39 Dumbest DIY Projects We Saw This Week
There are few things we love more than hunting around for really bad DIY projects to make a new one of these lists every week. This week’s is a little longer, but I also think it’s probably our best one yet. There are terrible ideas, awful follow-thru, and just plain dumb planning. We hope you enjoy reading this as much as we did making it.
1. Renovations done to a 500-year-old tower
“There’s a common school of thought in conversion architecture that additions to historic buildings should have a completely different design from the original building so it can be read as an addition. This is not what they meant.” – Immediate-Escalator
2. This molding job
3. “Barbie Head trash-to-treasure project spotted on Facebook”
4. “Facebook Marketplace is something else”
5. “I think it’s a bowl? Either way it’s real and it’s definitely America”
6. “Distressed hats”
7. “Denim hat from a Kickstarter ‘fashion brand'”
8. “At the Airbnb I stayed at”
9. “It’s a piece of art”
10. “These stairs made of jeans”
11. “Previous owners cut the wall to make the toilet fit vs getting a properly measured toilet”
12. “I’d hate to be on a bumpy road”
13. “Whose bright ideas was this”
14. “Made a WatermelonBoy and tested it out in public”
15. “This toilet seat cover”
16. “I’m no electrician, but I think I solved the mystery of why changing the lightbulbs didn’t work”
17. “My mom tried to make a cane for my dad”
18. “This is so stupid I’m actually mad right now”
19. “How to maximize your rim size on a budget”
20. “Fake sunroof decal for your car”
21. “Kitchen counter / stairs hybrid”
22. “Socks for human beings”
23. “A woman I know has a remote stick because her family loses the TV remote so often”
24. “Airbag accessories”
25. “T-Rex Heels”
26. “Preserving those childhood memories”
27. Jean bag chair
28. “Just wait until the airbag pops out”
29. “I painted birch trees on my windows”
30. “Story of bottle”
31. “This monstrosity”
32. “Someone was throwing away this custom lamp. No idea why didn’t want to stick with it.”
33. “This car covered in pennies”
34. “I don’t even know what to say”
35. “My dad’s hot glue and silvery spray paint lampshade”
36. “Why were they fired”
37. “These window reflections are painted on”
38. “Kitchen sink placement”
39. “Who comes up with this stuff?”
