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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

I Stubbed My Toe Just Looking At This

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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!

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I’ll Take Swollen Vulvas For $600, Alex

I’ll Take Swollen Vulvas For $600, Alex

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This sectional would go great with the phallic chandelier in a previous photo.

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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.

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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.

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Someone Looked At This House And Said “Yknow What This Needs? A Rapunzel Tower And A High Dive Platform. Then It’ll Be Perfect”

Someone Looked At This House And Said “Yknow What This Needs? A Rapunzel Tower And A High Dive Platform. Then It’ll Be Perfect”

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A pre-generated The Sims house 35 seconds after i put my sticky hands on it

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When You Want A Kitchen Island But You Also Want A Place To Do The 6 O’clock News From

When You Want A Kitchen Island But You Also Want A Place To Do The 6 O’clock News From

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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.

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.

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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!

#8

Congratulations On Your Leather Penis Island Legs

Congratulations On Your Leather Penis Island Legs

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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

Feel Like You Could Put A Nice Dent In The National Debt By Auctioning Off Access To Those 13 Comments. I Need To Know

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Can someone please explain to me why in the world would ANYONE think it’s a good idea to put a power point in a sink.

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Takes 1 Decorative Painting Class At Michaels

Takes 1 Decorative Painting Class At Michaels

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I like it! Interesting how the living room looks like in this house.

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Before You Get Hung Up On The Elephant, Let Your Mind Wander To What Kind Of Activities Require A Fully Tiled Bedroom

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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Rowlie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Its like a bedroom inside swimming pool designed like bathroom. Interesting

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Kim Lee
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Raine Soo
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

A fully tiled bedroom, you say? Is that a waterbed, then?

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Master Markus
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The elephant makes me very uncomfortable. Everything else makes me think that the floor fills up like a pool.

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Anna Repp
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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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Rissie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's also an interesting choice to make the airco an accentuated piece

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Christy Smith
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Thunder
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It’s a swimming pool with a swimming elephant. I mean, I love elephants but I’ll be in shock every f*cking morning!

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BananaAnna
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3 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That looks like a king-size bed to me. The original question is still relevant.

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Well, I Tried
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That's smart. Put the image of the floating animal directly above the bed. Not gonna be a problem.

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IllisMoreo 87
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Shannon Luppino
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Judy Rofe
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The bed is for him and her with enough room in the centre for the elephant should it decide to leap off the ceiling.

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Cara
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Elephants are awesome this is the one time I've thought wtf that's one ugly elephant decoration...wtf where they thinking who wants to be crunched by an elephant in bed?! Who wants to wake up to OMG we're going to be stampeded!

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Donna Paine
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Just in case the waterbed leaks when the elephant falls on it.

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Debbie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Looks like wallpaper to me. But the "from below" view of the elephant worries me.

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Tammy Ralph
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

If you take out the mattress there's a bath underneath, or maybe it's a waterbed.

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April Simnel
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For some reason, I'm reminded of the character Alex from the movie A Clockwork Orange.

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Vicky Zar
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Either thats an artpiece or someone got a waterbed and was really scared about it

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Parmeisan
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Maybe it's just a bathroom with a bed in it. Like, a sauna or something?

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Kathy Baylis
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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Layla Corman
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Would be really cool if that was a water bed! Are those still around?

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Cassie
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I feel like it would be a challenge to breathe in that room.

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TrashPandaru
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

That is horrifying. I'd feel like I was waking up in a bathroom or swimming pool changing area. How very uncosy.

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glowworm2
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'll admit, I kind of love the elephant. Everything else looks like a swimming pool and it's awful, but the elephant can stay!

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Lyop
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

To easily wash the blood away. I'm sure there's a drain somewhere....

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JuJu
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

They like to do their 'laundry' (thinking of HIMYM)

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European other
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I am speechless, who thinks this look good for a start ? Then there's the creepyness !

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Mirribelle
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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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.

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This Would Be An Amazing Very Fancy Cat House If It Wasn’t An Actual Real Life House For Tacky People

This Would Be An Amazing Very Fancy Cat House If It Wasn’t An Actual Real Life House For Tacky People

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My Big Fat Totally Unassuming House

My Big Fat Totally Unassuming House

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But How Will People Know We’re Fancy Unless We Etch The Lamborghini Into The Window?

But How Will People Know We’re Fancy Unless We Etch The Lamborghini Into The Window?

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Everything about this room is questionable. I think i'll call it the micropenis kitchen.

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It’s The End Of Days

It’s The End Of Days

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Seems Super Practical

Seems Super Practical

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

No, no, no, no, no. Carpet should never ever be in the toilet or bathroom.

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Custom Af

Custom Af

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4 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

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?

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#25

Susan Just Could Not Say No To A Good Rug Deal

Susan Just Could Not Say No To A Good Rug Deal

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You Are Killing This Styling Game

You Are Killing This Styling Game

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Damn How Many Years They Wait To Make That Moana Sequel?

Damn How Many Years They Wait To Make That Moana Sequel?

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If It Doesn’t Spark Joy Are You Allowed To Just Turn It Into A Window Treatment?

If It Doesn’t Spark Joy Are You Allowed To Just Turn It Into A Window Treatment?

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#30

Who Turned My Caboodle Into A Bathroom?

Who Turned My Caboodle Into A Bathroom?

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Oh Thank God! Felt Like I Was Gonna Sleep Way Too Soundly Tonight

Oh Thank God! Felt Like I Was Gonna Sleep Way Too Soundly Tonight

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Nobody Puts Bessie In A Corner.

Nobody Puts Bessie In A Corner.

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#36

Did You Discover Dna? Otherwise, No

Did You Discover Dna? Otherwise, No

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Approaching Epidemic Levels

Approaching Epidemic Levels

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4 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Sir, you can get 3 words for the price of 2. Any other stuff important to you?"

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#38

That Thing Better Be A Portal To The Matrix Otherwise Wtf Are You Doing???

That Thing Better Be A Portal To The Matrix Otherwise Wtf Are You Doing???

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Never Has Instagram’s Pinch To Zoom Feature Been More Necessary

Never Has Instagram’s Pinch To Zoom Feature Been More Necessary

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Hmm...yes It Was Missing Something. Like The Ability To Actually See Yourself In The Mirror. But That’s Been Fixed Now, Thx

Hmm...yes It Was Missing Something. Like The Ability To Actually See Yourself In The Mirror. But That’s Been Fixed Now, Thx

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