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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
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
Designer Dieter Rams is one of the world’s brightest experts when it comes to design that’s done well. Back in the 1970s, he said that the world was full of “an impenetrable confusion of forms, colors, and noises” and then went on to create his 10 principles for good design. In our opinion, he expressed timeless rules that are as important now as they were back then.
For Rams, good design has to be innovative but also useful. It can’t sacrifice form or function for one or the other: it has to be a blend of both. If a product is self-explanatory, even better! That goes for designs everywhere—if something is over-designed, it can create confusion.
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
Similarly, Rams argues that good design is honest, long-lasting, friendly to the environment, has a shelf life longer than current trends, and does away with non-essentials. In short, aim for purity. Show the essence of the design. Do away with what’s unnecessary. More is less.
However, we’re not the only ones who think that bad designs can be a lot of fun (and not just a warning about what to avoid doing). The founders of the Ugly Design Instagram page, Jonas Nyffenegger and Sébastien Mathys, told Bored Panda in an earlier interview that bad designs jump out at people from the screen and grab their attention.
At Least You Don't Have To Reach For It
The Almighty Toilet Throne
All It Needs Is A Jukebox And A Soda Fountain
What’s more, atrocious designs also keep on surprising people. Just when you think you’ve reached the bottom of the (Un)Aesthetic Abyss, you realize that it was just the tip of the Iceberg of Bad Taste. What’s more, the founders pointed out that the world would be a very boring place if everything looked tasteful and nice.
Imagine Having To Scrub Or Clean It
so if you filled in the gaps with an epoxy resin, it might be cool, but this looks impossible to keep clean as it is.
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
Lemme just cling to this rock like a derpmaid while water runs over my body
This Bathroom Covered In Carpet
It's not plain ugly. Somehow it's appealing in a very strange 70s softcore adult movie master bedroom druglord nightmare.
I'm rather alarmed because I think I just learned I have similar tastes in one sense to a drug lord from a 70s softcore adult movie. Folks... this is attic space, and the best use of one I've seen!
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If those mirrors were windows, and if the house were somewhere secluded, I would love this (except for the carpeted walls 😬)
At first I thought they were Windows, maybe 2nd floor, in the trees. Now that would've been cool
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You can almost hear Barry White playing in the background as multiple murders are committed downstairs
OMG! The mold in the carpet has me wheezing just looking at it!
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Why would anyone want a bathroom where you have to vacuum the walls?
Lol! How funny, you made me laugh this morning!
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Christie-I never thought of that. And I have seven cats. I’m a bit weird I guess because I like it. It does need plants though. I wouldn’t want to be having a bath, look up and see a drone.🤣🤣🤣🤣
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Eh. Take the carpet off, add a ton of plants, it would be nice, I think. Lots of light.
Beautifully done to the owners wishes. However never, ever put carpet near water. Mold and other diseases accumulate.
Oooh those are mirrors and windows! I thought this was like a glass greenhouse type setup. I like that part. Carpet and other, not so much.
Carpet is great. Carpet on ceilings and walls, next to a glass roof, is not great.
Ok the carpet is absolutely ugly, yes. But my God I want to have this at home!!!!
When you really really really like mirrors. But otherwise it's full of light, so I like.
I take that back... I've seen what I look like during sex, not pretty
This guy had to be a stud. I’d look at myself all day if I could. I like this place. 💪🏼
As a former housekeeper, all I can think about is what a pain it would be to vacuum the walls and ceiling.
"Hold up babe I'll call you back. I gotta vacuum the walls and ceilings now" *turns vacuum on*
Ahh...lost in confusion. The color, the carpet...everywhere..just every where....
Just wondering if this is the rest of the house with the other bathroom with this same carpet from a different post.
The one and only reason i hate this: What if water splashes? There's a reason why there's tile in the bathroom.
It is crap like this that makes me appreciate my Bozo built house much more!
I'd take it, I love the creepiness yet quietness maybe not so much pink. And carpet haha
Where's James Bond, we've found the bathroom set for his next movie....
This looks like the presidential suite of a 70s swingers motel, the carpet is herpes pink
"Carpet or paint... Do I use carpet or paint? Well, I do have a lot more carpet and not much paint, so..."
time is dead meaning has no meaning welcome one and all to weirdmageding
It's cool, but I think that it would be better as a lounge area or smth
A mirror over the bed is nice. Being enclosed in a mirrored box is another story.
I don't think I'd be able to walk around inside either of those rooms without constantly wincing and ducking :/
Very 70s romantic vibes. There are people that pay thru the nose,for retro homes like this.
Olay so besides the carpet bathroom (why??) I would live there
Oh , here's the ROSE MAUVE again...AND with the Black accents...REALLY???
The best part is all the natural light and seeing the sky. That would be fun/nice to relax in while you’re watching the rain.
A mirror above the bathtub. Exactly what this 72-year-old chubette needs to just relax in the tub. Nightmares ensue.
In my country it would be the usual "special suite" at any by-the-hour hotel
And when the door closes, you can never find your way out again, forever trapped in this nightmarish maze, surronded with hundreds of yourselves.
That bed room is amazeing but bathrooms and fabric do not mix. To much water and s**t.
Too much carpet. If it were redone , with more wood, less glass, it would be great!
I hate to say this but I like it, well maybe, less pink carpet and a little less glass! But I like it!
Imagine the dusty air clogging your airways and instant astma attack .
Architectural interest and something to look at instead of counting sheep?
Hmmm interesting...?🤔 Remove the carpet from the bathroom and tidy it up and it's really cool🤩 Also minus the carpet it looks like a fancy hotel, especially a romantic get away, in particular it looks like it could pass as a Japanese love hotel (apart from the carpet in the bathroom because that's terribly unhygienic) 🏩
Looking at these pictures makes me feel kinda dizzy due to the angles. I like the pink though
Did Lowe's or Home Depot have a clearance sale and they bought up the whole lot whether they needed the item, or not?
The worst 3 errors posted here, I've noticed, are done in hideous Pinks. There's a lesson here somewhere
I admit I like all the natural light. But... that's really all I like.
That room looks like Nicolas Cage is about to pop out of it somewhere
My eyes hurt looking at that... not to mention I hate mirrors at night. I have to cover mine up before going to bed. xD
If it was an Airbnb, I would totally stay in it. Once. For the experience.
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
I bought a used mobile home with the garden tub carpeted exactly like this. They attached the carpet with a staple gun and 49,000 staples. Took me forever to get them all out and toss the nasty carpet.
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
That's clearly an exterior door on that bathroom, it even has a deadbolt lock!
The Queen’s Seat
Clean Entrance
This looks practical for farmhouses and the like for a back door, walk in, wash off all the mud, keep moving. It is like next level mud room.
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
It's a horrible design, but it will work. steam doesn't care if something is perpendicular or what
Creativity
Why is the toilet diagonal? Have fun sitting there with that corner digging into your leg.
By The Light Of The Mac And Cheese Lantern
Imagine if that was where Jadis threw the lamppost in The Magician’s Nephew? Instead of narnia you’ve got a really concerned landlord 😂
Surprised It Is Not Red From Blood
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
Are those load-bearing pants by the bar?
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
In Germany you would lose you license as an electrician for building this, accepting it or even paying for it.
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
So you trip over toilet trying to get away from the sink, hook the back of your skull on the hooks, and bleed out in the tub. This is less interior decorating, more premeditated homicide.
"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
Have you tried drawing plugs for the things you need to use in there?
The Spiral Stairs At My House. I'm Barely 5'7"
Only In Texas
We have Texas-shaped EVERYTHING here, including Texas shaped corn chips. Not kidding.
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
I Am Forced To Look At This Every Time I Get Up
That's a shame, the ceiling is very pretty and would look fine with the fan, if it was placed properly.
I'm No Contractor Or Interior Designer But, I Think There Is A Better Way
why in the world did they think it had to attach to the other one? two separate banisters would make more sense.
Oh Yeah, I Got The Door Hung
This Door Slides Shut Onto A Light Switch
You can now close the door and turn off/on the lights in one action.
We Do Really Loud
Nah, They Don’t Need A Window, Let’s Glue It Shut And Put A Pillar Over It
Who Thought This Was A Good Idea
Is This A Master Bathroom? A Kitchen? Why Is There Carpet?
My New Apartment's Toilet Is So Narrow That Even My Skinny Ass Doesn't Fit In It
3/4 Of An Electrical Outlet
Mosaic
Actual Picture Of A Pillar In My Basement
Our New Bathroom Is Finally Finished
What On God's Green Earth Is This Abomination
I Stubbed My Toe Just Looking At This
A Pole Right In The Middle Of The Kitchen
Done
So My Dad Renovated The Bathroom Upstairs With. Carpet. I Hate It
My Grandma’s Bathroom Is Carpeted
If The Foot Bed Was On The Simpsons
These Stairs At My Grandma's House
Strange how often these "alternating tread stairs" appear in these 'bad design" posts. They are specifically designed like this to be placed in spots where a regular stair won't fit. Because of their design, you can put in a much steeper stair which still is easy to traverse. When you think about it, your foot-placement is exactly the same as on a regular stair, you just have to start off on the right (correct) foot, so there is no safety issue. (There's one of these at my local climbing gym, used it hundreds of times. without any missteps, even at high speed)
Nothing Says Opulence Quite Like Life-Size Mannequins
This Shit At My Parents House
Kitchen Island
The Corner. The Hellish Corner
Who Doesn't Want To Think About Luggage Over Breakfast? The Entire House Is Luxury Brand Themed. Also: They Mispronounced "Louis Vuitton"
Yes, That's Carpet
The Higher The Mantel, The Closer To - Texas
This Decision
My Family Got A New House And This Is Where They Put The Light Switch For The Stairs
that's where the switch always was. at some point they added a banister for safety.
Vent In The Middle Of The Floor
Are these vents an American thing? I have never seen on in real life.
Dorm Was Renovated Over The Summer. I’m Only 5’7
No One Is This In Love
Great Social Distancing
This One Post In The Stairwell At My Apartment Annoys The Heck Out Of Me Everytime I Pass By It
Apartment#: 2020
Carpet In Bathrooms
These Stairs Must Be For Pets And Children Only
Remember those alternating stairs you hated? They solve problems like this.
June, We Don't Need No Handyman, These Are Easy To Put In
imagine being so stupid that you do this instead of exchanging the fan for one that fits the space.
The Shower Was Made For People Literally 3ft Tall
"We're Out Of Material To Finish This Wall". "That's Ok, Just Put A Mirror There Instead"
This Chandelier
Cute Kitchen, Carol
DIY Built-In Toilet
When You Haven't Had A Drink In Five Years But Wake Up Every Morning Hungover
Ok. Here’s My Chance To Show You This
This Apartment Was Advertised As A "Studio With A Balcony"
2, Antler, Two, Three, Four, Five, 6
When The Random Sink Island Isn't The Weirdest Part
This Drawer In My New House's Bathroom
Who Should I Be Upset With- The Designer, Builder, Or Interior Decorator?
Centralise the mirror within the fireplace and ceiling. Add a tall slim bookcase. 2 slim vases on hearth if fire not used. Enjoy the best of a bad lot :)
Can I Play? Light Switch On My Stair Moulding
Do It Yourself
In Unit Laundry Though
I Was At A Party By A Friend And Saw This In The Toilet Wall
Every time I took acid, it somehow included a bunch of people in a bathroom being fascinated by the walls. This would've blown minds.
Inception
This Pillar In My Bathroom Eliminates All Leg Room
This Lamp In My Apartment Room That Was Clearly Split In Half
To show You the power of Flex Tape. . . I sawed this lamp in half!!!
Why Is My House Just Infinite Content For This
I Can't Afford Two Air Conditioner
I notice that in other places, the green tiles are three apart, but in on place, it is 6 apart. Is that on purpose? 2021-01-06...a6-png.jpg 
Window Without A Window
DIY Fail
I Lived In This House For A Year And Just Noticed This
It Can't Be Opened
I'm having a Fight-or-Flight instinct just looking at these terrible designs from Hell.
Please do not confuse the work of professional designers with anything on this list.
The best part of this article may have been the comments. Pandas on fire today
After looking at all these tiny little mistakes that others have in their homes I will no longer look at my few lop-sided light switches with the same dislike.
I can tell that many of these homes are haunted with a crappy design like that.
A lot of these fit under the rubric "Why you should never decorate your home while on LSD."
I want to know what's up with all the stairs in the bathrooms. Like, what's under them that they had to make the toilet up on stairs? How crazy is that plumbing....
Drains need to drop 1/4 per foot slope to drain properly. They may be on ground floor or concrete and would be pretty hard to be able to achieve the proper drain slope and be able to get the water supply to it. May not be crazy plumbing but can get VERY expensive and complex depending on what's existing. Someone decided this was the best option.. somehow lol
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None of these are designed by anyone with a degree. These are, horrible, granted, examples of what happens when people make over their own homes.
I've seen some of this in real life especially the carpeted bathroom. Most of those I've seen belong in elderly people. They just love carpets.
A lot of these were sensory disorder triggers for me, so I just want to apologize if anyone else that has seen this post if they got a sensory disorder episode from some of the images
I wish there was a way to save Panda Posts. I have tears streaming down my face from first the pix then the comments. GOOD SHOW PANDAS!!!!
I'm redesigning my kitchen and this has given me nightmares. All the things that can go wrong...
So many of these all I can think is "how do you keep this clean?" Carpet in the toilet? On the walls?
I found this so depressing i could look past #27--yes, some were fuinny, but most were evidence of truly thoughtless, stupid design. God help whoever has to live with these things. Awful!!!
Why type of minds could make these designs! Half of them will injure or kill you!
My grandpa was a general contractor back in the 50sthrough the 80s, and he built a ton of homes with carpeted bathrooms. I'll never understand why.
What's the idea of having all the steps in bathrooms? Steps have always been my nemesis so those "designs" really stand out to me. It's obvious no one has even considered the possibility of not being able to climb or descend those steps due to an infirmity sometime in their future. Having spent months wearing an immobilizer cast while confined to a wheelchair and later on a walker, those bathrooms give me nightmares.
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I better be f*****g high, because Trump supporters did not just storm the f*****g Capitol building and disrupt the vote count.
Looks like a lot of these were made after the fact. Making a separate suite so another bathroom was added, or altering a older kitchen. Still, a good designer would have been money well spent to avoid these eye sores. But they will always be a conversation starter!
Years ago I worked for a moving company. We moved the first family into a new Townhouse development. The homes were designed so that nothing larger than a double bed could be moved upstairs to the bedrooms. Twisty stairs with enclosed overhangs and windows too small to get anything in from the outside. We tried everything we could think of. They were not happy.
I'm having a Fight-or-Flight instinct just looking at these terrible designs from Hell.
Please do not confuse the work of professional designers with anything on this list.
The best part of this article may have been the comments. Pandas on fire today
After looking at all these tiny little mistakes that others have in their homes I will no longer look at my few lop-sided light switches with the same dislike.
I can tell that many of these homes are haunted with a crappy design like that.
A lot of these fit under the rubric "Why you should never decorate your home while on LSD."
I want to know what's up with all the stairs in the bathrooms. Like, what's under them that they had to make the toilet up on stairs? How crazy is that plumbing....
Drains need to drop 1/4 per foot slope to drain properly. They may be on ground floor or concrete and would be pretty hard to be able to achieve the proper drain slope and be able to get the water supply to it. May not be crazy plumbing but can get VERY expensive and complex depending on what's existing. Someone decided this was the best option.. somehow lol
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None of these are designed by anyone with a degree. These are, horrible, granted, examples of what happens when people make over their own homes.
I've seen some of this in real life especially the carpeted bathroom. Most of those I've seen belong in elderly people. They just love carpets.
A lot of these were sensory disorder triggers for me, so I just want to apologize if anyone else that has seen this post if they got a sensory disorder episode from some of the images
I wish there was a way to save Panda Posts. I have tears streaming down my face from first the pix then the comments. GOOD SHOW PANDAS!!!!
I'm redesigning my kitchen and this has given me nightmares. All the things that can go wrong...
So many of these all I can think is "how do you keep this clean?" Carpet in the toilet? On the walls?
I found this so depressing i could look past #27--yes, some were fuinny, but most were evidence of truly thoughtless, stupid design. God help whoever has to live with these things. Awful!!!
Why type of minds could make these designs! Half of them will injure or kill you!
My grandpa was a general contractor back in the 50sthrough the 80s, and he built a ton of homes with carpeted bathrooms. I'll never understand why.
What's the idea of having all the steps in bathrooms? Steps have always been my nemesis so those "designs" really stand out to me. It's obvious no one has even considered the possibility of not being able to climb or descend those steps due to an infirmity sometime in their future. Having spent months wearing an immobilizer cast while confined to a wheelchair and later on a walker, those bathrooms give me nightmares.
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Looks like a lot of these were made after the fact. Making a separate suite so another bathroom was added, or altering a older kitchen. Still, a good designer would have been money well spent to avoid these eye sores. But they will always be a conversation starter!
Years ago I worked for a moving company. We moved the first family into a new Townhouse development. The homes were designed so that nothing larger than a double bed could be moved upstairs to the bedrooms. Twisty stairs with enclosed overhangs and windows too small to get anything in from the outside. We tried everything we could think of. They were not happy.
