Throw the first stone if you’ve never looked at a crack in your ceiling or a kitchen cabinet door falling apart and thought, “I can fix that myself!” After all, who would want to spend so much money, effort, and time hiring someone else to do it when they can just do it themselves?

Well, for starters, the people on this list should have. Sometimes, a simple DIY fix, home improvement project, or even just a little aesthetic pick-me-up can end up looking far... less impressive than expected. And if you’re looking for inspiration for your next home project, well, you won’t find it here. But you’ll have plenty of ideas for what not to do with this list.

#1 My Mom's Garage Is Being Renovated. I Think It's Pretty Obvious That They Have 3 Dogs

#2 Council House Newbuild 🙈

#3 I Knew That Stud Was In There Somewhere, Follow Me For More DIY Projects

#4 I Told My Neighbour His Mortar Needed Fixing. Found This The Next Week

#5 Neat Fan Installation

#6 Home Renovation Not Going As Planned. Doing Some Minor Ethernet Wiring With Friends And He Slipped. Unharmed Other Than Pride

#7 Didn’t Color Match Spray Paint Before… Not Sure What To Do Now

#8 At Least You Didn't Build Yourself A Miniature House

#9 I’m A Genius. Was Amazed How Quickly I Repaired My Entry Door From The Garage

#10 At Least Your Satellite Doesn't Have A Permanent Necklace

#11 At Least Your Toilet Isn't A Dang Puzzle

#12 At Least You Didn't Run Out Of Paint At Just The Worst Moment

#13 How To Turn A Perfectly Good Toilet In A Urinal

#14 This “Abstract” Billiards Table At An Airbnb I Was At. As It Also Turns Out, Thick Globs Of Hideous Paint Don’t Allow For Very Smooth Table Roll

#15 I Have No Words For This Atrocity Of A Mirror

#16 My Girlfriend's Approach To Fixing Broken Glass On Our Kitchen

#17 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

#18 True Story: So I Tried To Open The Door To See How The Installation Was Going. Tried

#19 Facade Wall Contractors Used A Drill Too Long For The Job. Was Showering For 10 Mins, When I Realized, Two Rooms Were In This State

#20 Spent $40,000 Renovating My New Home. Just Got The Itemized Budget, "Install Sliding Door Stopper: $100". Here’s A Photo Of The "Installed" Door Stopper

#21 Just Moved Into First Home With My Wife, She Just Wanted To Hang A Picture..by Drilling Into A Sprinkler Pipe Trying To Put In A Wall Anchor. 40 Minutes To Shut Off, Do Not Recommend

#22 Currently Having The Bathroom Above Our Newly Renovated Kitchen Redone, This Is What I Came Home To Today

#23 My Brother-In-Law's Remodeled Basement

#24 Fixed The Doors... And Now They Don't Close

#25 Found On Local Cleaning Group

#26 Apparently My Post Isn't Appropriate For R/DIY So I'll Share With Y'all. I Installed My Own Microwave Today And Saved $150 In Install Fees!

#27 This Bathroom Floor In A House I Found On Zillow. I Can’t Decide If I Love It Or Hate It

#28 Angles I Never Knew I Didn’t Want To See

#29 Shouldn’t Be Any Issue Here…

#30 DIY Projects That Probably Should Have Never Happened

#31 I Never Thought I'd See Anything Like This In My Own Town"

#32 For Those Who Like Their Mornings Electric

#33 Powered By Hope And Double-Sided Tape

#34 Shower Jenga. Because Nothing Says “Relax” Like The Fear Of Collapse

#35 'My Landlord's DIY Fail', Otherwise Known As 'How To Save Money And Turn Your House Into A Fire Hazard In One Easy Step'. (My Landlord Installed A Dryer Vent For Us, But Instead Of Hiring A Contractor, She Got A Family Friend To Do It)

#36 Found In The Foreclosure My Friend Bought

#37 I Present To You, My Shower Head

#38 They Just Had Their Kitchen Remodeled

#39 I Picked The Ladder Up Forgetting The Paint Was On Top

#40 How These Pipes Were Installed

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#42 My Landlord Installed This Toilet Paper Holder In My Apartment During Renovation. Yes, It Is Glued Onto The Wall. No, None Of The Parts Come Off

#43 Lazy Plumbers Installed Leaky Pipes In My Bathroom. Now There Are Mushrooms Growing On My Ceiling

#44 We Are Both Crying Inside, He’s Okay And Super Lucky He Didn’t Fall Above The Stairs

#45 Easy Installation Shower Door, They Said

#46 Just Don’t Leave The Water On And Swing The Faucet. This Is A Remodeled Kitchen In My Sister's New House

#47 Trying To Remodel. Brand New Kitchen Is Edgy I Suppose

#48 Mom And Dad Are Getting The Bathroom Renovated And The Tiler Did This

#49 I've Heard Of "Painting Yourself Into A Corner" But My Wife Took It A Step Further. I Don't Even Know

#50 At Least Your Ceiling Fan Isn't Locked In A Heated Battle With Your Wall

#51 DIY Plumbing, Apparently Anyone Can Do It

#52 If It Fits, I Sits

#53 Cooks Belong In The Heart Of The Kitchen

#54 Moss In Your Bathroom…

#55 Saw This House For Rent On Marketplace

#56 Don’t Really Know If It Fits Here But My Mom Turned Our Broken Kettle Into A Planter

#57 When You Don’t Know Plumbing, Just Pour The Floor Around It ..?

#58 One Roll Per Adventure

#59 What Do You Mean "Crush Hazard" It Looks Perfectly Safe To Me

#60 We Just Finished The Construction Of Our Yurt... And The Fireplace Was Not Correctly Installed

#61 New Windows That Are Supposed To Help With Thermal Efficiency Break During Install

#62 At Least You Didn't Put Your Doorstop On The Wrong Side

#63 Normally I Like Modern Furnishings, I Don’t Like This Though…

#64 Real Fake Doors

#65 When One Bulb Isn’t Enough To Blind Guests

#66 Whose Bright Idea Was This

66 Times People Tried To Improve And Renovate Their Homes And It Was A Complete Fiasco