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79 Times People Worked Without Common Sense And It Resulted In These Hilarious Home Design Fails
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Building your own home is a dream for many, and it’s easy to see why. People pour in time, money, and a whole lot of energy to create a space that feels just right. But what happens when the very professionals you trust (architects and interior designers) end up turning that dream into something… questionable?
We’re talking about design fails that will make you do a double take. From windows placed in the most confusing spots to beds and layouts that make absolutely no sense, some of these choices are truly baffling. Honestly, a few of them might even make you wonder how they got approved in the first place. Today, we’ve scoured the internet to bring you some of the most unbelievable examples—consider this your checklist of what not to do. Maybe even show these to your contractor, just to be clear about what you definitely don’t want.
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David Paterson 6 months ago
Looks like there's a gap behind it for heat dissipation. Extra like because the bottom is off the ground so no back strain getting to the bottom shelf.
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Panda McPandaface 6 months ago
I get that there may be good reason to need the toilet elevated but that is no excuse for the carpet.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
MC Escher's great great grandson never lived up to his family's legacy.
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Sara Frazer 6 months ago
This is the first one on this list I absolutely genuinely hate with every fiber of my being
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Richard Smith 6 months ago
You doing OK over there, Uncle Joe? Just fine...pass the mustard...
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Sara Frazer 6 months ago (edited)
I mean, if you can parkour it and don't mind heights that's a pretty sweet hangout nook. Me personally , I would turn it into a cat space
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Dusty's mom 6 months ago
Kitty cat steps to the bed. Maybe a person with an elderly or disabled pet. But the decor needs a tone-down.
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Michael Largey 6 months ago
"Love ... like you're going to fall down the stairs from not paying attention."
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Who ever thought an Island Stove was a good idea needs to marry the person who thinks the Island Dishwasher is a good idea and then NEVER EVER reproduce.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
I hope they have a Carbon Monoxide detector somewhere in the room.
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LillieMean 6 months ago
I get a mental image of a woman with two bottles of hairspray in her hair and a cigarette dangerously close to her hair. A loose short-sleeved zebra-striped shirt, spandex pants, the same shade as the wall and lots of cheap gold-colored jewelry plus mint green bracelets. Patent leather shoes, gold-colored buckles with rhinestones.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
Another one of these? There's no place for the fridge to dissipate heat.
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Panda McPandaface 6 months ago
I have a cable running through a hole in the wall like that to a room with no sockets.
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Huddo's sister 6 months ago (edited)
Horrible McMansion. Way too many of these in Australia. Used to be that everyone dreamed of at least a quarter acre block, now many have almost a quarter acre house!
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Kelly Scott 6 months ago
If you need this much reminding, maybe you should still be in diapers.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
The furniture is photoshopped. This is the kind of thing you see in a sales brochure for a McMansion.
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Kelly Scott 6 months ago
Actually, with the upper right part extended up a little and with a roof over it, and a little more thought into the design, like make it into a Tudor house with different sections being brick and stucco and beamed, this might look really cute with all the nooks and crannies. Of course, those "things" holding up the second floor on the left would have to go but a few replacement corbels instead would be attractive.
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Sara Frazer 6 months ago
Hey, those wall-mounted air-conditioners aren't cheap, I bet they did this to cool two rooms for less...kinda brilliant if you can make it work...
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Panda McPandaface 6 months ago
Doesn't look great but it seems as if it would serve it's purpose.
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ohlordylordy 6 months ago
I think this could be a way to keep a room ventilated but while also keeping the door shut.
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Kim Kermes 6 months ago
Details: age of house, what's on the other side. Could be access to firewood?
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Huddo's sister 6 months ago
It would at least let you be able to mount and clean any pictures you want to hang without getting a ladder/long handled tool out.
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Ray Ceeya (RayCeeYa) 6 months ago
I don't hate this because of the colors. I hate it because you gotta be a freaking giant to reach those upper cabinets.
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ohlordylordy 6 months ago
Not physically possible, depth of sink bowl would take up top rack space of dishwasher. Cant be cut out since water runs through back and top of dishwasher. Photoshopped.
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Wayne Resnick 6 months ago
I'm sick and tired of all these "I think that toilets should be at floor level" or "I don't think people should have adjacent toilets" or "the toilet doesn't belong in the middle of the living room in front of the built in refrigerator" comments. Picky, picky, picky.
Sara Kreps 6 months ago
some of these don't belong as they are decor and easily fixed, not design.
Wayne Resnick 6 months ago
I'm sick and tired of all these "I think that toilets should be at floor level" or "I don't think people should have adjacent toilets" or "the toilet doesn't belong in the middle of the living room in front of the built in refrigerator" comments. Picky, picky, picky.
Sara Kreps 6 months ago
some of these don't belong as they are decor and easily fixed, not design.
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