Posted on Feb 20, 2022

People Are Sharing Their Catastrophic Home Improvement Fails And Honestly I'm Trying Not To Laugh

And this is why I never try to fix anything.

by Dave Stopera

BuzzFeed Staff

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

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

guess who ran out of paint... from Wellthatsucks

2. 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

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

Does this count? from shitty_housing

4. 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

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

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

6. 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

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

woman in the middle of a freshly painted floor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

13. 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

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

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

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

Try Not to rage from onejob

16. 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

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

a man walks upstairs but his head hits the ceiling

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

Lockdown renovations look so easy on Instagram from Wellthatsucks

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

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

21. 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

22. 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

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

24. At least your drawers can get along:

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

Neat fan installation from DiWHY

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

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

There are no words.. from funny

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

a toilet bowl with the lid and the seat on backwards

29. 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

30. At least your ladder isn't trapped:

Brother-in-law repairing his awning from Wellthatsucks

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

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

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

brick wall with way too much insulation foam

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

DIY plumbing, apparently anyone can do it from Wellthatsucks

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

microwave above a place where it obviously fell

People Are Sharing Their Catastrophic Home Improvement Fails And Honestly I'm Trying Not To Laugh

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16. At least you can poop in peace:

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

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

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

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

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

22. At least your door can still door:

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

24. At least your drawers can get along:

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

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

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

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

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

30. At least your ladder isn't trapped:

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

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

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

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

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

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