If you ever feel bad about your awful home improvement skills, just remember that you’re not the only one who sucks at it! Everyone has their moments. Even carpenters get brain farts.
In an attempt to restore your confidence — or to simply put a smile on your face — Bored Panda put together a list of funny renovation fails. Whether these folks skipped the planning stage, didn’t have the correct tools, or bit off more than they could chew, let’s make their misery our entertainment.
After all, isn’t that what the internet is for?
#1 A Driveway Crew Was Pouring Concrete At A New House Next To A Duck Pond. They Went To Lunch And Came Back To This
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#2 My Dad Isn’t So Great At Remodeling, So I Turned His Work Into A Work Of Art
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#3 Landlords, Please Don’t Paint Over Cockroaches
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#4 We Just Moved Into A Brand New House, Painters Came By To Touch Up Some Walls Upstairs. This Poor Guy Fell Down The Whole Staircase With A Full 5 Gallon Bucket Of Paint
He screamed the whole way down, I thought he was going to be hurt but thankfully he wasn’t. Paint splattered all the way across the living room onto my brand new furniture.
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#5 My Wife Said Measure The Door, I Told Her All Doors Are The Same Size
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#6 Fixing A Toilet Leak. I Took 2 Trips To Home Depot, Worked With A Hernia, Had A Hard Time Putting The Wax Ring And Screws On
Only to install the toilet and forget about the door. I’m an idiot
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#7 I’ve Heard Of “Painting Yourself Into A Corner” But My Wife Took It A Step Further. I Don’t Even Know
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#8 DIY Fail
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#9 There Are No Words
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#10 My Landlord: Is It Ok If The Replacement Tile Is Not An Exact Match? Me: Yeah That’s Fine. The Tile:
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#11 My Father Forgot To Tell Me The Renovations Would Be Taking The Stairs Out Today
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#12 Brother-In-Law Repairing His Awning
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#13 We Just Finished The Construction Of Our Yurt. The Fireplace Was Not Correctly Installed
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#14 I’m Doing Renovations And My Roomba Found A Tiny Piece Of Sheetrock
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#15 A Friend Is Renovating His House. He Also Has A Cat
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#16 A Couple Years Ago, My Neighbor Decided To Paint His House Bright Orange… Then Gave Up Halfway Through
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#17 Saw This On Facebook With Someone Asking For A Contractor
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#18 I Picked The Ladder Up Forgetting The Paint Was On Top
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#19 What Could Go Wrong If My Neighbor Uses The Longest Possible Drill Out There?
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#20 Could Be Worse
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#21 Lockdown Renovations Look So Easy On Instagram
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#22 A Lovely Paint Job
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#23 You Can’t Win If You Don’t Try, Huh?
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#24 Just One Spot Left To Paint Now
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#25 My Mom’s Garage Is Being Renovated. I Think It’s Pretty Obvious That They Have 3 Dogs
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#26 You Had Just One Job, Just One
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#27 I May Have Used Too Much Spray Foam Insulation To Fill A Hole On The Other Side Of This Wall
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#28 This Is Why You Don’t Hire Contractors Who Secure Cabinets To Dry Wall Only. Thousands In Damage Last Night
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#29 My Mom Had Her Guest Bathroom Remodeled While She Was Out Of Town
She wanted the shower head up high so tall people didn’t have to crouch or lean way back. Came home to find this, which shoots the water straight across to the opposite wall
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#30 How These Pipes Were Installed
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#31 My Lovely Wife Bought A New Screen And A Cat Door To Go In It. Took A Few Hours And She Was So So Proud Of Herself
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#32 “That’s Not Going To Hold Without A Stud,” My SO Said. “Don’t Worry,” I Replied. “I’ve Got Half Inch Toggle Bolts”
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#33 GF And I Have Covid. Heater Went Out, Technician Can’t Come Out Due To Quarantine. Decided To Try And Fix It Myself. Tripped Over A Pipe And Fell Through The Ceiling
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#34 New Neighbors Painted Their Fence Yesterday, Now Our Car Looks Like This. All Over
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#35 Askew Angles
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#36 True Story: So I Tried To Open The Door To See How The Installation Was Going. Tried
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#37 Was Going To Paint Today And Found This Surprise
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#38 Neat Fan Installation
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#39 Having My Bathroom Remodeled And They Installed My Shower At Less Than Knee Height
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#40 I Installed My Own Microwave Today And Saved $150 In Install Fees
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#41 Contractor Got Angry And Left The Job When We Asked Him To Use The Spacers We Bought For The Backsplash
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#42 I Mean, You Could’ve Rotated The Toilet, But Whatever
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#43 We Got Our Doors Painted During A Remodel And The Painters Forgot To Put The Plastic Covering On The Ground
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#44 “June, We Don’t Need No Handyman, These Are Easy To Put In”
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#45 Someone Installed A Projector With 40+ Cm (15+ Inches) Screws Up To My Apartment. And As It Wasn’t Bad Enough, I Have To Pay For The Floor
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#46 Got Funky While Building My First Staircase
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#47 Fiancé Was Being Thoughtful And Taking The Paint Cans To The Basement. Turns Out He Tried To Carry Too Much At Once (Also We Just Bought This House)
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#48 You Only Had One Job
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#49 The Construction Workers Painted Over A Lizard On Our Awning
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