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.
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?
They would definitely knock the tv off that ledge.
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Take any single element in this room, and they're fine. It's the jarring juxtaposition of too many different styles, colors, patterns and placement that is hard to appreciate. No, this is not eclectic, it's schizophrenic.
The bed is positioned so that the occupant can be entertained watching the person or people on the sofa catch fire from the fireplace directly behind them.
There is a little platform up there right below the ceiling to the left of the couch - if you want to be a peeping tom (instead of an in-the-open voyeur on the couch) there's a hidden peep-hole for observing the activity in the bed!
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Honestly, nobody hate on me for this, but I kinda like the design itself, the idea of it. Good idea, not executed properly.
(The part padded in purple I may add, just not the fact that it is purple) and the Tv should not be up there, I should say i like the structure of it I guess.
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Oh dear! I quitw like this one.........................,I'll just fetch my coat,
The TV is just sitting there? That is not a head injure, that is murder.
You couldn't pay me enough to sit on that couch under the 500 lb giant TV
That tv looks incredibly heavy. I'm not sure why the couch is right there, but I would be terrified to sit down.
Paint out the purple and change the linen and rugs and it would be fine
The interior designer here needs a refresher course on the color wheel. Even the little kids I teach have a better sense of what colors go together than this.
Very creative..adjust ( change) the purple and could be an interesting layout
My cats and dog would love this place and I would watch them and fall asleep.
That tv is an accident waiting to happen. If you walk into that cord that is down, oof, that tv is coming dowwwwwn.
At least the view is worth good money that room need good money and a design put into it!
It’s a miracle that big screen TV (which looks like it’s straight outta 1995) hasn’t fallen down or broken that beam, or whatever you call the thing it’s sitting on. My parent son one once. It was hella heavy.
That TV is TOTALLY safe, go ahead and sit on the sofa.
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!
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
