50 Hilarious Interior Design Flops

Some interior design choices are so strange, they stop being stylish and start becoming unforgettable. In this roundup, the flops range from awkward layouts and baffling fixtures to choices that look more dangerous than decorative.

The images below show homes where someone clearly had a vision, even if that vision did not quite translate into reality. A few are funny, a few are alarming, and all of them make you wonder how anyone signed off on the final result.

By the end, you may never look at a staircase, sink, or bathroom door the same way again. Read on.

1. "Prayers for the Contractor Who Had to Call These Homeowners and Explain They Needed a Second Set of Front Doors Because... Math"

F. C. Tucker Company

2. It’s probably shaking the whole house.

Pashunder

3. Social distancing

trautwein-gmbh.com

Some of these designs look expensive right up until you notice the problem.

4. One to rule them all

Reddit

5. Why?

fourskincheeze

6. "Can't Stop Thinking About This Sink"

aprilcotz

7. Kitchen or a sofa? Let’s do both!

Reddit

8. "Imagine Trying to P..s While Drunk"

Reddit

9. How do you clean this?

IdahoePotatoe

10. Golden monkey and a big head

pleasehatethesethings

This is where the layout choices start getting truly hard to defend.

11. "My Uncle's House Got a Bathroom Without a Door; Literally the First Thing You See When You Enter the House"

muurilin

12. "This 'Form Over Function' Kitchen in My Apartment"

chefmacari

13. Stop there!

a-random-pasta

14. Amazing

AcousticHigh

15. "Blinds Instead of Curtains"

TrixoftheTrade

16. Why?

thenewyorkgod

17. Neck pain and a head injury all in one

Imgur

18. "All It Needs Is a Jukebox and a Soda Fountain"

Czechs_out

19. "My Parents Have a Bathroom with Carpet That Goes Up the Bathtub Walls. Bonus Points for the Terrible Wallpaper"

jbird2525

At this point, the whole room is basically a warning label.

20. "8000 Magic Cards Covering 39m²"

Polkasalsa

21. Dangerous

zillow.com

22. No comment

Reddit

23. "It's Not a Mirror; It's a Doorway"

daekaz

24. How and why?

IsItKandar

25. New kitchen design

DrFetusRN

26. The staircase

bagniorrendi

27. Creativity

Imgur

A few of these feel less like design and more like a dare.

Debating Decor: the husband who rejected his mother-in-law’s outdated redecorating ideas.

28. "1. They Installed a Sliding Door to a Bedroom. 2. They Placed Curtains on the Outside of It. 3. They Also Placed the Lock on the Outside"

Eeve3_Lord

29. How does this work?

DogWhistlersMother

30. Close

Henry Franks

31. "This Entire Kitchen’s Counters and Backsplash Are Covered with This 'Faux Mold' Tile"

iheartcatsandcoffee

32. Throne.

mayoroftuesday

33. "Today My Mom Hit Her Toe on This and Was Bleeding. I Hate This Kitchen So Much"

reemathenerd2

34. Great thinking

Centella111

35. Invisible steps

Paarnahkrin

36. "Yup, the Fridge Fit Boss"

waconcept

37. "My Friend's Under-the-Stairs 'Bathroom' Where the Toilet Is Diagonal and Partially Installed into the Carpeted Wall"

dbqbbq

The comments would probably be even harsher if these were real-life house tours.

38. "I Almost Fell Down and Rolled My Ankle on This"

I_am_lazy_15

39. Over the top?

buckleybuilds

40. Fit for a Queen

Reddit

41. Carpet everywhere

whyangelinawhy

42. Up the drain

Winsthorne

43. "My Friend Just Finished a Kitchen Remodel"

SirCadwaladr

44. "My Grandma’s Bathroom"

Maxxerzz

45. "The Raised Cutout of This Ceiling Doesn’t Allow the Fan to Suck in Any Air"

Rexmatt

46. "The Bathroom Door of the New Place My Girlfriend and I Just Moved Into. I Was Sitting at the Dining Table When I Took This"

Humphiee

47. Hygiene is important

Imgur

48. Nice design

OrisLanius

49. Can anyone stand here?

Djuna Ivereigh

50. "These Tiles That Are Designed to Look Pre-Worn and Dirty"

toppstiles.co.uk

May these design choices stay far away from your next renovation.

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