People Are Sharing The Worst Kitchen Designs They’ve Encountered, And They’re Hilarious (30 Pics)
Food. Family. Fun. These three words perfectly describe the kitchen, which is where everybody loves to congregate. And though we might say that all people are created equal, the same can't really be said about all kitchens.
There are some truly crappy designs of kitchens out there. Interior designs that will have you giggling with glee at how stupid they are. Bad designs that will have you cringing at how somebody could have overlooked such obvious, in-your-face flaws. Epic kitchen fails designed to make Gordon Ramsay scream “Shut it down!” and Dr. Frankenstein yelling “It’s alive!”
We know you’ve had a long week at work and at school, so we here at Bored Panda have created the following list of the very best and ‘tastiest’ kitchen design fails. So grab yourself a refreshing drink, put on a restaurant ASMR soundtrack, and scroll on. After all, you deserve a break. Make sure to upvote your favorite horrible kitchen disasters, and tell us what you love to hate about them. And after you’re done, take a look through Bored Panda’s awesome articles about various bad designs here, here, and here. Oh, and here. Whoops, forgot one more — here, as well.
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"I Have Two Of Those In My Kitchen"
Even The Oven Is Like Why Are You Doing This To Me????
To stop you accidentally hitting your shins/toes/ankles/head on the corner and it hurting. Oh wait, it's not padded there...
Finally A Place For My Tetris Tupperware
There’s nothing that says bon appétit like a train-wreck of a kitchen. And boy, are there plenty of those out there. Kitchens that make you wonder whether the architects who designed them have ever eaten (or cooked) in one before. Kitchens that make you realize why not everyone who gets a degree in architecture is worth the paper their diploma is printed on. Kitchens that get bullied by other rooms in the house for looking shabby, kitschy and weird.
What If They Get Divorced?
What if they move and the house gets sold? Would people want pictures of some random couple in their kitchen?
It’s The End Of Days
$1 Million San Francisco Loft Has Diagonal Support Beam That Cuts Through The Middle Of The Kitchen
How about hanging up a piano above the stove? Sounds like a good idea! Or how about we build the kitchen behind the refrigerator? Aye-aye, skipper! Also, we should probably install all the appliances in such a way that makes it impossible to open up any drawers. And don't forget a mass of terrible kitchen decor that'll accumulate grease, dust, and the smells of burning dreams.
Crappy Kitchen Design
Their lease says no painting, so they are trying to hide that... color?
But How Will People Know We’re Fancy Unless We Etch The Lamborghini Into The Window?
This "Form Over Function" Kitchen In My Apartment...
One Instagram account called pleasehatethesethings collects “absurd, ugly & just plain stupid things in home design”, including worst kitchen design fails. The account has over 202,000 followers and has uploaded more than 621 photos that will make you want to call the design police.
Open Concept Gone Too Far
This Entire Kitchen’s Counters And Backsplash Are Covered With This “Faux Mold” Tile
Crappy Kitchen Design
But when exactly did kitchens start being a thing? Well, the first kitchens were outdoors because that’s where fires were built. According to John Desmond Limited, the smoke created by fires was a major problem indoors until the 16th century — that’s when chimneys became widespread in houses.
When You Don't Know If The Kitchen Is In The Bathroom Or The Bathroom In The Kitchen
Interesting Cupboard Design
If Only There Was Some Other Utensil They Could Have Put On This Kitchen Decoration...
Wood-fired kitchen stoves appeared in the 18th century, which were later replaced by ones that burned coal. The gas stove was first patented by James Sharp in 1826 and became a widespread addition in most kitchens by the 1920s. That’s when the electric stove started competing with its gas counterpart. However, it’s not what stove you use that’s important — it’s that you place it somewhere so it doesn’t block half the kitchen’s drawers.
Blanche Done Blown The Whole Island Budget On Her Chandeliers
"How many mini chandeliers would you like to fit with the mini island in the kitchen?" Designer: "Yes."
I Wouldn't Want To Come In Here After Smoking
That Open Concept Will Getcha Every Time
Kentucky Comin In For That “Texas Kinda Crazy” Title
There’s Fancy. Then There’s Kitchenette In The Master Bathroom Fancy
Did This Get Installed Upside Down?
Opening My Fridge Turns Off The Kitchen Light
Crappy Kitchen Design (Literally)
whats with the toilet on the kitchen design...this should be illegal lol
When Space Saving Hacks Go Too Far
Just Added The Curtain For Privacy!
It's a tub for washing dogs. This person (or the previous owners) probably runs/ran a grooming business out of their house and this was the most convenient place, plumbing wise, to put in the tub. It's designed to be easy to lift or entice even large dogs in and out of with minimal back strain, at a good height to wash while sitting on a stool, but small enough so that the dog can't move or spin around while you're washing them. My mom is figuring out how to retro fit one into her basement so she can add grooming services to her pet walking/ boarding business.
This Kitchen Appears To Be Under The Attack Of Some Giant At-At Walkers
The Worst Kitchen Layout Ever
Crappy Kitchen Design
Shower In The Middle Of A Kitchen
can you imagine, might be a switch for water outside, so that they can wash all the vegetables and fruits at one go. I am still wondering about the height, how much of vegetables can buy to fill all the available space?
That is what i would do with that. Like a fridge with grated shelves and wash vegetables and fruit all in one shot. Who needs a double sink?
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I remember quite a few places like this from a few decades back. The cheaper turn of the century period appartments in Germany originally had no bathrooms or toilets. Just communal places in the courtyard or basement. Some time in the 60s and 70s a toilet was squeezed into the former larder, but there was no extra room for a bathroom, so into the kitchen (where the water is) a shower with integrated water heater and pump was put. Both my older siblings lived like that for quite a while. ( I did not move in to period houses until much later, thank God)
My Nan got one of these put in the kitchen when she struggled getting up the stairs. Needs must
My friend in Zürich also had the shower in the kitchen. But the toilet and a sink was in a room of it's own.
my friend in Amsterdam had a tiny appartement from around 1600. He didnt have a bathroom and had this too. everyone thougt it ws normal. it was either this or no shower.
When you want that just fresh out of the shower feeling right before you cook.
The floors are damaged because they have had to repair a leaky pipe already...
I hate those tiny walled in showers. I feel dirty Everytime I touch a wall, and it's impossible not to.
Ugh yes! And if you touch the wall while drying... well, you'll have to wash all again.
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Wasn't there an episode of Seinfeld that this same thing happened to Elaine
You can wash the dishes while you take a shower! What a time saver.
USA is such a young country compared to Europe we can't picture buildings that old. Thanks to the folks who commented with experience I.e., from Amsterdam.
There where a lot of old appartement in amsterdam and den hague for example who all had a shower in the kitchen. Some now have a tiny toilet with a shower in it.
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no speaky english. ~ Air B and B, Bed and Bath for Exchange your MENSA Students for my MEANIE students.
Kramer used his shower to make salad on Seinfeld. My guess is the designer thought "Yaaasss! Brilliant!"
It's close to the kitchen/fridge if you need another beer while showering!
An Abundance Of Prep Space Though, You Can’t Deny That. Just Don’t Let The Chicken Slide Off When You Go To Change Out The Load Of Darks
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Very old homes, where literally all the plumbing was in a single room. Converted apartments, where a unit was split and a half-bath was turned into a full bath and kitchen due to proximity to the drains. Basements where you would have to dig up the concrete slab to install drains, or else run them in the kick-space beneath cabinets to the nearest existing drain.
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The bathroom/kitchen/laundry combos are in former Sovjet countries. It's just a practical solution with the space they got.
Love the idea of a guest using your toilet while you are cooking them a meal! Very practical indeed! No need to spice the food or anything
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Many of these of these are situations where the homeowner converted a small room or basement into a VERY small , very illegal, rental space.
Places like Russia have apartments like this for rent (not sure it's actually illegal, but no one seems to care). Many would rather have to deal with it, and have a place they can afford, than not.
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For a few months after I moved to NYC (and left the house of the family I had been staying with near Long Island), I took a sublet of a studio flat near Harlem. I hadn't checked it out first. It had the toilet in the kitchen, and a tiny sink and shower room on the other side of the square that was this studio space. That was the only sink in the place. I was mortified, but it was super cheap, and I felt it was necessary so that I could look for a job in my field. 3-hour train rides between the a*s end of Queens into Manhattan and back weren't working. I NEVER prepared food in that kitchen. Thank goodness I didn't have to; I had a quick pick-up job at a restaurant while I looked for something else.
Thanks bored panda for all these inspiration, just so happens that I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen.
Which one of these “inspirations” have you decided to go with?
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I said it in a comment on a photo, but my friend has a washing machine and shower in her kitchen. It's a very small house, the toilet is outside. I get the "How about no toilets in the kitchen" thing because, yes gross. But a shower or washing machine makes sense.
In Spain, most people have the washing machine in the kitchen, it's not regarded as gross and it's the only viable space many times. Shower in the kitchen, though...
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Well it seems most of the designs from places that have minimal space, so its understandable and practical.
so many pics showing what a terrible idea it is to try to turn an older home into open floor plans. It just doesn't work sometimes, but dumb people do it anyway. Then they complain how loud it is b/c you hear everything when you take out the walls. If you want open floor plans, buy a home that's that way already instead of ruining a home that wasn't meant to be open. Personally, I want separation of the rooms. A kitchen open to a family room is nice but otherwise I want separate rooms for everything. Our home is so nice and quiet b/c it's a somewhat sprawling ranch. I can be blaring music in the den while my hubs watches tv in the living room and we can't hear a thing.
Certain Ones Have Me Wondering How People Are Opening Their Fridges.
I love the comment from Sinkvenice "Why are there so many kitchens that are also bathrooms??" Here's my answer to this question? Well you never know when you're needing to use the toilet and still be the kitchen at the same time.
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Very old homes, where literally all the plumbing was in a single room. Converted apartments, where a unit was split and a half-bath was turned into a full bath and kitchen due to proximity to the drains. Basements where you would have to dig up the concrete slab to install drains, or else run them in the kick-space beneath cabinets to the nearest existing drain.
Load More Replies... The bathroom/kitchen/laundry combos are in former Sovjet countries. It's just a practical solution with the space they got.
Love the idea of a guest using your toilet while you are cooking them a meal! Very practical indeed! No need to spice the food or anything
Load More Replies... Many of these of these are situations where the homeowner converted a small room or basement into a VERY small , very illegal, rental space.
Places like Russia have apartments like this for rent (not sure it's actually illegal, but no one seems to care). Many would rather have to deal with it, and have a place they can afford, than not.
Load More Replies... For a few months after I moved to NYC (and left the house of the family I had been staying with near Long Island), I took a sublet of a studio flat near Harlem. I hadn't checked it out first. It had the toilet in the kitchen, and a tiny sink and shower room on the other side of the square that was this studio space. That was the only sink in the place. I was mortified, but it was super cheap, and I felt it was necessary so that I could look for a job in my field. 3-hour train rides between the a*s end of Queens into Manhattan and back weren't working. I NEVER prepared food in that kitchen. Thank goodness I didn't have to; I had a quick pick-up job at a restaurant while I looked for something else.
Thanks bored panda for all these inspiration, just so happens that I am in the process of remodeling my kitchen.
Which one of these “inspirations” have you decided to go with?
Load More Replies... I said it in a comment on a photo, but my friend has a washing machine and shower in her kitchen. It's a very small house, the toilet is outside. I get the "How about no toilets in the kitchen" thing because, yes gross. But a shower or washing machine makes sense.
In Spain, most people have the washing machine in the kitchen, it's not regarded as gross and it's the only viable space many times. Shower in the kitchen, though...
Load More Replies... Excellent blog you have posted. Thanks for sharing this informative blog with us. Suppose you live in Clearwater and searching for an expert to renovate your kitchen. So I would like to recommend "kitchenremodelinginclearwater.com" to you.
Well it seems most of the designs from places that have minimal space, so its understandable and practical.
so many pics showing what a terrible idea it is to try to turn an older home into open floor plans. It just doesn't work sometimes, but dumb people do it anyway. Then they complain how loud it is b/c you hear everything when you take out the walls. If you want open floor plans, buy a home that's that way already instead of ruining a home that wasn't meant to be open. Personally, I want separation of the rooms. A kitchen open to a family room is nice but otherwise I want separate rooms for everything. Our home is so nice and quiet b/c it's a somewhat sprawling ranch. I can be blaring music in the den while my hubs watches tv in the living room and we can't hear a thing.
Certain Ones Have Me Wondering How People Are Opening Their Fridges.
I love the comment from Sinkvenice "Why are there so many kitchens that are also bathrooms??" Here's my answer to this question? Well you never know when you're needing to use the toilet and still be the kitchen at the same time.
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