“Who The Hell Thought This Would Work”: 50 Times People Tried To Do It Themselves And Learned Their Lesson (New Pics)

I’ve got nothing but respect for people who can actually pull off DIY. It takes patience, skill, and a level of confidence I simply don’t have. Personally, the peak of my handiwork is assembling IKEA furniture, and that’s only because the instructions leave little room for disaster.

If I ever tried a proper home project, though, I’d probably end up featured on the subreddit “DiWHY.” It’s the internet’s favorite gallery of attempts that were meant to be clever or budget-friendly but instead leave everyone asking: how did it come to this?

The answer, of course, is that creativity may have no limits—but common sense usually does.

#1 Jackson Pollock Vibe. It’s A No For Me…

#2 Customize Your Sunroof Because Why Not

#3 …what?

Hand-carved carpet on wooden floor. What a masterpiece.

#4 Found In The Millennial Sub

#5 Blessed Be The FB Algorithm

Absolutely beautiful

#6 Someone Made A Jacket Made Of Heinz Packets For A Guy Named Heinz To Wear To His Wedding

#7 I Made Invisible Headphones For My Wife

#8 Just Installed The New Inheritance 5000 Staircase Leading To My 90 Year Old Dad’s Basement

#9 I.. I Don’t Understand

#10 The Fourth Time Was Very Much Not The Charm

#11 Close Enough

#12 I Made Headphones With Integrated Cd Player, Remote Control, Battery, Disc Storage, And Jewel Box Compartment

#13 Who The Hell Thought This Would Work

#14 Perfection

#15 Found On Fb, Good Lord

Just made this addition to my Airbnb.
I hope my bank account is big enough to hold all of the revenue I will get from my bookings!

#16 Landlord Replaced My Door And I Noticed It Was Creaking

Landlord used screws instead of the correct pin.

#17 Guy Really Wanted His TV Flat Against The Wall

I do handyman work and home renos. WAs recently contracted to fill this up from the previous owner. You kinda gotta admire the guys dedication on one hand, while also being completely unnecessary.

#18 And This Is Why You Don’t Build Your Own Kitchen

Built my first home at age 30. Designed the kitchen myself and completed it with my dad who owns a cabinet shop. The kitchen is my absolute favorite part.

#19 Bought Spare Remotes Then My 4 Year Old Found Electrical Tape And Made This So We’d Never Lose Another Remote

#20 Foam To Fix Foundation

#21 You What Now?

#22 When You Think With The Box

#23 Asking If I Installed My AC Properly Since This Is A DIY Job. Temp Is Set To 17, But The House Just Keeps Getting Warmer

#24 ‘l’ Themed Baby Shower DIY Costume Turns Into Nightmare Fuel. Why Didn’t I Just Buy One?!

So I was supposed to got to a dress up baby shower with the theme L (baby’s name will be Lennox, anyway)… for 3 weeks I had been working on a Lorax costume, with each edit getting progressively creepier. I was nervous to wear it and was already embarrassed by it. Today was the baby shower and my husband stuck the costume on before I started getting ready, and thank God he did, cause holy hell imagine rocking up to a baby shower dressed like this!!!! I ditched the lorax and went as a Luche Libre wrestler instead.

#25 My Parents: We Don’t Need A Paint Roller

#26 DIY Camper

#27 This “Ladder” To Reach A Loft In An Airbnb

#28 They’re Almost Done With The First Coat!

#29 We Didn’t Have A Shower In Our House For A Year And A Half But Now We Have This!

My partner and I thought we could build a roman style tub from scratch in a month. A year and a half with no shower later, here we are.

#30 First Rate Kitchen Planning Right Here

Finally finished the kitchen. Adding the dishwasher was tight, but we made it work….

#31 Found In A Hotel In Erfurt… I Don’t Even Know What To Think Of This

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

#33 Just… Why?

#34 They Say This Belongs Here

My man made me a pencil. Took 2 hrs.

#35 The Solution To Too Much Empty Space

#36 Found On An Apartment Rental Listing

#37 What Is The Purpose Of This

#38 Should This Even Work?

#39 Why Does My Stomach Hurt, Carly?

#40 Partener Tried To Dye Our White Couch Because It Had Some Stains. I Said We Shouldve Got Couch Covers But No

#41 Coworker Cut His Hair Using Mirrors

#42 ☹️

#43 I Think It’s Clever. Friends Raised Their Eyebrows

I only use a few apps and did not subscribe to any of the featured app hot buttons built in to the remote. So I sliced them off so they are harder to hit by accident.
I don’t recommend this. But if you want to do this, Do not cut the button out. Just slice off the rubber part protruding above the plastic.

#44 That’s Why Home Depot Was Out Of Caulk