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 My Wife Said Measure The Door, I Told Her All Doors Are The Same Size
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#2 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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#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 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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#6 DIY Fail
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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 My Father Forgot To Tell Me The Renovations Would Be Taking The Stairs Out Today
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#9 Neat Fan Installation
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#10 My Dad Isn't So Great At Remodeling, So I Turned His Work Into A Work Of Art
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#11 I'm Doing Renovations And My Roomba Found A Tiny Piece Of Sheetrock
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#12 A Lovely Paint Job
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#13 Could Be Worse
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#14 My Mom's Garage Is Being Renovated. I Think It's Pretty Obvious That They Have 3 Dogs
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#15 What Could Go Wrong If My Neighbor Uses The Longest Possible Drill Out There?
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#16 Lockdown Renovations Look So Easy On Instagram
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#17 A Friend Is Renovating His House. He Also Has A Cat
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#18 This Is Why You Don't Hire Contractors Who Secure Cabinets To Dry Wall Only. Thousands In Damage Last Night
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#19 I Mean, You Could've Rotated The Toilet, But Whatever
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#20 How These Pipes Were Installed
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#21 I Picked The Ladder Up Forgetting The Paint Was On Top
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#22 Saw This On Facebook With Someone Asking For A Contractor
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#23 The Construction Workers Painted Over A Lizard On Our Awning
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#24 Just One Spot Left To Paint Now
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#25 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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#26 Brother-In-Law Repairing His Awning
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#27 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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#28 You Only Had One Job
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#29 You Had Just One Job, Just One
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#30 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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#31 What Happens When You're Renovating And Remove A Load-Bearing Wall
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#32 A Couple Years Ago, My Neighbor Decided To Paint His House Bright Orange... Then Gave Up Halfway Through
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#33 I May Have Used Too Much Spray Foam Insulation To Fill A Hole On The Other Side Of This Wall
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#34 Contractor Got Angry And Left The Job When We Asked Him To Use The Spacers We Bought For The Backsplash
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#35 How Do You Guys Like My New Shower?
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#36 Got Funky While Building My First Staircase
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#37 There Are No Words
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#38 Having My Bathroom Remodeled And They Installed My Shower At Less Than Knee Height
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#39 Dropped My Phone In Industrial Paint Today
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#40 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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#41 "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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#42 Askew Angles
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#43 Just Had Mosaic Tile Floor Installed
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#44 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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#45 These Stairs Must Be For Pets And Children Only
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#46 I Installed My Own Microwave Today And Saved $150 In Install Fees
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#47 DIY Plumbing, Apparently Anyone Can Do It
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#48 We Got Our Doors Painted During A Remodel And The Painters Forgot To Put The Plastic Covering On The Ground
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#49 Was Painting The Edges Of The Floor And Dipped The Brush In A Fresh Cup Of Coffee
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#50 We Just Built A Big 18x36 Foot Pergola Over Our Back Patio For Extra "Shade"
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#51 Was Finishing The Last Part Of My DIY Basement/Bathroom Project I Started At End Of 2020. Door Didn’t Want To Cooperate
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#52 In My Student Dormitory The Kitchen Was Renovated And They Forgot The Faucet On The Sink
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#53 The Family I Work For Just Renovated Their Home And This Was The Can Light Configuration They Ended Up With That I Get To Be Annoyed By Every Day
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#54 New Neighbors Painted Their Fence Yesterday, Now Our Car Looks Like This. All Over
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#55 Left My Husband Alone For 5 Minutes While Painting
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#56 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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#57 I Recently Had My Kitchen Renovated. Don't Know What To Think
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#58 True Story: So I Tried To Open The Door To See How The Installation Was Going. Tried
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#59 Installed The Hob Boss
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#60 My Shower Was Leaking So I Tried To See If I Could Fix It. I Broke It Instead
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#61 So Apparently Homes Are Now Being Sold With Built-In Stairmasters 4300’s
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#62 "June, We Don't Need No Handyman, These Are Easy To Put In"
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#63 We Just Finished The Construction Of Our Yurt. The Fireplace Was Not Correctly Installed
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#64 Note To Self: Read The Weather Forecast Before Casting Concrete Steps (It's -4 Today)
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#65 Wanted To Save Money By Repairing The Microwave Myself. It Slipped My Hands While Unmounting, And Broke The Glass Top
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#66 Was Going To Paint Today And Found This Surprise
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#67 Just Finished Painting My Kid's Playroom Yesterday
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#68 Putting Down A New Floor And Almost Had Enough, Almost
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#69 You’ll Be Bathing In Your New Tub By Sunday. The Contractor Said Last Wednesday
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#70 Maybe Consult Professionals Before Major DIY. Just Maybe
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#71 Guess Who Ran Out Of Paint
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#72 The Contractor Painted Over A Leaf In Our Master Bedroom
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#73 I’m A Genius. Was Amazed How Quickly I Repaired My Entry Door From The Garage
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#74 Dropped A 1/2 Gallon Of Paint Down The Stairs
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#75 I Fell Through My Ceiling In My Recently Purchased Home While Trying To Install Some New Lighting
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#76 Renovation From Upstairs
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#77 An Attempt Was Made
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#78 Drilled Into A Sprinkler Pipe And Soaked Every Apartment From Mine 4th Floor Down
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#79 Bigger Closet Means Bigger Doors
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#80 You Had One Job
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#81 Our DIY House Renovations Are Going Not Great
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#82 When I Just Wanted A Luxurious Shower Head And This Is What I Got
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#83 You Can't Win If You Don't Try, Huh?
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#84 My Dad's Fail At Installing A Door Stop, He's Now Permanently Left It This Way
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#85 It Wasn’t Supposed To Rain Today. Guess I’ll Be Painting It Again
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#86 I Told My Brother-In-Law To Pull From Different Boxes When Installing The Flooring
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#87 This Is Why You Plan A Kitchen Renovation
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#88 DIY Bathroom Renovations Created This Monster
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#89 Someone Fell Through Our Bedroom Ceiling While He Was Renovating The Apartment Above Us
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#90 Good Thing I Hired Professionals For A Big Kitchen Renovation
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#91 Painters' Tape That Rips And Takes Paint Off. Lovely
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#92 Painted My Sister's Room. Stepped Over The Paint Bucket And Spilled A Whole Gallon Of The Void On The Carpet
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#93 Noticed Some Bubbling In The Paint. Called A Painter, His Eyes Got Wide. Turns Out The Builder Forgot To Caulk A Vent On The Roof And Rain Has Been Getting In For 9 Years
Mold and rot in 3-story wall.
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#94 Whoever Renovated Our Home Last, You Are The Worst
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#95 New Home Construction In Philadelphia
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#96 I Spilled The Detergent. 2 Hours Later, She Spilled The Paint. It's Going To Be A Quiet Night I Think
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#97 You Had One Job
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#98 I'm Moving Into A New House And One Of The Workers We Hired Dropped A Dresser Down The Stairs And It Went Through The Wall
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#99 When You Use Every Drop Of Foam Sealant To Fix A Leak
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#100 Slav Engineering?
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#101 When Your Husband Say "Only Test Patch In A Small Area". Note To Self: Husband Is Sometimes Right
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#102 Can't Promise This Won't Happen Again
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#103 I Told My Neighbor His Mortar Needed Fixing. Found This The Next Week
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#104 Contractor Let His Laborer Install The Hardware (The Whole Kitchen Looks Like This)
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#105 Just Putting The Last Touches On A Kitchen Renovation. New Dishwasher And Fridge Are Great
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#106 Bathroom Renovation, The Man That Put The Tiles In The Shower Managed To Put The Same 4 Tiles Next To Each Other
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#107 They Ran Out Of Paint
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#108 I Was About 90% Done Painting, When The Wallpaper The Previous Owner Painted Over Started Peeling. Now I've Got To Scrape It All Off And Start Over
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#109 Finally Got In The Groove Painting My Basement When My Earbud Decided To Pop Out And Take A Sticky Swim
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#110 Gotta Love The Renovated Kitchen
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#111 Someone Had To Come Home To This
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#112 If You Put Enough Holes In A Wall You Will Find A Stud
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#113 I Never Bothered To Check If The Original Light Was Properly Centered, And I Put The New One Up Right Over The Original Hole
My wife wanted a rustic DIY light fixture to replace the old 90's one over our pantry door
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#114 Why You Never Pay Family To Remodel Your Kitchen
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#115 The Entire Wall Was Painted Except For One Spot
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#116 Umm, Okay
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#117 But It Looks Beautiful
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#118 I'd Call This Art
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#119 The Way These Walls Come Together In This Brand New Construction I’m Working In
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#120 We Rented A House And Didn’t Notice At First That Whoever Rented It Before Used Two Different Glosses Of Paint
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#121 Landlords Decided To Renovate The Bathroom
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#122 Epic Renovation Fail
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#123 Installed A New Light Fixture. Was Pleased With How Easy It Was And That It Worked On The 1st Try. Got Too Excited Too Fast
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