12 interior design ideas so horrible, it's hard to believe they're real

by Mark Bennett

May 12, 2023

12 interior design ideas so horrible, it's hard to believe they're real
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Taste is subjective, but certain design choices should be banned for being simply horrendous. These designs cannot be explained as being eccentric or eclectic - they are just horrible.

Not infrequently, we come across a location that has a decidedly questionable design, decoration or layout. Private homes, but also hotels, restaurants and holiday homes sometimes give us the shivers. Rooms deadly flights of stairs, bathrooms with questionable paint jobs, awful wall decorations, floors that give us a headache looking at them - these are just some of the examples of interior design projects that have "gone wrong".

Below is a list of 12 truly epic design failures that will make you wonder how the decorator keeps his/her job!

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1. Puzzling work

1. Puzzling work

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Putting in this floor must have been like solving a very complicated of puzzle for the installer!

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2. At the bottom of the sea

2. At the bottom of the sea

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The passion for the sea brought into the home: this is supposedly the "living room".

3. Sea shell edgings

3. Sea shell edgings

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Speaking of the sea, don't you also dream of having a pink bathroom encrusted with sea shells?

4. A dentist's sink

4. A dentist's sink

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There are no words to describe this horror.

5. Headlights included!

5. Headlights included!

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Here's a kitchen that would only look good in a car mechanic's garage.

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6. Watch your feet

6. Watch your feet

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Did the excavator break down and get turned into a fireplace decoration?

7. Trumpet toilet

7. Trumpet toilet

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Imagine using this toilet.

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8. Join me here for a coffee

8. Join me here for a coffee

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Thanks for the offer, but I think I'll give it a miss - I don't need a headache.

10. Keep fit by going to the bathroom

10. Keep fit by going to the bathroom

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If taking the stairs helps to keep one fit, why not put some steps in the bathroom?

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11. Optical illusion

11. Optical illusion

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Here's a truly deceptive floor; if you're not careful, you'll find yourself at the bottom of the stairs, sitting on your bruised prosterior.

12. Hexagonal arch

12. Hexagonal arch

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Being original is fine, but this is just a way to get hurt.

Have you ever come designs as horrible as these (or worse)?

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