10 Home Project Fails That Will Make You Laugh And Feel Less Alone

Superglue can only do so much.

We asked the BuzzFeed Community for their home improvement fails. Here are the best ones.

1. Next time, read the paint can closely.

Courtesy of Victoria

"I was making a paper flower wreath and the flowers were white and yellow so I thought it would be nice to spray them with some golden paint just to have a small effect of golden paint over the flowers. The result was I RUINED IT because while the top of the spray can said gold ('Oro'), the can said tobacco color."

—Victoria190280

2. It's much easier to move a couch in than out.

Courtesy of Casey C.

"My roommates and I tried to upgrade our couch, but in order to do so, we needed to get it out of our apartment first. Unfortunately, we never made it past our living room. The couch was too big to fit through our doorframe, and we couldn't for the life of us figure out how to get it into pieces without destroying it AND a few of the tools along the way."

—Casey C.

3. If you make a hole, hang a bigger picture.

Courtesy of Ayla N.

"I was super excited about buying some art for my place when I moved in, but also conscious that I live in a very old building with delicate walls. So I got permission from my landlord to put hooks in the wall, bought a stud finder and picture hanging kit, did extensive online research about how to hang artwork, find the studs (what even are they?), etc... Somehow still screwed it up and hammered a gaping hole into the drywall (is that what it's called?), which also led to some kind of internal crumbling situation inside the wall that I chose to ignore. Oh well, I got it right the second time with a smaller-sized hole for the hook, and the painting covers the damage for now...damage that I will just have to deal with when I move out, if I want my deposit back."

—Ayla N.

4. Learning the hard way that not all bolts are made equal.

Courtesy of Jacqueline C.

"I was reassembling a bed in my basement. My movers told me they put the eight bolts that go with this bed in a dresser drawer 'so they wouldn’t get lost'...I didn’t realize I had also stored eight different bolts (for a floating shelf project) in the same dresser drawer. When I found the large bolts, I thought, 'These don’t look right...but the movers said they put them here, and there are exactly eight of them, so...these MUST be the right ones.' I was wrong."

—Jacqueline C.

5. The never-ending home improvement project.

Courtesy of Pamela M.

"When we moved into our house, it had wood paneling on the walls in the den. After 15 years of living with them, we decided we would replace them and put up textured walls. Well, we successfully took them down about two years ago. Still waiting for the motivation and money to put up those textured walls. For now, we have to live with our cardboard cave."

—Pamela M.

6. Buying cheaper may not always be the cheapest option.

Courtesy of Clark M.

"Summer was approaching, and I really wanted to be able to leave the doors open to let a breeze in but keep the bugs out. I got the cheapest screen doors I could find at the hardware store, some primer, and some paint. I didn't realize just how cheap the wood was and how much paint it would soak in. One coat of primer and three coats of paint were not enough. After the third layer I decided something wasn't working, ran and got some different primer and paint and started over again.

"Finally I got them painted (yay!) but then came the obstacle of installing. My house is old and the door frames were not proportionate. Cool. More trips to the hardware store, sawing, sanding, and swearing. Finally, after two days, the doors were installed. Painstaking process but had a great payoff!"

—Clark M.

7. Easy-to-install blinds are not always so easy to install.

Courtesy of Alex B.

"As a single woman living alone in the city, I've looked for simple ways to furnish and decorate my apartment. I love the look of accordion blinds, so I ordered a set that were adhesive and easy to stall.

"The adhesive accordion blinds looked kind of cheap, but they did the trick...until three days later when we had a summer thunderstorm and the humidity destroyed the adhesive. I ended up having to spring for a nicer set of blinds, which needed to be properly installed — like with a screwdriver and other tools. After several incredibly frustrating and failed attempts, I called someone to come help me."

—Alex B.

8. A "quick" and "fun" DIY project does not exist.

Courtesy of Victoria H.

"When my husband and I moved to our new apartment last year, the hanging light fixture in the living room was so ugly and made the room feel so small that I wanted to replace it immediately. We found a new one online and ordered it with full intentions of doing the replacement ourselves. For some reason, we decided that Friday night after a particularly long week of work was a great time to attempt this project. Taking down the current fixture was super easy, and we were pumped to get the new one up within the hour and then order dinner and relax the rest of the night.

"Three hours later, we were sweating, starving, and not speaking to each other -- having completely failed at installing the new fixture. There was crumbled paint from the ceiling all over the floor where we had tried to secure it to no avail, and live wires hanging dubiously above our heads. We cleaned up the mess but weren't able to get an electrician to come help us with the installation until Monday, so we had no light in the room the rest off the weekend while we prayed that the wires wouldn't spontaneously spark and burn our apartment down."

—Victoria H.

9. Paint splotches add a touch of character.

Courtesy of Elizabeth C.

"I had moved to a new apartment and wanted to make it feel like home. When my parents visited for Thanksgiving, we decided we would paint all the walls to get rid of the eggshell white. We laid down painters tape and were really careful at setting up. Since we were painting walls, we saved time by using big rollers.

"Once we got closer to the ceiling we were lazy because it took so long and kept using the rollers. WELL, they are much thicker than the tape was that we laid down. So now I have beautiful walls, and all these little splotches on the ceiling. It adds...character."

—Elizabeth C.

10. Superglue can only do so much.

Courtesy of David K.

"One of the lights on the chandelier broke. Instead of replacing it, we superglued it. It held for a couple of months, but now we have one little (not so little) off-kilter light."

—David K.

Home improvement can be hard. Next time save yourself the headache and book a helpful human from TaskRabbit to get your to-do done.

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