DIY is an excellent way to put your creativity and tools to good use, all while saving a bit of money. That is, of course, assuming you know what you’re doing. When you don’t, you’re more likely to end up with the opposite: a waste of time, effort, and cash.
Oh well. At least DIY disasters have a place where they can truly shine rather than just fade into shameful memory. That place is the subreddit r/DIWHY, and below we’ve collected some of the most hilariously bad fails to ever grace it.
#1 Teeth Brushes
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#2 Uni Toe Shoes
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#3 I Made Headphones With A Water Pump That Produces Continuous Natural Rain Sounds
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#4 The Glitter Is Not Sealed. It’s A Sink Made Of Sandpaper
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#5 Introducing The New State-Of-The-Art Lts Security Camera”
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#6 Fascinating But Why
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#7 Probably Already On Here But Anyways:
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#8 He Must Be Stopped
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#9 Tell Me You Smoke Cigarettes Without Telling Me You Smoke Cigarettes
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#10 They Could’ve At Least Cleaned The Keys First
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#11 Where’s The Remote??
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#12 This Is Haunted
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#13 Cinderella
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#14 “Cute” New Way To Save Baby Teeth Just Dropped!
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#15 The Sink In The Mens Room At A Local Winery
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#16 Made Of 1500 Tennis Balls, Says It’s Very Comfortable!
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#17 Bread Mixer
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#18 Amazing Camouflage – Definitely Not A Tesla
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#19 Does This Belong Here?
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#20 Marketplace Gem
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#21 Cowboy Hat Conversion
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#22 And What Is The Name Of The Game That Is Played Here?
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#23 Superfans Only
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#24 The Most Unsafe Balcony I’ve Ever Seen
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#25 This, Horrendous Thing I Saw At The Thrift Store (Yes, Those Are Real Deer Legs)
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#26 Definitely Won’t Flip Over On Tight Turns
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#27 Found One In The Wild!
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#28 Thanks Minion Fire Pit I Didn’t Need To Sleep Today Anyways
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#29 I Made Headphones With Adjustable Tightness
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#30 New Mac Desk
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#31 £3 Mirror And I Had A Vision
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#32 Many Questions For This One
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#33 The “Infrared Sauna” My Dad Made
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#34 Next Listing: Hand Converted Into Stump
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#35 Six Time
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#36 Pretty Sure This Belongs Here
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#37 I Don’t Think Another Coat Is Gonna Fix This
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#38 My Father’s “Bright” Idea For Fixing A Door Handle
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#39 Saw This Beauty On The Way To Work
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#40 I Don’t Even Know What To Think About This
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#41 Rock Monopoly
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#42 I’d Hate To Be Drunk Here
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#43 Ngl, It’s A Little Cool
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#44 Poodle Made From Seashells, Found For Sale In A Charity Shop In The UK For £2.50
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#45 Homemade Backsplash
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#46 Found On Fb
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#47 Picture Is Self Explanatory. Driving On The Interstate In Western Michigan
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#48 Epoxy Resin Mantel Clock Embedded Full Of Crushed Stone
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#49 It’s A Load Bearing Boulder I Guess?
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#50 Why Have I Done This
At home with a back injury, out of boredom I combined an old lava lamp with an old wall lamp. Yes I know it’s horrible, but I also kinda like it.
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#51 Intriguing, But Why?
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#52 My Razor Blade Scissors
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#53 Rip The Antique Globe Underneath All This
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#54 Restaurant’s Toilet Top In Resin
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#55 For Only $25 On Facebook
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#56 Saw This A Few Days Ago At My Local Grocery Store
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#57 Pointless Cork Table Top
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#58 Did This Bodge Take As Long As A Trip To The Store? Yeah. Probably Longer
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#59 I Found This Aunt Jemima Bottle With Googly Eyes And A Painted White Face And Hands At Goodwill 🤷🏼♂️
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#60 Yes These Are AirPods. Cool Engineering But Why
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#61 Great For Coffee Lovers
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#62 I Made This Today, Now My Wife Is Worried
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#63 Vaseline Set With Rhinestones
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#64 Came Across This Fire Hazard On Marketplace
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#65 I Made A Table!
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#66 I Never Understood The Hate For Epoxy Tables Until I Saw This On Marketplace
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#67 Found These Handbuilt Beauties On Marketplace
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#68 Was Told My Carrot Hand Belonged Here
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#69 My 3D Printed Phone Cooler
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#70 The Best Of Aussie Ingenuity
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#71 High Priced Rv’s Are For Suckers
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#72 Singular Cotton Swab Holder
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#73 Looooooong Bed
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#74 Felt Like This Belonged Here…
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#75 I Was Told My Wall Art Belongs Here
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#76 This Makes Me Irrationally Angry
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#77 Circuit Board Knifes
Image source: Machinefun
#78 Let’s Mount The New Intercom Directly On Top Of The Old One
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#79 Wheel Cover
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#80 Vanity Sold With “Cloud Painting”
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#81 Found In R/Weddingshaming Via U/Sulleys_monkey
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