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50 Times Homes Had Such Awful Interiors, It Was Unclear What The Designers Were Thinking (New Pics)
Call the Aesthetics Police because we’ve got a crime spree to report. They say there’s no arguing about taste, but there are some truly awful design decisions out there. They don’t just ask to be judged, they demand it. ‘Quirky and unique’ don’t quite cut it anymore.
We like to think that we’ve got a good eye for quality designs. And on the flip side, we think we know what best to avoid when decorating your home. That’s why our team here at Bored Panda has put together this list of the very worst home interior design fails. Some of these are so epic, they’re bound to make your inner designer wince. Check out the best of the worst, and remember to give the pics you hate with a burning passion a big old upvote.
Read on for Bored Panda’s in-depth interview about our sense of aesthetics, how it forms, and how we can develop it. Spoiler warning: nobody is ever truly lost, no matter how bad their current sense of style might be.
Meanwhile, if you find yourselves in the mood for some jaw-droppingly horrific design ‘solutions,’ take a look through Bored Panda’s recent articles about them right here, here, and here.
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#1
Staircase Beautified With Loose Boulders And A Broken Pelvis
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#2
Lars Ulrich
#3
This Chandelier At A Restaurant I Ate At Bothers Me So Much
#4
This Is A Bad Idea
#5
You Have To Step Over The Bathtub To Get Between The Toilet And The Sink
#6
You Can Take A Bath And Die Immediately
#7
When They Said "Half-Bath", I Wasn't Expecting This
#8
We Have A Really Small Radiator In Our House
#9
I Raise You Carpet Wall Bathroom
#10
Man Opening The Curtains Of His Windowless Hotel Room
#11
Can't Stop Thinking About This Sink
#12
My Grandparents Have A Fish Pond In Their Living Room
#13
Bottom Side Of The Stairs. Just Why
𝙸'𝚖𝚊𝚗𝚘𝚘𝚋!(new account) 4 years ago
Seems you got yourself a glitch. Not to worry, just push restart and it should clear that in a jiff!
#14
My Eyes Are Hurting Me
#15
The White Is Actually A Part Of The Marble Floor
#16
Fleshy Shower
#17
An Apartment In London That Has No Front Door. Just A Set Of Stairs Leading Up To A Window
#18
This Bathroom With Too Many Stairs
#19
Privacy? Never Heard Of It. Only Showers With Full Viewing Windows In This House
#20
This Combination Of Staircase, Cellar And Bathroom Gets Worse Every Second You Look At It
#21
"Don't Come Down The Stairs! I'm Pooping"
#22
What Was The Point Of This Again
#23
Okay, What The Hell
#24
One Closet. 6 Feet Above The Ground And No Stairs To Get To It. Why?
#25
Sacred Resource
#26
Flat For Sale In Kiyv, Ukraine
#27
The Intersection Of Three Rooms At My New Place
#28
Studio Apartment. No Thanks
#29
Fish Scale Stairs At My Grandma's
#30
Nice Paint Job On The Cabinets But Why Purple
Steve Barnett 4 years ago (edited)
'Okay Prince, you can decorate the kitchen. Just don't spill any paint on th... Oh. Whatever'
#31
DC Condos Really Pretend That This Is Ok (5'7" Man For Scale)
#32
My Grandparent’s Carpeted Bathroom
#33
$500 Per Week Excluding Expenses. Close To Shops
#34
Stairs Retrofitted Into Old House Are A Death Trap
#35
This Shower At My Airbnb
#36
Let Me Just Hop Into The Bathtub To Fill/Empty The Washing Machine. No Problem
#37
Part Three Of Things In My House At Annoy The Hell Out Of Me
#38
Someone Played Cat's Cradle With These Heating Pipes
#39
Stairs To More Stairs
#40
Oh, What A Cute House For Sale. Aaaaahhhhh What?
#41
My Parents' Bathroom Is On A Platform Next To An Angled Ceiling So You Hit Your Head Every Time... And It Has A Telephone
Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
Telephone to call an ambulance before you pass out due to the concussion from hitting your head. Makes sense.
#42
Have A Good Sleep
#43
Refrigerator Island?
#44
My Uncle's House Got A Bathroom Without A Door, Literally The First Thing You See When You Enter The House
#45
This Bathroom In A House I Was Shown By My Realtor
#46
Well You Asked For A Kitchen Island Didn’t You?
#47
The Lamp Prevents The Cupboard From Fully Opening In My New Apartment
#48
Because Having Two Staircases Is Better Then One In The Bathroom. Toilet Is Behind The Wall On The Left
Cactus McCoy 4 years ago
The well in the center is for the corpse disposal in case somebody gets lost and does not return?
#49
My House Has Many Of These Architect Flaws (I Live In Brazil), One Of Them Is The Flaw In The Ceiling Of The Living Room's Stairs That Makes My Mom's Bathroom Have Stairs
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Nurse: "Oh, my goodness! What happened to you this morning?" Homeowner: "Honestly, I feel so silly. I got off the toilet, tripped up the stairs, bashed my head on the edge of the sink, slipped on the blood, and broke my wrist trying to save myself. *tremulous smile* But at least it's not Covid"
#50
Why Would You Choose This Carpet For Your Hotel?
Silvia John 2 years ago
So you can secretly film videos of people stumbling and puking and upload them to platforms and make a lot of money from them.
#51
Let’s Hear It For Amber And Tiffani Coming Up On The Main Stage Next
#52
My House Has A Working Toilet At The Top Of The Basement Stairs
#53
It's Going In The Corner One Way Or Another
#54
Not What I Had In Mind For A Double Vessel Sink
#55
Princess Potty
#56
Some Maniac's Bathroom Tile
#57
Multitasking
#58
The Family I Work For Just Renovated Their Home And This Was The Can Light Configuration They Ended Up With That I Get To Be Annoyed By Every Day
#59
Don't Come Stumbling In This House Drunk At Night. As Seen On Zillow
#60
The Builders Decided That They Wanted This Bannister To Clip Through The Wall
#62
This Bedding Set With A Romantic Rose Bud Print
#63
Who Comes Up With This Stuff?
#64
You Can Take A Shower And Don’t Worry That You Will Miss Pizza Delivery
#65
Hotel Shower Has No Edges So It Floods. Door Has Water Damage
#66
May I Present To You: The Weird Stairs At My House
#67
Nice View Isn’t It?
#68
Old Estonian Apartment
#69
This Is Just So Tacky And Unappealing
#70
Invisible Step At My Parents' New House That Has Injured 4 Of My Family
#74
Luxurious Apartment For Student
#75
Is Ok. No Water Will Come Out
#76
Guest (In-Laws) Bathroom
#77
The Perfect Place To Store 15 Years Worth Of Dust
#78
Good Thing That Door Is There To… Ummm, I Don't Know
#79
So My Cousin Bought A New House And This Is One Of The Two Bathrooms
#80
Room Was Advertised As Having An Ensuite. Because There's Nothing I'd Like Better Than Having The Toilet Actually In The Bedroom
#82
Guillotine Urinal
#83
Found While House Hunting. This House Is Clearly Plagued By Malevolent Spirits
#84
I Feel Like It's A Safety Hazard
#85
This Is Apparently A Clean Wash Basin
#86
Four Doors, One Corner. Left To Right: Closet Door, Door Leading To Bathroom From Living Room, Door Leading To Bathroom From Bedroom, Bedroom Door
#87
My Toes Tend To Get A Little Cold At Night
#88
Bring Your Horse To Work Day
#89
Having My Bathroom Remodelled And They Installed My Shower At Less Than Knee Height
Annamagelic 4 years ago
Less than knee height? Just how tall are you? Obviously it's too low, but it is higher than the sink next to it. Is the sink basin at your ankles?
#90
This Pebble River
#91
Why Cut The Door When You Can Cut The Carpet. Found In Basement Of A Friend’s Newly Bought House
#92
My Dad Moved To A New House In Vegas. This Is The Light Switch For My Room. It's Avant Garde I Swear
#93
This Was The First Thing I Saw, When I Came To My Friend's House
#94
The Games Room In My Friend's Grandparents' House
#95
Just Noticed This In The Living Room
PandaGoPanda 4 years ago
And now you are doomed to notice it every single time you walk past. For ever.
#96
That’s It, I Am Architecture And Home Design Shaming
#97
Seriously?
#98
This Six Inch Wide Triangle Window In A Stairwell On My Campus. Just Why?
#99
A Lovely Chicago Apartment Bathroom
#101
The Outlets Are All At Different Heights In My Mom's Apartment
#102
This Tiny Gap, Where My Wedding Ring Now Lives
#103
These Stairs In My Sister's House Are A Joy To Use
#104
This Sink At My Uncle's House
#105
This Outlet + Radiator Configuration Is Everywhere In This House. Why
#106
This Gap In The Bedroom Wall
#107
Convenient When Everything Is In One Place
#109
I Like I Like His Her What
#110
The Stairs To The Attic In My Old House Built During WW2 Is In The Bathroom. Luckily I Live Alone
#112
Living Room Bath Anyone?
#113
Convenient
#115
Strange Bathroom
#116
Door Gone Wrong
#117
These Drawers In My New House
#118
“Puddle Mirror”
#119
It Finally Happened To Me. I Found A Carpeted Bathroom
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
I can remember when most bathrooms and kitchens were carpeted. And GET OFF MY LAWN
#120
The Bathroom In A House I Spent My Vacation In
Julia Atkinson 4 years ago
Drift off to sleep as perfumed steam gently eases your blocked sinuses
#121
Shower Curtain On The Other Side Of The Shower In The Bedroom
#122
The New Homeoffice, Where Important Executives Take Care Of All Manner Of Their Business?
#123
In My Hotel Room, I Can Either Close The Closet Or The Bathroom, But Not Both At The Same Time
#124
Very Well Planned
#125
Some People Are Feeling Lonelier In Quarantine Than Others
#126
This Apartment I Used To Live In Where The Door And Toilet Had Trouble Coexisting
#127
This Non-Adjustable Shower Head Holder That's Set Up To Spray The Water Directly Outward Across The Bathroom
#128
You Can't Really See The Step
#129
I Don't Think I Need To Explain This One
#130
The Placement Of My Toilet Makes It Physically Impossible For A Toilet Covering
Carrie de Luka 4 years ago
Could make a slim cistern lid from wood, cut to shape and painted to match the colour of the loo. Not ideal but better than leaving it like that. Would look 'finished' at least.
#131
These Stairs
Upstaged75 4 years ago
You're screwed if you have big feet. Some of those steps are only inches wide.
#132
My Mom's House Has A Complete Dip In The Floor. I Can't Tell You How Many Times I've Tripped
#135
Alternate Placement For Toilet Roll Holder
#136
The Door That Never Should've Been. Let Alone The Handrail - It Would've Opened Onto The Stairs
#137
Searching For An Apartment Today And Ran Across This Picture. I Think I'll Pass
#138
Technically You Can Close It But
#139
My Dorm’s Bug Screens Have Gaps On All Of Them
#140
Bathroom Open To House And Visible From The Entryway
#141
(Left) Oh Look How Cute The Natural Light In This Hotel Shower Flows In Through This Window. (Right) The View From The Bed At 4AM When My Wife Has To Pee
It lights up the whole room.
#142
Everything About This Bathroom Is Wrong
#143
My College Has A Bathroom With A Toilet On A Mini Stage
#144
Can't Open The Drawer Because The Handle Blocks It (The Same Thing Happens With The Drawer On The Right)
#145
This Flat's Bathroom Up For Rent
#146
This Half-Eaten Post On My Staircase
#147
Bathroom In Airbnb's Party House Doesn't Have Shower Cabin Or Elevated Water Drainage Which Leaves Whole Room Flooded After Showering
#148
My Friend's Stairway To His Bedroom
Annie Bieber 4 years ago
Designed & rented out by an Orthopedist with a LOT of kids to send to college...🤣
#149
When The Architect, Engineer, Interior Designer, Fail To Communicate
Liam Walsh 4 years ago
Honestly, it can be harder to get them all agreeing than you think! Then they'll all blame the others. Worked on one property's renovation where the architect and the builders got into massive disagreements. The steels were wrong and the place was a bodge up from that point onwards.
#150
Just Installed My New Radiator
#151
I Guess There Is No Need To Turn On The Light
Olga Dremina 4 years ago
There's so many easiest rental-friendly solutions, that's not even a problem. But i kinda like how they tried to match the lines on tiles and rug.
#152
Great Place For A Toilet
#154
What Kind Of Monster Would Do Something Like This
#155
Can't Close The Bathroom Door In The Hotel Room I Just Stayed In, It Hits The Toilet
#156
This Airbnb In Warsaw Had Completely Useless Curtains In The Living Room. Who Needs Privacy Anyway?
#157
Took Me Five Tries To Read
PandaGoPanda 4 years ago
I could read it immediately. Oh dear, I wonder what that says about me!
#158
My Grandmother's Bathroom Is An Abomination
Mama Panda 4 years ago
Stop ya bitchin' and throw out those toilet paper tubes before she gets a switch on ya
#159
Sofa Sleeper Can’t Come Out Fully Because Of The Fridge And Microwave Cabinet Right In Front
#161
It Is Like This In Minecraft When You Miscalculate And You Are Left With This. Expect This Is Irl At My Friend's House. You Have To Duck Down Half Way Up The Stairs
#162
Is It A Bathroom In The Bedroom Or A Bed In The Bathroom?
#163
This Disgusting Arch In My Friend's House
#165
Have You Ever Been Working On Something And Stopped Giving A Thing About Half Way Through?
#166
Couples Toilet
#167
Wall Mounts Are Overated
#168
This Shelf In My House Is Blocked By The Toilet
#169
I’ll Just Trip Then
Summer Woodsong 4 years ago
Quick, put a plant there, so no one steps off the edge! Or, maybe a nice, heavy statue?
#170
I Was Browsing House/Apartment Rentals When I Saw This Monstrosity Of A Shower. How Does Anyone Even Use This?
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Tuule Tanum 4 years ago
I'd like to read Bored Panda's definition of new. They use the same pictures over and over again. This post is especially full of pictures that have been here lots of times. It gets really annoying.
Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
These posts make me feel so grateful that I not only have a roof over my head, but a house that doesn't have wonky stairs, carpeted bathroom, or a crapper in the kitchen. I am truly fortunate.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
After years of playing Sims, I'm pretty sure I can design a house better than all of the above!
Sweetie Cake 4 years ago
i could do better than these designers by designing a two room house that is literally just a decent bathroom and bedroom
Load More Replies... Tuule Tanum 4 years ago
I'd like to read Bored Panda's definition of new. They use the same pictures over and over again. This post is especially full of pictures that have been here lots of times. It gets really annoying.
Tamra Stiffler 4 years ago
These posts make me feel so grateful that I not only have a roof over my head, but a house that doesn't have wonky stairs, carpeted bathroom, or a crapper in the kitchen. I am truly fortunate.
Jo Choto 4 years ago
After years of playing Sims, I'm pretty sure I can design a house better than all of the above!
Sweetie Cake 4 years ago
i could do better than these designers by designing a two room house that is literally just a decent bathroom and bedroom
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