Posted on May 3, 2022

I Promise To Always Hire A Professional After Seeing These Absolutely Catastrophic DIY Fails

Note to self: don't rip the staircase out till everyone has come down from the second floor.

by Dave Stopera

BuzzFeed Staff

1. At least your blood pressure won't go up every time you take a bath:

Just had our bathroom renovated. The attention to detail was second to none. from mildlyinfuriating

3. At least your stove won't drive you up a wall and to the left every time you use it:

Installed the hob boss. from onejob

4. At least your cat and the Roomba didn't conspire against you:

Cat + paint can + Roomba from Wellthatsucks

5. At least your door didn't declare war on your poor, precious light bulb:

This light at my new apartment that I ended up breaking... from CrappyDesign

6. At least your bathroom sink doesn't look like, well, you know:

This counter looks like someone smeared shit on it from CrappyDesign

7. At least your wall doesn't have a bunch of fun new holes:

Previous homeowners didn't need no stinking studfinder from DiWHY

8. At least your shower-head isn't a grotesque monstrosity full of horrors our simple human brains cannot comprehend:

When you use every drop of foam sealant to fix a leak from DiWHY

9. At least you aren't locked in a never-ending game of hide and go seek with an outlet:

To the person with 3/4 outlet. I present my apartments 1/3 outlet. from mildlyinfuriating

10. At least you didn't make your bathroom into Six Flags Magic Toilet:

Sink attached to the toilet, forming a perfect slide from CrappyDesign

11. At least you aren't trapped forever upstairs:

My father forgot to tell me the renovations would be taking the stairs out today. from mildlyinfuriating

12. At least you don't have approximately 7 inches between your boiling bot of water and your stove hood:

Extractor hood installed low over the hob. from CrappyDesign

13. At least the local ducks don't have it out for you:

A driveway crew was pouring concrete at a new house next to a duck pond. They went to lunch and came back to this... from funny

14. At least you didn't get to say hello to your neighbors with a friendly drill:

WCGW if my neighbour uses the longest possible drill out there? from Whatcouldgowrong

15. At least you won't be forever mocked by the puzzles that shall never be finished:

not sure this belongs here but the painters didn’t even bother to move a puzzle piece when going over the baseboards (was like this when i moved in) from mildlyinfuriating

16. At least your pipe, uh, doesn't, uh, you know, uh, look like this:

Let's paint it of the same color as the floor, you won't see the difference. from onejob

18. At least you didn't run out of paint at the worst possible moment:

guess who ran out of paint... from Wellthatsucks

19. At least your windows aren't making fun of you:

Does this count? from shitty_housing

woman in the middle of a freshly painted floor

someone tried to make a kitty door but put it on the wrong end of the door

25. At least you didn't give yourself an impromptu hair dye:

I picked the ladder up forgetting the paint was on top from Wellthatsucks

26. At least you didn't just invest in brand new textured floors:

I'm doing renovations and my roomba found a tiny piece of sheetrock. from mildlyinfuriating

27. At least you didn't just splatter your stairs:

Knocked a 1/2 gallon of paint down my stairs. from RuinedMyDay

28. At least you don't have to look at this monstrosity every day:

Try Not to rage from onejob

29. At least you can poop in peace:

Fixing a toilet leak. I took 2 trips to Home Depot, worked with a hernia, had a pain in the ass time putting the wax ring and screws on...only to install the toilet and forgetting about the door. I'm an idiot. from funny

a man walks upstairs but his head hits the ceiling

31. At least your clothes didn't get a fresh coat:

Lockdown renovations look so easy on Instagram from Wellthatsucks

Carrie Smith 🌻 @carriesmith1991

Last night's DIY fail. Realised I left the paint pot open on the wrong side of the kitchen floor I had just painted...

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34. At least your neighbor didn't just put in a chandelier:

“Congrats to the neighbor below for the new chandelier” lol from funny

35. At least a leaf won't be part of your home decor until the end of days:

The contractor painted over a leaf in our master bedroom from mildlyinfuriating

36. At least you didn't just find out that "not all doors are the same size":

My wife said measure the door, I told her all doors are the same size... from Wellthatsucks

37. At least your door can still door:

I’m a genius. Was amazed how quickly I repaired my entry door from the garage. from Wellthatsucks

40. At least you haven't had to bend the dimensions of your space for a ceiling fan:

Neat fan installation from DiWHY

42. At least your shower head isn't straight from the kitchen sink:

There are no words.. from funny

a toilet bowl with the lid and the seat on backwards

44. At least you didn't put your doorstop on the wrong side:

My dad's fail at installing a door stop, he's now permanently left it this way... from DiWHY

45. At least your ladder isn't trapped:

Brother-in-law repairing his awning from Wellthatsucks

brick wall with way too much insulation foam

49. At least you can still use your step ladder:

DIY plumbing, apparently anyone can do it from Wellthatsucks

microwave above a place where it obviously fell

I Promise To Always Hire A Professional After Seeing These Absolutely Catastrophic DIY Fails

If you ever feel bad about your own awful home improvement skills, just remember...

1. At least your blood pressure won't go up every time you take a bath:

2. At least your dang lights aren't underwater:

3. At least your stove won't drive you up a wall and to the left every time you use it:

4. At least your cat and the Roomba didn't conspire against you:

5. At least your door didn't declare war on your poor, precious light bulb:

6. At least your bathroom sink doesn't look like, well, you know:

7. At least your wall doesn't have a bunch of fun new holes:

8. At least your shower-head isn't a grotesque monstrosity full of horrors our simple human brains cannot comprehend:

9. At least you aren't locked in a never-ending game of hide and go seek with an outlet:

10. At least you didn't make your bathroom into Six Flags Magic Toilet:

11. At least you aren't trapped forever upstairs:

12. At least you don't have approximately 7 inches between your boiling bot of water and your stove hood:

13. At least the local ducks don't have it out for you:

14. At least you didn't get to say hello to your neighbors with a friendly drill:

15. At least you won't be forever mocked by the puzzles that shall never be finished:

16. At least your pipe, uh, doesn't, uh, you know, uh, look like this:

17. At least you won't cringe every time you go to sauté some vegetables on the stove:

18. At least you didn't run out of paint at the worst possible moment:

19. At least your windows aren't making fun of you:

20. At least you aren't trapped for eternity in the living room:

21. At least you don't have a drain for decoration:

22. At least you didn't pop your wall full of holes:

23. At least your door doesn't have a full moon:

24. At least you're not dealing with...this:

25. At least you didn't give yourself an impromptu hair dye:

26. At least you didn't just invest in brand new textured floors:

27. At least you didn't just splatter your stairs:

28. At least you don't have to look at this monstrosity every day:

29. At least you can poop in peace:

30. At least you didn't build yourself a miniature house:

31. At least your clothes didn't get a fresh coat:

32. At least you didn't turn into a paint ghost:

33. At least you don't have a monster trying to bust out of your basement walls:

34. At least your neighbor didn't just put in a chandelier:

35. At least a leaf won't be part of your home decor until the end of days:

36. At least you didn't just find out that "not all doors are the same size":

37. At least your door can still door:

38. At least your new shower doesn't look like this:

39. At least your drawers can get along:

40. At least you haven't had to bend the dimensions of your space for a ceiling fan:

41. At least your satellite doesn't have a permanent necklace:

42. At least your shower head isn't straight from the kitchen sink:

43. At least your toilet isn't a dang puzzle:

44. At least you didn't put your doorstop on the wrong side:

45. At least your ladder isn't trapped:

46. At least you didn't run out of paint at JUST the worst moment:

47. At least your ceiling fan isn't locked in a heated battle with your wall:

48. At least your wall isn't bleeding spray foam:

49. At least you can still use your step ladder:

50. And at least your poor stove didn't just find out how heavy microwaves are:

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