What Were They Thinking? 31 Hilariously Bad Interior Designs

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John Summers • Contributor
Apr 23, 2024 10:00 PM EDT

You know what they say about interior design - it's all fun and games until someone sticks a toilet in the living room. Designing a home should be like a harmonious dance, each choice flowing into the next, creating a seamless ballet of beauty and function. Instead, it seems some have taken their steps from a hokey-pokey playbook! While we acknowledge that design is a collective effort, involving architects, decorators, and sometimes eccentric homeowners, one has to wonder: at which meeting did they decide that an upside-down staircase was a great idea? 

These 31 design fails aren't just 'oopsies', they're full-blown, head-scratching mysteries. Whether they ran out of tape measures or simply threw logic to the wind, buckle up for a rollercoaster of design decisions that are, well, anything but designed.

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  • 01

    Seems Safe

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    My ankle hurts just watching this

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    How about no?

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    Thanks I hate it so much

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    Bed, Bath and be gone

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    Room with a view

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    who needs to shampoo anyway?

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    You Have To Step Over The Bathtub To Get Between The Toilet And The Sink

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    Never seen a worst Idea

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    It's the Toe Stubber 3000

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    For when it's just a little cold

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    privacy is overrated

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    What smells so good?

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    The Nexus of all realities

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    That escalated quickly

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    “Don’t Come Down The Stairs! I’m Pooping”

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    The water in this sink are always 45 degrees

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  • 18

    Would you like to feed the living room fish?

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  • 19

    Peekaboo

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  • 20

    The White Is Actually A Part Of The Marble Floor

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  • 21

    Well You Asked For A Kitchen Island Didn’t You?

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    The Lamp Prevents The Cupboard From Fully Opening

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    My Eyes!!

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    An Apartment In London That Has No Front Door. Just A Set Of Stairs Leading Up To A Window

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    What is this?!

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    This Gets Worse The More You Look At It

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    The pipes at Uri Geller's house

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    Death Trap

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    What? It Opens!

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    Just don't stretch when you wake up

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