17 Times A Designer Had No Idea WTF They Were Doing and Did It Anyway


We live in a poorly designed world, in more ways than one. Just like there seems to be no end in sight to the five-day workweek, architects, builders, and DIYers with a toolkit and a dream seem eternally hellbent on messing the heck out of buildings of all kinds.
1. This would only be useful if the door opened away from the kitchen so you could reach in for a snack:

2. Slip 'N Slide your way home:

3. Just gross all around:


4. Blah blah, paths of desire:

5. Playing real-life Tetris over here:

6. Don't worry, I think the carpet will get all the liquid first:

7. The island-stairwell combo is really frying me:

8. Not this again... (yes, that's the shower):

9. It's a roundabout!

...Oh wait:

10. The fireplace is the only one enjoying the ocean view:

11. How on earth did they even get the stuff in there:

12. You better not need to go in the middle of the night:

13. What a beautiful tapestry:

14. This drawer that won't open all the way if the oven is closed...

...and will TURN ON the gas range if it's open:

15. The all too common flat-bottomed sink that won't drain:

16. Bringing the comfort of the indoors outside:

17. And finally, a neverending lineup of doors that's probably an interdimensional portal:

Which one would make you run in the opposite direction if you saw it IRL?