DIY is an excellent way to put your creativity and tools to good use, all while saving a bit of money. That is, of course, assuming you know what you’re doing. When you don’t, you’re more likely to end up with the opposite: a waste of time, effort, and cash.

Oh well. At least DIY disasters have a place where they can truly shine rather than just fade into shameful memory. That place is the subreddit r/DIWHY, and below we’ve collected some of the most hilariously bad fails to ever grace it.

#1 Teeth Brushes

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#2 Uni Toe Shoes

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#3 I Made Headphones With A Water Pump That Produces Continuous Natural Rain Sounds

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#4 The Glitter Is Not Sealed. It’s A Sink Made Of Sandpaper

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#5 Introducing The New State-Of-The-Art Lts Security Camera”

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#6 Fascinating But Why

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#7 Probably Already On Here But Anyways:

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#8 He Must Be Stopped

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#9 Tell Me You Smoke Cigarettes Without Telling Me You Smoke Cigarettes

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#10 They Could’ve At Least Cleaned The Keys First

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#11 Where’s The Remote??

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#12 This Is Haunted

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#13 Cinderella

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#14 “Cute” New Way To Save Baby Teeth Just Dropped!

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#15 The Sink In The Mens Room At A Local Winery

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#16 Made Of 1500 Tennis Balls, Says It’s Very Comfortable!

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#17 Bread Mixer

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#18 Amazing Camouflage – Definitely Not A Tesla

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#19 Does This Belong Here?

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#20 Marketplace Gem

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#21 Cowboy Hat Conversion

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#22 And What Is The Name Of The Game That Is Played Here?

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#23 Superfans Only

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#24 The Most Unsafe Balcony I’ve Ever Seen

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#25 This, Horrendous Thing I Saw At The Thrift Store (Yes, Those Are Real Deer Legs)

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#26 Definitely Won’t Flip Over On Tight Turns

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#27 Found One In The Wild!

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#28 Thanks Minion Fire Pit I Didn’t Need To Sleep Today Anyways

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#29 I Made Headphones With Adjustable Tightness

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#30 New Mac Desk

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#31 £3 Mirror And I Had A Vision

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#32 Many Questions For This One

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#33 The “Infrared Sauna” My Dad Made

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#34 Next Listing: Hand Converted Into Stump

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#35 Six Time

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#36 Pretty Sure This Belongs Here

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#37 I Don’t Think Another Coat Is Gonna Fix This

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#38 My Father’s “Bright” Idea For Fixing A Door Handle

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#39 Saw This Beauty On The Way To Work

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#40 I Don’t Even Know What To Think About This

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#41 Rock Monopoly

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#42 I’d Hate To Be Drunk Here

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#43 Ngl, It’s A Little Cool

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#44 Poodle Made From Seashells, Found For Sale In A Charity Shop In The UK For £2.50

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#45 Homemade Backsplash

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#46 Found On Fb

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#47 Picture Is Self Explanatory. Driving On The Interstate In Western Michigan

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#48 Epoxy Resin Mantel Clock Embedded Full Of Crushed Stone

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#49 It’s A Load Bearing Boulder I Guess?

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#50 Why Have I Done This

At home with a back injury, out of boredom I combined an old lava lamp with an old wall lamp. Yes I know it’s horrible, but I also kinda like it.

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#51 Intriguing, But Why?

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#52 My Razor Blade Scissors

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#53 Rip The Antique Globe Underneath All This

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#54 Restaurant’s Toilet Top In Resin

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#55 For Only $25 On Facebook

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#56 Saw This A Few Days Ago At My Local Grocery Store

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#57 Pointless Cork Table Top

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#58 Did This Bodge Take As Long As A Trip To The Store? Yeah. Probably Longer

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#59 I Found This Aunt Jemima Bottle With Googly Eyes And A Painted White Face And Hands At Goodwill 🤷🏼‍♂️

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#60 Yes These Are AirPods. Cool Engineering But Why

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#61 Great For Coffee Lovers

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#62 I Made This Today, Now My Wife Is Worried

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#63 Vaseline Set With Rhinestones

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#64 Came Across This Fire Hazard On Marketplace

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#65 I Made A Table!

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#66 I Never Understood The Hate For Epoxy Tables Until I Saw This On Marketplace

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#67 Found These Handbuilt Beauties On Marketplace

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#68 Was Told My Carrot Hand Belonged Here

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#69 My 3D Printed Phone Cooler

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#70 The Best Of Aussie Ingenuity

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#71 High Priced Rv’s Are For Suckers

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#72 Singular Cotton Swab Holder

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#73 Looooooong Bed

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#74 Felt Like This Belonged Here…

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#75 I Was Told My Wall Art Belongs Here

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#76 This Makes Me Irrationally Angry

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#77 Circuit Board Knifes

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#78 Let’s Mount The New Intercom Directly On Top Of The Old One

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#79 Wheel Cover

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#80 Vanity Sold With “Cloud Painting”

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#81 Found In R/Weddingshaming Via U/Sulleys_monkey

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