Amateur DIY folks have one very alarming thing in common: they’re incredibly overambitious.
They can look at a picture on the internet, imagine themselves as Bob the Builder, and get right to work without really understanding what they’re doing. This leads to extreme fails like these 7 DIY fails we can’t help but laugh at.
This toilet installation
Privacy when you poop? Pfft, so last year. In the hustle and bustle of fixing their leaking toilet, this Reddit user installed their toilet with one key thing missing: moving the door.
“You’ll be a bigger idiot if you remove the toilet instead of the door hinges,” one Redditor wrote.
This failed microwave installation
At first glance, you’re sitting there admiring the nice microwave. But then, you look down and see what resulted from this Redditor deciding to forgo the $150 installation fee. That poor stove! Pizza it is for dinner, we guess.
This person who chose the wrong door size
That crack is about as large as what you see in public bathrooms, amirite?!
A DIY fail like this could have easily been solved had they just sized the door there beforehand. Or, you know, realized that doors aren’t all the same size.
This DIY nail fail
If you ever want to feel better about your inability to paint your own nails, this fail is it. It’s the very opposite of “nailed it.”
While they had the pink polish, white dots, and black outline, the messy application ruined it.
This toilet puzzle
How does this happen?! A lightbulb should’ve gone off at some point that this is very wrong.
The end result is pretty gross since the person sitting on this toilet will practically fall in from sitting on the rim.
This paint job
While you’d think that removing clothes before painting would be common sense, that isn’t always the case.
This person forgot this important step that would’ve only taken a second. Let’s hope stripes were in fashion that year…
This open concept bedroom
Nothing says romance quite like this! Instead of parting from your beau to use the washroom in the middle of the night, they can wake up and witness you on the crapper. Ah, love. It really is so sweet.
