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
person - i want something that aways keeps me on my toes . interior designer-i got you
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
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.
The Almighty Toilet Throne
Yes, compansating a sewage pipe that is too high for a bathroom on this floor.
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So if the shower has a door, why the huge shower curtain? Why do I feel like this is wide open to the rest of the room?
I think the curtain is to give the occupant of the throne some privacy.
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Like in the Parasite movie, when they live in that cheap basement appartment where the raised toilet seat is the only place you can get some wifi.
the one I always dream about, when I am on the job, somebody comes and there is nowhere to hide. So I try to find a new toilet.
Christy smith i think its red tile and a red rug under the toilet maybe?
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The urinal confuses me - are you supposed to sit on the step and pee, or what?
Does anyone else have Bad Toilet Dreams, where you’re searching for a toilet and they’re all filthy, no toilet paper, up in the corner of the room?
I not kidding when I say I've had nightmares that look similar to this.
And the urinal just adds to the complete idiocy! The steps don't help either. I wonder how many kids or drunks fell...
notice the height of the urinal---- good for a house plant. otherwise, this is a useless room
If you are tall enough to use that sink, you are gonna bump your head using the toilet
I was in a hotel in Bedford England IIRC that has the ensuite toilet a bit like that. As the hymn says "Enthroned in Heavenly Splendour".
that most likely is necessity. There aren't any pipes lower the closet output. The s**t will not magically go upstairs.
I'm more concerned with the fact that there's a urinal in a private bathroom... and that it's not only too high to use, but also wedged between the wall, the shower, and the stairs.
So you want lotsa space in yr bathrm~~then don't buy this house. Have never seen urinal in an apt. Tighter rooms mean less cleaning...guys who use urinals don't clean bathrm, b.r., l.r., kitchen or anytg. They need to have sex withheld 'til they learn how to respect women. Women aren't your slaves~~not matter yr title or how overpaid you've been for centuries.
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im a gilr, but i know enough to know that that is a very tall urinal
Jesus Christ this is going to suck when I wake up in the middle of the night cuz I have to go to the bathroom
Is the urinal pipe going into the shower?! 😂😂😂 So much wrong here, God forbid you gotta go.... Bad!! Take one step up and have to change your pants 😂😂😂
They should have just had the seat up there and the toilet in the floor. Bombs away
This is the bathroom Alfred should have used for the Psycho shower scene.
Toilets get raised like this if the room is on a slab and the u bend has no spot. Raising a toilet allows for a u bend, and prevents stinky gasses from coming out.
This is deep in a below ground basement. To the point where the basement floor is *below* the sewer line. Considering flushing a toilet requires gravity to get the water and waste to go away... you can't have a toilet below the main sewer line.
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All of this elaborate stuff and they forgot the old style urinal. Simply not acceptable.
Climbing up the steps to the toilet could be so time-consumptive if someone were in urgent need of the toilet. Thank goodness the flooring is stone and not carpeted for the many accidents that could occur.
Maybe he made it for his Royal Heinous. The urinal is low for the guy, but he gives his wife privacy with the curtain for sitting on her throne.
At 2 AM I'd need a ... ah... ahh... I'll just whizz in the shower! LOl
Women don't have that option. Women also use bidet or clean folds down under to avoid infections~~since guys refuse to clean btwn their filthy folds...EVER, aaack!
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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.
I Almost Fell Down And Rolled My Ankle On This
My Parents Have A Bathroom With Carpet That Goes Up The Bathtub Walls. Bonus Points For The Terrible Wallpaper
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 Single Square Inch Of Raised Carpet Complete With Lining
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
Social Distancing Looking A Lot Like Being Married For 10+ Years
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
Neck Pain And A Head Injury Anyone?
