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Many of us instinctively know whether a design is good and user-friendly or if it’s something clobbered together at the last minute without much thought for aesthetics, the future, or our poor artistic feelings. However, some home design ‘solutions’ are so problematic, they deserve to be named and shamed far and wide.

That’s where the Russian ‘Typical Rykozhop’ project on Instagram comes in. The account documents the most egregious design and construction decisions that would make any design major’s jaw drop (watch some of them faint, too!). Scroll down for the best of the truly worst (or is that the worst of the worst?) and upvote the design solutions that you simply love to hate, dear Pandas.

If you’re in the mood for some more horrifying home aesthetics, awful craftsmanship, and attempts to make things fit, then you’re more than welcome to browse Bored Panda’s first article about ‘Typical Rykozhop’ right here. It’s the perfect lesson about what not to do.

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Eirik Johnsbråten
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4 years ago

That's... actually rather impressive.

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    ғɪɴɴ ᴅ. ʜᴀʀᴍᴀɴɴ
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    4 years ago

    100% safe and steady

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    Caro Caro
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    By the looks of it the whole bathroom needs to be demolished.

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    Buren
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    This ruins my day

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    Ukachukwu Okpara
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Ocd activated

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    Eirik Johnsbråten
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Screw this.

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    MJ
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Please use the toilet with your legs placed on the left. Also, please be nice to shift a little for proper access to the rest

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    Gin. No tonic
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Das Dusche.

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    Hooked
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    This looks like one of those games where you are supposed to save the goldfish by opening the correct valves but you "accidentally" flood it with toxic waste every time ;-)

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Candles left on plastic toilet cistern maybe?

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    SendMeABrownie
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Go home, you're drunk

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    Kitty Queen
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I don't really mind the wall, it's just pattern, but why are the shower curtain so low?

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    Buren
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That is... creative. Bahahahaha, it even has a spare!

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    Sum Guy
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I know exactly what happened here and I get it. They needed airconditioning in the room but since it's so high up, it's hard fixing the condenser at that position where the blower is inside.

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    Buren
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I actually have exact same situation in the house I live in currently.

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    Gia SDP
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I don't even know what I'm looking at.

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    ғɪɴɴ ᴅ. ʜᴀʀᴍᴀɴɴ
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    loong wirey spider

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    Laura Jones
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    handy for cats to let themselves out

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    Elvira Kreft
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Is that a bow on the toilet seat 😅 👒

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    ғɪɴɴ ᴅ. ʜᴀʀᴍᴀɴɴ
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    I'm sure it's a skeleton hehe

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I suppose you could put a corner shelf in and make it a feature. Put a pretty throw rug over the massive hole and voila!

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    Ryan Deschanel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I see nothing wrong here.

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    Ara
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Spider’s lair?

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    Caro Caro
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I swear I would get out a sledge hammer. This would drive me nuts.

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    Hannah Edwards
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Oh dear, I bet that gap was once a nice fireplace.

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    Demi Zwaan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    I suppose that's just meant to be artsy. It looks nice.

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    Demi Zwaan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Reusing old blocks. Good for the environment!

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    cybermerlin2000
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Large white is waste pipe from toilets, sinks etc. Blue pipe is cold water feed. Insulated pipes are probably central heating feeds. I'm worried about how the main sewage pipe is patched using screw bands and a piece of cut pipe

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    Gin. No tonic
    Community Member
    4 years ago (edited)

    In the cold part of Europe we have coil-pipes in the bathrooms (we call them "snakies" 🐍). I suppose this was a DIY attempt?

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    Ryan Deschanel
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Poverty is not funny.

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    Anna Solan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    A can or two of that spray foam used in a previous post will fix that right up!

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    Ara
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Actually, if you disregard the building’s structural integrity, this is pretty impressive.

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    Eppe
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    You can almost hear it whispering "Kill.... me....."

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    Ara
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Industrial chic

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    My O My
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    4 years ago

    Plot twist: the spout is in the next room

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    Jonathan
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    That can be the carrier bags inside a bigger carrier bag cupboard.

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    DumYum
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Try turning off the water lines.

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    Chiuki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Someone took a souvenir home.

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    Chiuki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    DIY phone jack adapter. An attempt was made.

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    Purplesloth4586
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Why?

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    Chiuki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Hey, Boss, I couldn't find the joint sealant, but I have a whole box of flanged buttonheads. Same thing, right?

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    Chiuki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Perfect place for a circulation pump, right, boss?

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    Chiuki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Those sewage drain extenders are going to be interesting when someone cracks one by stepping on it.

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    Alexander Neil
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Conveniently located. No cold starts here!

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    GIANNA REGINA - STUDENT
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    what is wrong here??

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    Hugh Willie Mungous
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    Obviously a toilet (probably broken) has been removed and we see the project before the new one is installed. Nothing to see here!

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    Chiuki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    DIY flow restrictor for the radiator. This just makes me sad to look at. Looks like the hot water pipe leaked so they cut it and patched it with this frankenstein plastic monstrosity.

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    Chiuki
    Community Member
    4 years ago

    It's a permanent temporary extension cord.

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