To Those 13 Comments. I Need To Know
Takes 1 Decorative Painting Class At Michaels
Before You Get Hung Up On The Elephant, Let Your Mind Wander To What Kind Of Activities Require A Fully Tiled Bedroom
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Maybe they flood the entire room up to the level just below the mattress and then they have a pool with their bed in the middle? Maybe that's why the chairs are simple and there's a towel on the back of one of them. The swimming elephant above adds to this idea. Weird, but oddly....interesting.
The elephant makes me very uncomfortable. Everything else makes me think that the floor fills up like a pool.
Or there's a pool where the photographer is standing. Looking at the white bathrobe on one of the chairs I'd say it is something like a bridal sauna with a pool AND a bed.
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It took me a solid 10 seconds to figure out there's no actual water in the room, but it's after 1AM, so I'm going to use that as my excuse.
That looks like a king-size bed to me. The original question is still relevant.
That's smart. Put the image of the floating animal directly above the bed. Not gonna be a problem.
i bet that's a water bed. they love to sleep in bathrooms or a pool but they can't afford to do both so yeah this exists. not quite merpeople.
That A.C. unit appears to be the type used outside the U.S. may be a very warm climate. Tile keeps the room cooler. Blood splatter is easier to remove, as well.
If you take out the mattress there's a bath underneath, or maybe it's a waterbed.
For some reason, I'm reminded of the character Alex from the movie A Clockwork Orange.
Is this a bedroom underneath the elephant’s pool? ‘Cause that would be kinda cool. Well, except for the bird’s eye view of elephant balls, that is.
Would be really cool if that was a water bed! Are those still around?
That is horrifying. I'd feel like I was waking up in a bathroom or swimming pool changing area. How very uncosy.
I am speechless, who thinks this look good for a start ? Then there's the creepyness !
This is the room the hotel sets aside for tRump and his golden shower water sports. Instead of a mirrored ceiling, there's the elephant to make him feel better about himself.
Stop Telling Me What To Do
This Would Be An Amazing Very Fancy Cat House If It Wasn’t An Actual Real Life House For Tacky People
Time To Watch My Soaps!
Not Quite
My Big Fat Totally Unassuming House
But How Will People Know We’re Fancy Unless We Etch The Lamborghini Into The Window?
What Is This Bed?!
It’s The End Of Days
Seems Super Practical
Covering All The Bases
Who Do We Talk To About Shutting Down Pinterest?
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why is there even a heat vent in the middle of the floor? aren't they supposed to be on the edge of the room?
“Decorating” Is Different In Wisconsin
Susan Just Could Not Say No To A Good Rug Deal
That First Step Might Getcha Tho
You Are Killing This Styling Game
Damn How Many Years They Wait To Make That Moana Sequel?
If It Doesn’t Spark Joy Are You Allowed To Just Turn It Into A Window Treatment?
Who Turned My Caboodle Into A Bathroom?
Rise And Shine! Time For Some Tetanus
Oh Thank God! Felt Like I Was Gonna Sleep Way Too Soundly Tonight
Not Pictured: Skin Suit
What Is This Schizophrenic Nonsense?
Nobody Puts Bessie In A Corner.
Did You Discover Dna? Otherwise, No
Approaching Epidemic Levels
"Sir, you can get 3 words for the price of 2. Any other stuff important to you?"
That Thing Better Be A Portal To The Matrix Otherwise Wtf Are You Doing???
Never Has Instagram’s Pinch To Zoom Feature Been More Necessary
Hmm...yes It Was Missing Something. Like The Ability To Actually See Yourself In The Mirror. But That’s Been Fixed Now, Thx
The Final Ingredient To Every Dish Prepared Here Is Dust And Sadness
Carpet + Water + Baseboard Heat. What Could Go Wrong? (Alternate Caption: Talk To Me About What Kinda Stain Remover You Use, Jim. Because Clearly This Is Where All The Human Sacrifices Happen)
Tons Of Seating...on The Starship Enterprise
No One Is Winning This The Floor Is Lava Game
How Tf Do You Sell Someone A Metal Rag Shaped As A Sink With A Straight Face? That Sales Person Deserves And Oscar
THAT IS AWESOME!! The rest of the decor isn't. I would put this in a simpler, modern bathroom without all the distraction of patterns and paintings, so the sink would stand out more, but the sink itself is AWESOME!
This Better Be A Sperm Bank. Otherwise Wtf?
This Poor Fireplace Has A Tramp Stamp And Cankles.
Why are the windows that shape - and they're not even symmetrical! *eye twitches*
Get The Air Mattress Out For Grandma Because She Sure As Hell Ain’t Making It Upstairs
Sir, Please Step Away From The Perler Beads Set
How Angry Would You Be Every Time You Walked Into This Bathroom?
This is great, you can actually get close to the mirrors without being blocked by the sink
Just A Single Vertical Blind. This Is Obviously A Vampire. Who Likes Ducks
If We Could Channel This Level Of Dedication And Commitment Toward Worthy Causes...like Curing Disease And Abolishing Distressed Painting Techniques...we’d Really Be On To Something As A Species
Blanche Done Blown The Whole Island Budget On Her Chandeliers
That's not too bad although it doesn't go with anything in the room
Might Be Time To Shut Down Pinterest
And May The Odds Be Ever In Your Favor...
I See You Saggy Pantyhose Doubling As Sunken Bathtub Privacy Drapes
If The Ship Is Rockin’ Don’t Come A Knockin’
There’s A Special Place In Hell For A Powder Room Where The Red Vessel Sink Is The Least Offensive Thing
Ariel And Bob Villa Got Into The Magic Mushrooms Again......also I Will Promptly Block Anyone Who Tells Me This Is Offensive To Mermaids
The Club Can’t Even Handle Me Right Now
Kindly F*ck Off With This Layout
...is Where The Mildew Is
Cuz It’s Custom, That’s Why
Peggy With A Pinterest Board Strikes Again
First Of All. No
Train Coming?
Missed A Solid Opportunity To Smear Some Faux Manure Finish On Those Tiles, If You Ask Me
Don’t Ask Me, I Don’t Have Any Answers
This Kitchen Appears To Be Under The Attack Of Some Giant At-At Walkers
Obviously This Person Was Murdered Halfway Through This DIY Right?
What A Creative Display For Your Nightmare Inducing Collection, Linda!
I’ll Take One Of Each Unnecessary Architectural Feature
I Bet These People Don’t Even Think There’s Anything Wrong With This
Next Level Styling
Texas. What Are You Doing?
Just Be Aware That This Is An Actual Thing That Exists
Somewhere In Suburbia There’s A Book Club Looking Through The Tutorial For This
Calgon, Take Me Away...
Demetriespinosa I Got You Bro
Bro, They Make These Things Called Walls That Could Really Solve A Lot Of Your Issues. Google It. Amazing Technology
Florida Gonna Florida
Some Savage Of A All Over These Cabinets
If Vicki Can Get $80 For This Piece Of Garbage We Need To Get Her To Dc To Work On The Deficit Immediately
Kentucky Comin In For That “Texas Kinda Crazy” Title
Somehow I Think I’d Always Feel Dirty
Bilbo Baggins Done Graduated From The Shire With This Master Bath Setup
Solutions Oriented For Sure
Nailed It
Let’s Write All The Appliance Names On Some Tennis Balls, Throw Them Up And Just Put The Appliances Wherever They Land
People Out There Barn Door-Ing Literally Anything
I was having a TERRIBLE day. I was just about to cancel a business meeting out of sheer pointlessness of living. Thank god I happened onto this. Gotta wipe the tears of laughter from my face and get to that meeting!
I'm sorry you had a bad day. I'm glad this post helped and I hope your day keeps getting better!
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And yet, I'd still take a majority of these over the super creative beige/grey/brown sea of "neutrals" people have been "decorating" with. I don't find that relaxing, just boring and depressing. "oh, you have red throw pillows, how daring" sigh.
My thoughts exactly. When I was decorating my apartment it blew me away how many bland and boring furnishings there were compared to anything with a little bit of character/colour.
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better get in quick to look at these pictures before BP shortens the list. I find it annoying how they do that.
When the list gets cut down there is an option to view all images. Just go down to the bottom of the posts and it will say in small writing Note: this post originally had “number of images”. It’s been shortened to the top 30 based on user votes. If you click on the underlined part of that it will load all the posts. I hope it makes sense.
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These pictures are unreal! I can't believe people really paid good money for some of that ugly c**p!
They all look either (a) very Dada (b) Surrealistic (c) bastardized Bauhaus.
Tbh , I loveddd the butterfly toiley seat and the beautiful artistic kitchen , And I loved so many of these.
If you find that you can't seem to poop, fart, pee, just visit this bathroom and you can achieve all three then add puke to the list!
I was having a TERRIBLE day. I was just about to cancel a business meeting out of sheer pointlessness of living. Thank god I happened onto this. Gotta wipe the tears of laughter from my face and get to that meeting!
I'm sorry you had a bad day. I'm glad this post helped and I hope your day keeps getting better!
Load More Replies... And yet, I'd still take a majority of these over the super creative beige/grey/brown sea of "neutrals" people have been "decorating" with. I don't find that relaxing, just boring and depressing. "oh, you have red throw pillows, how daring" sigh.
My thoughts exactly. When I was decorating my apartment it blew me away how many bland and boring furnishings there were compared to anything with a little bit of character/colour.
Load More Replies... better get in quick to look at these pictures before BP shortens the list. I find it annoying how they do that.
When the list gets cut down there is an option to view all images. Just go down to the bottom of the posts and it will say in small writing Note: this post originally had “number of images”. It’s been shortened to the top 30 based on user votes. If you click on the underlined part of that it will load all the posts. I hope it makes sense.
Load More Replies... These pictures are unreal! I can't believe people really paid good money for some of that ugly c**p!
They all look either (a) very Dada (b) Surrealistic (c) bastardized Bauhaus.
Tbh , I loveddd the butterfly toiley seat and the beautiful artistic kitchen , And I loved so many of these.
If you find that you can't seem to poop, fart, pee, just visit this bathroom and you can achieve all three then add puke to the list!
