26 Times People Tried To Do Something Themselves, With Pretty Questionable Results

There's a lot to be said for rolling up your sleeves and building/creating something yourself. But sometimes, it's better to just leave it up to the experts. Here are 26 projects that fall into that category:

1.This stairs-counter-hybrid situation:

the stairs are cut off by a kitchen counter, so you would be stepping on the counter to continue going upstairs
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2.This FIRe eXIT:

the e's on each word are tiny
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3.This snake toilet:

tile is completely covering the toilet area
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4.This cascade of nipple lights up the wall and onto the ceiling:

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u/Kattivakk / Via reddit.com

5.This recycle bin that had such good intentions but ended up sending the WRONG message:

the words are separated weird so it reads: every child garbage, matters recycle
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6.This holiday card with a message I will never be able to decipher:

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u/dona1201 / Via reddit.com

7.This menu lets you see the food but makes it pretty hard to read about it:

font on top of a large image of the food so you can't read anything
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8.This washing machine installment that clearly no one measured beforehand:

washing machine goes through a wall into another room
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9.This TV that met its death after being mounted with liquid glue:

tv and the fireplace tile crashed on the floor
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10.This "couch repair" that uses the term pretty loosely:

duct tape on the couch
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11.This logo that's apparently supposed to say "Bunch of Grapes":

the letters are going down vertically and are unreadable
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12.This couch tiling:

tile pieces on a sofa like a mosiac
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13.This wooden fireplace:

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u/LowYak3 / Via reddit.com

14.This hotel staircase that's a lawsuit waiting to happen:

staircase leads to another going the opposite way so there's no way to safely step down
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15.These barely-frosted glass doors that were installed at a school after students (rightfully) complained about having no privacy:

see-through doors
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16.Even worse, this bathroom stall with a clear view into the stall next to it:

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u/derpygamer2142 / Via reddit.com

17.This lightswitch in an Airbnb that was apparently "made by hand":

it's cut to fit on the wall
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18.This tub that the owners discovered didn't have an actual drain:

a dirt pit
u/angelfishfan87 / Via reddit.com

19.This "elevated" pool that looks like a death trap:

a wooden platform build for a pool that looks like it will fall at any time
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20.This map of the world that that took just a fewww liberties with the geography:

countries and states written in random spots on a map
u/Holzweg34 / Via reddit.com

21.These stairs that I'm unconvinced have any actual reinforcement:

floating staircases
u/natutupi / Via reddit.com

22.These ginger reindeer antlers that make me VERY uncomfortable:

the antlers are made of ginger
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23.This outlet that may as well not exist:

it's covered by a wall and you can only see a peek of it
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24.This balcony that takes up approximately 98.72% of the sidewalk:

warning poles around the balcony to warn pedestrians
u/Snoo_90160 / Via reddit.com

25.This message that I think is meant to be inspiring, but it's just confusing beyond belief:

the words are put together so you can't read what it means to say
u/mirest / Via reddit.com

26.And these zip tie shower rings that, I'll admit, probably do an okay job:

  u/rohlovely / Via reddit.com
u/rohlovely / Via reddit.com

H/T: r/CrappyDesign, r/DiWHY