50 Times Common Sense Went Over The Heads Of These Interior Designers

Good design is about finding the delicate yet pleasing balance between form and function. Though a lot depends on what you want to get done, a good rule of thumb is to keep your designs simple, so that they’re easily understood, practical, and aesthetic. But some people throw the rulebook out the window into the dumpster. And then they wing it.

Even though bad home interior designs are something you should practice social distancing from, you can’t deny that they can be hilarious… as long as it’s not your home we’re talking about! Bored Panda wanted to make you laugh and feel better about having to stay in your lovely home during the lockdown, so we’re bringing you the funniest, most facepalm-worthy interior design fails that prove common sense is actually quite rare.

Are you in the mood for some more horrendous examples of design? Well, once you’re done scrolling through this list and upvoting your fave horrible design pics, we invite you to check out earlier posts about design fails here, here, and here.

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Steps That You Can't See

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50 Times Common Sense Went Over The Heads Of These Interior Designers

Steps That You Can't See

Up The Drain It Goes

My Uncle's House Got A Bathroom Without A Door, Literally The First Thing You See When You Enter The House

My Friend's Under-The-Stairs "Bathroom" Where The Toilet Is Diagonal And Partially Installed Into The Carpeted Wall

Can't Stop Thinking About This Sink

Kitchen Made By A Sofa Maker

At Least You Don't Have To Reach For It

The Almighty Toilet Throne

All It Needs Is A Jukebox And A Soda Fountain

Imagine Having To Scrub Or Clean It

I Almost Fell Down And Rolled My Ankle On This

New Kitchen Style

Why Is There Wood Separating The Hallway In Half

Yup, The Fridge Fit Boss

My Parents Have A Bathroom With Carpet That Goes Up The Bathtub Walls. Bonus Points For The Terrible Wallpaper

Who Says Crown Molding Is Overdone?

I Think My Stairs Fit Here

Middle Class Fridge. Lower Class Aesthetic

It's Not A Mirror, It's A Doorway

A Shower Designed To Be As Hard To Stand In As Possible

This Bathroom Covered In Carpet

This Single Square Inch Of Raised Carpet Complete With Lining

I Can Just Imagine The Whole House Shaking Like Crazy

Wash Your Hands You Animals

Imagine Trying To Piss While Drunk

These Stairs Leading To A Bedroom Loft

My Friend Just Finished A Kitchen Remodel

Prayers For The Contractor Who Had To Call These Homeowners And Explain They Needed A Second Set Of Front Doors Because. Math

Today My Mom Hit Her Toe With This And Was Bleeding. I Hate This Kitchen So Much

Why Is The Big Face Bleeding, Why The Monkey, Just Why

This Shower Has Blinds Instead Of Curtains

This "Form Over Function" Kitchen In My Apartment

Social Distancing Looking A Lot Like Being Married For 10+ Years

Toilet Room Design

8000 Magic Cards Covering 39m²

This Staircase Bathroom

Why: 1. They Put In A Sliding Door To A Bedroom. 2. They Placed Curtains On The Outside Of It. 3. They Also Placed The Lock On The Outside

This Entire Kitchen’s Counters And Backsplash Are Covered With This “Faux Mold” Tile

Imagine Being A Firefighter And Entering A Dark Smoke-Filled House From The Outside Through This Window

Is It Possible To Change This?

This Throne Room

Neck Pain And A Head Injury Anyone?

My Grandma’s Bathroom

The Bathroom Door Of The New Place My Girlfriend And I Just Moved Into. I Was Sat At The Dining Table When I Took This

The Queen’s Seat

Clean Entrance

The Raised Cutout Of This Ceiling Doesn’t Allow The Fan To Suck In Any Air

These Tiles That Are Designed Pre-Worn And Dirty

How Would Any Of This Work

Creativity

By The Light Of The Mac And Cheese Lantern

Surprised It Is Not Red From Blood

Askew Angles

This Bathroom With Too Many Stairs

These Curtains That Look Like Cigarettes - Perfect For The Smoking Room

This Bathroom In My Dad's New House. I’m 6’1”. The Room Is So Short They Had To Cut Holes In The Ceiling Over The Toilet And Sink So You Can Stand Up

Found This While Bored And Looking At Houses I Can't Afford

The “Pants House” That’s Always For Sale In My Neighborhood. Every Room Has More Pants

I Present My Apartment's 1/3 Outlet

If You Walk On The Right You Fall Down A Staircase

Living In This Apartment For Almost A Year And Something Has Always Felt A Little "Off" About The Bathroom. Turns Out The Entire Room Is Horribly Crooked, Even The Doorway

This Chunk Of Stairs That Pokes Out Of The Wall At My Work

It's A Justin Bieber Couch

I Wonder Who Had This Bright Idea

Oh Well

The Toilet Paper Roll Holder In My New Apartment Is Inside The Shower Curtain

The Basement Entrance Of Our House (I Am 178 Cm)

If You Roll Over You Die

Can’t Stand To Shower. Can’t Fully Open The Cabinet Doors. Can’t Stand In Front Of The Sink

"Honey, The Turkey Is Done, Go Get The Ladder"

Remarkable Wall Desing In The Toilet Room

I Was Told There Would Be An Outlet In This Bathroom Before I Moved In

The Spiral Stairs At My House. I'm Barely 5'7"

Only In Texas

It’s All Fun And Roofline Games Until You Have To Figure Out The Floor Plan

Horseshoes On The Ceiling Is A New Level Of Commitment

Did The TV Really Need Its Own Parthenon?

The Rocky Horror Archi Show

I Mean, You Could've Rotated The Toilet But Whatever