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#2

To Each Their Own

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Sydney-Kate 2 years ago

Okay that is actually so cute

407points

If you want to avoid ending up featured in a similar group, we can look at what the world's top interior designers told Vogue are the most common mistakes they encounter.

The first one is putting all the furniture against the wall. "You should have a few pieces that float in the room to create variety and interest in the floor plan," Young Huh of Young Huh Interior Design said.

"Sketch on paper how you might achieve this. One way is to have a chair or two floating in the middle of the plan into the seating arrangement."

#3

This Gives Me A Headache

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408points

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PixieCharles 2 years ago

I decorated it this way for my Scottish nephew, only to later discover that he was from a different clan. Back to the drawing board.

194points

#4

Home For A Teletubby

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Charlotte 2 years ago

It's like a bad 80s acid trip

218points

#5

For Only $10.99 You Can Let Every Visitor To Your House Know You Are Struggling

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372points

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Sydney-Kate 2 years ago

As i read it i can hear my anxiety putting a question mark at the end

217points

Another important issue, according to Alfredo Paredes of Alfredo Paredes Studio is bad lighting.

"[Lighting] plays a huge role in how people experience a space. For example, one paint color under an incandescent lightbulb might look very different from the same color in natural lighting. If your home feels dark, you can just change out some lightbulbs or install a pair of sconces to make a space feel brighter. It doesn’t always have to mean a complete renovation," Paredes said.

#6

Sometimes Less Is More, Ya Know?

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354points

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Queen Taurus 2 years ago

For some odd reason I'm reminded of shrek when he and donkey first arrived in the kingdom to talk to lord farquad with the singing puppets

204points

#7

This Is Why We Need Hot Glue Gun Control!

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346points

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Aballi 2 years ago

Ew. All I can think of is the poop getting stuck between those rocks.

478points

#8

Are They Worshipping That TV?

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340points

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PixieCharles 2 years ago

They were put up to keep away the evil spirits that inhabit really awful movies.

199points

#9

Speechless

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336points

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Lazy Panda 2 years ago

Making aggressive eye contact with the Fedex guy.

25points

"Making sure a room is properly lit is challenging," interior designer Nicole Hollis added. "Lighting can make or break a space."

"Using a professional lighting designer is recommended, but if doing it yourself, be sure to work on three levels of lighting: Ceiling lights to wash surfaces such as tables and artwork, floor lamps to provide ambient light throughout the room, and task lighting such as table lights or reading lights for specific tasks such as reading or working."

#10

Oh Sweet Mold-A-Palooza

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326points

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PixieCharles 2 years ago

If I threw up on that, no one would notice.

186points

Jessica Bertram 2 years ago

you should probably see a doctor for that

42points

Mark Mark 2 years ago

If your throwup is that colour it means you have a stomach ulcer and should probably go see a doctor 😬

20points

Marleinah Evans 2 years ago (edited)

Do you only consume maroon food and drink?

8points

Bored Retsuko 2 years ago

Or if you... ah nevermind.

6points

Dana Mardell 2 years ago

You might be dying bro

5points

Shane S 2 years ago

Did you have beets for dinner?

4points

Mary Leverett 2 years ago

It would probably be an improvement!! 😉

3points

MCMLXXIII 2 years ago

If you threw up on it, it would be an improvement

2points

Alex Taylor 2 years ago

To be fair, you could murder someone on it and no-one would notice.

1point

WednesdayAddams'HashbrownOrder 2 years ago

Exactly.

1point

Justin Walsh 2 years ago

Oh, good... that means you can't see where I threw up.

0points

Joshua David 2 years ago

The smell over time after it absorbed. They may notice that.

0points

elfin 2 years ago

Or care.

0points

EJN 2 years ago

You puke red?

0points

gila the night/sand 2 years ago

Which would be likely, that bathroom is puke-inducing

0points

Colleen Keller 2 years ago

If you threw up on that and no one noticed, I'd be worried about a GI bleed.

0points

Dana Mardell 2 years ago

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0points

Dezi227 2 years ago

Nothing says "What's that smell?" Quite like this

13points

Mistiekim 2 years ago

At first I thought it was all meat. Not sure which is worse…..

13points

Autistic apricot 2 years ago

The carpet is worse

2points

Penny Hernandez 2 years ago

No. Just NO. I raised 5 boys and this bathroom would have been condemned as a health hazard by the end on day 1.

12points

T5n 2 years ago

This reminds me of raw beef

9points

Chicken Tacos R Better 2 years ago

Yum

0points

PinkPanda 2 years ago

The bathroom looks like it’s broken out in angry hives

6points

Seabeast 2 years ago

Angry Hives was the computer game that never quite caught on, unlike Angry Birds.

2points

Seabeast 2 years ago

Another catalogue picture, from about 1975.

4points

Alexis Dominey 2 years ago

Not to mention the water-rot.

4points

Sydney-Kate 2 years ago

I can feel the faint moistness from here

4points

Catherine Spencer-Mills 2 years ago

Obviously they don't have little boys in the house. (I have 3 sons and no bathroom rugs.)

1point

Yellow 2 years ago

It looks like a package of ground beef…

1point

Lu 2 years ago

Also amazing is carpets in restaurant… why???

1point

Reece Aster 2 years ago

Pretty common a couple decades ago. When my family moved into our first home in 1990 they had carpeting in both bathrooms and my kitchen.

1point

Zelda Fitzgerald 2 years ago

Looks like red velvet cake lol

1point

Martin DiViaio 2 years ago

Saw something similar on a house that a bunch of women lived in. When I brought up the potential problems they all just shrugged and said that men don't live there so it's not a problem.

1point

Fancy that 2 years ago

Gross. Just gross.

1point

SPARKIZE 2 years ago

lol

0points

Sue Knerl 2 years ago

They must have a cat that pukes..... a lot.

0points

Nancy Lynch 2 years ago

Nope.

0points

Tracy 2 years ago

The hairspray residue

0points

Meami 2 years ago

Why? Just why?

0points

Belinda Crum 2 years ago

All I see is germs, germs, and more germs. Gross!

0points

Loraine D.G. MacGinness 2 years ago

NO men here for sure ?

0points

Susan Brandt 2 years ago

The Munsters

0points

Naomi Cline 2 years ago

I would not walk barefoot in there!

0points

Isa Trip 2 years ago

That bathroom must stink!

0points

byden 2020 2 years ago

I'd rather have this than slip on bare marble floor and crack my skull open, with the police finding my corpse months later.

0points

tiffhoepp 2 years ago

looks like ground hamburger

0points

Pamila Colbert 2 years ago

This is my nightmare room

0points

Lena Haber 2 years ago

Can you imagine if the toilet overflowed with poop water...?

0points

Jamie Williams 2 years ago

I can smell that from here.

0points

Tamara Mays 2 years ago

This is definitely in the checkered design zone (see above photo on #1). It's giving me a migraine.

0points

Nichele Givand 2 years ago

That’s way too much going on there!

0points

Dawn Frutchey 2 years ago

I can smell the urine in the carpet from here

0points

David Coleman 2 years ago

Some serious repression going on here. It's still a toilet and you still poop...... don't deny it cos we know you do.

0points

L Smith 2 years ago

Looks like meat.

0points

Sarah Turney 2 years ago

It reminds me of tiramisu. Forbidden toilet dessert

0points

don milland 2 years ago

Yikes!

0points

Kira Maloy 2 years ago

Hard pass on this one.

0points

Emma Mae Winiarski 2 years ago

Reminds me if lady gaga's meat dress got transformed into bathroom decor..

0points

Mollie Mills 2 years ago

You can almost feel the damp beneath your feet! 🤢

0points

Saint Lynnie 2 years ago

I lived in a house that had carpeting in the bathroom....I hated it.. At least there was a couple feet of tile surrounding the toilet, but I got damn good use of my dirt devil carpet cleaner while living there...

0points

KimB 2 years ago

Oh lord such color commitment! Not for me but again I have seen soooo much worse!

0points

G S 2 years ago

It’s a cover-up for several ritualistic murders.

0points

Id row 2 years ago

Way too many people do this.

0points

Raven Luna 2 years ago

My god, my mom did this every winter when I was a kid. The floor was too cold apparently and we had tons of carpet over it.

0points

Bear 2 years ago

Its like someone skinned The Rock from Marvel Comics and made ut

0points

MygrandsonscallmeNia 2 years ago

Carpet in a bathroom. Not to mention around the toilet! Eww!

0points

Holly Bee 2 years ago

....I mean, I like the color?

0points

Marla 2 years ago

This would be wonderful using it for the first time and then just increasingly and terrifyingly awful with each subsequent use.

0points

Mel Ebling 2 years ago

Ground beef bathroom

0points

Hill Branda 2 years ago

Eww. I can almost smell it from just looking at the picture.

0points

CammyCat 2 years ago

Looks like raw hamburger

0points

Sydney B. 2 years ago

The mold on the floor in the corner 🤢

0points

Lucy 2 years ago

Imagine the mold & rot under all that 😳

0points

Andrea 2 years ago

"I want my bathroom to look like a package of ground beef, please."

0points

Dina Anastasakos 2 years ago

Nasty.

0points

Evangeline Valhalla 2 years ago

I never understand this

0points

Slippery Johnson 2 years ago

Never a good idea. Had carpet in my master bath when I bought my house. Ripped it right out

0points

L.a. Williams 2 years ago

At least you can't see the pee??!!

0points

Judy Dunlevy 2 years ago

first glance it was a murder scene

0points

#11

Ah, Christmas At Memaw’s

Final score:

319points

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Reagan Maher 2 years ago

My grandma has a super fluffy one, it's disgusting

109points

#12

Almighty Toilet Throne

Final score:

307points

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Inigo Montoya 2 years ago

Fake baby jesus save you if you get drunk & need to take a sh!t. Not to mention the fact that the tile is giving me a headache through a picture, couldn't imagine how bad it is in person.

119points

#13

I Bet The Doctor Stays Away

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289points

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E. Hamilton 2 years ago

I would hide an orange scented air freshener and watch chaos ensue.

15points

Another thing to remember is that you have to properly measure the space before you start decorating it. You might roll your eyes, but experts say people often miss what's obvious.

"Eyeballing seems like an easy skill (one for which Sister Parish had a famed and uncanny ability). That is until you can't fit a sofa through your front door! It has happened to the best of us," Alexa Hampton, founder of Alexa Hampton and principal of Mark Hampton Inc., said. "I also recommend going back to measure a second time; there is nothing like inverting a number or two to really hammer that point home."

#14

Lovely Addition To Any Living Room, A Babydoll Coffee Table

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288points

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1.21Gigawatts?! 2 years ago (edited)

I edited my comment and now nobody new will know why it got so many upvotes! MUAHAHAAA

187points

#15

What Psycho Thought That Would Be Ok???

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287points

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Fancy that 2 years ago

Another DIY gone wrong.

127points

#16

Was Dr. Seuss The Architect?

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285points

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Elena Doyle 2 years ago

Oh, all the places you could go.

179points

#17

At Least There’s A Place To Wash Your Hands?

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281points

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Jessica Bertram 2 years ago

ew.

128points

"A common interior design mistake is that people don't bring designers on early enough in the process," industry professional Mandy Cheng pointed out. "We should be there immediately after you say to yourselves, 'We're ready to make these changes,' or, 'We want to redesign or redecorate the house.'"

"Oftentimes, clients reach out after they’ve bought the house and launched the contractor to renovate the kitchen and bathrooms. A third of the way through construction, the new homeowners are overwhelmed with all the decisions they’re needing to make, plus the thought of furnishing it afterward. Reach out when you’re in escrow or have closed escrow, and don’t launch a contractor until you’ve spoken to a designer first."

#18

Who Mows The Carpet?

Final score:

270points

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Okiedokie 2 years ago

My eyes don’t know what they’re looking at when it comes to that floor.

197points

#19

Avocado Nightmare

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269points

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Grudge-holding Treefrog 2 years ago

AvocadNo

230points

#20

Aquaman’s Bathroom

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268points

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Wax0nWax0ff 2 years ago

Aquaman‘s grandma’s bathroom

341points

It's also important to understand, which can be challenging even for seasoned designers. "One thing I see people do frequently is put something really tiny or really massive into a room that inhibits its functionality and dooms its aesthetic," interior designer Martha Mulholland said. "If you know you need an enormous sectional for your Super Bowl parties, don't forget to think about the size of the coffee table and rug that will accompany it. An 8' x 10' rug will likely look like a postage stamp paired with most modern sectionals, even though it may seem like a reasonable size for the room. (My general rule with rugs and sofas, specifically, is that a sofa should sit fully on a rug, leaving at least a foot of space on all sides, and rugs should either be centered in a room with at least two-thirds of each upholstered piece sitting on top of it, or be a small accent that sits in front of the sofa, with a coffee table on top.)"

#21

Even In Death You Can Have Your Tacky Decor

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266points

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Ruby 2 years ago (edited)

This coffin makes me want to "lived"

179points

#22

This Must Belong To Barbie

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261points

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sailor moon 2 years ago

More like those knock off Barbies you get at dollar tree

202points

#23

He Spent More On Brick Than He Probably Paid For The Whole House!

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254points

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Roseriver_DSMP 2 years ago

Before I realised that the person took this from out of a car, it looked like the house was in space in front of a blue planet!

159points

While we like our place to look pretty, choosing aesthetics over comfort isn't always the best course of action.

"Not understanding 'the sit' of furniture before you buy it; try to get yourself to a showroom and sit down / lie down on the upholstery," interior designer Alexa Hampton added. "If you can't do this, have someone sit in if for you to attest how it feels. These are expensive pieces that you want to enjoy comfortably. Try before you buy!"

#24

Looks Like Something From My Parents’ House In The Late 70’s

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Camo Pena 2 years ago

I remember these couches.....

220points

#25

Omg I Found My Great Aunt's House

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245points

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Jenna Green 2 years ago

I feel like I know what that house smells like.

246points

#26

Long Live The Queen!

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243points

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KindaSketchy 2 years ago

Redditor UrbanShaman_420 said “Used to live down the block. I’ve been in that house. Oversized chest set with a checkered floor in the castle parapet, complete with a throne. Little cannons on top would actually work, and the owner used to fire fireworks out of them on Canada day back in the 90s

202points

Improperly placed artworks can also do more harm than good. "For some reason, most homeowners think they should hang art high and it, therefore, looks more important," Young Huh said.

"Really, your art should hang at eye level so that you can really see the main portion of the art very well. Also, avoid placing one art piece per wall. This will look very static and uninteresting."

#27

Who Doesn’t Like A Conversation Pit Filled With Stuffed Animals?

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242points

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eevee r 2 years ago

This is my childhood dream

274points

#28

This Year, Christmas Comes In, Black, Brushed Nickel, And Stainless Steel Grey

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239points

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Nandy Nam 2 years ago

Don't judge ... I kinda like it !!

208points

#29

When You And The Wife Can't Agree On A Motiff

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Amanda Cox 2 years ago

What in tarnation?!?!

158points

#30

Maybe If You Live Alone...but Really, What Is With People And Their Notions About How Bathrooms Work?

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Gina Babe 2 years ago

What room is that even?

75points

But that doesn't mean that you shouldn't take risks. In fact, Frances Merrill of Reath Design thinks it's the biggest mistake people make when settling in. "They're afraid to try something new or go for something they haven't seen done before. This is one thing that leads to everyone’s homes looking the same. My advice is to take some time before you start, collect images and scraps of things you love, test paint colors and look at them at different times of day in different lights, maybe even different seasons. And then go for it!"

When you think about it, who cares what some anonymous people on the internet think of your place. Even if they laugh at it; it's yours. And it's not like your totally over-the-top chandelier is hurting someone. Just make sure that it doesn't fall on someone's head and you're fine.

#31

Because A Bathrobe Hanger Just Won’t Do

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201points

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Wax0nWax0ff 2 years ago

For when you want to give yourself a heart attack in the middle of the night

211points

#32

Real Animal Lovers

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Pippaisbisexual 2 years ago

I am more worried about that chair back there

552points

#33

Stairway To...bathtub?

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Nandy Nam 2 years ago

So what the h*ck with the chain & lock??

145points

#34

The Royal Throne

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191points

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Sydney-Kate 2 years ago

Feels like something out of a fever dream

97points

#35

When You’re Feeling Kind Of Nutty

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179points

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Remi 2 years ago

Not cursed at all.... will not haunt your dreams and bite your ankles..... brrrrr

145points

#36

This Is, Well, Creepy

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178points

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Robin DJW 2 years ago

This is a nook just off the dining room in Miss Havisham's house.

75points

#37

Let Me Just Squeeze In Here To Get My Beer

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174points

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Robin DJW 2 years ago

I am pretty sure that this is a code violation.

143points

#38

I Guess It's In Case You Lack Of Toilet Paper

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171points

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Sue Denham 2 years ago

Wait - are we talking about the excessive (and unusually positioned) curtaining here, or the fluffy bunny rabbit?

249points

#39

Bath For A King

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168points

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Amelia Earhart 2 years ago

I sure hope that's not a base board heater along the side...

104points

#40

The Grass Isn't Always Greener

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167points

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Sydney-Kate 2 years ago

But that carpet sure is

110points

#41

That Must Have Been A Nasty Divorce

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164points

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Emperor Spike 2 years ago

For who? The two doors?

64points

#42

No Room For Adding More

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159points

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deathrose 2 years ago

I don't even hate it. It's not for me personally but this is obviously someone's "me" space, the place where they decompress.

147points

#43

This Is A Picture Of The Master Bath Of A House We Bought At The Foreclosure Auction A Few Years Ago. The Whole Bathroom Was Makeshift And Thrown Together. Zoom In To The Left, That's A Fish Tank In The Wall!

This Is A Picture Of The Master Bath Of A House We Bought At The Foreclosure Auction A Few Years Ago. The Whole Bathroom Was Makeshift And Thrown Together. Zoom In To The Left, That's A Fish Tank In The Wall!

Final score:

148points

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Camo Pena 2 years ago

the ceiling tiles really polish this turd

17points

#44

Nothing Screams Bathtub Sexy Time Louder Than This! And There's Carpet On The Floor!

Final score:

143points

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Lyone Fein 2 years ago

OP thinks the carpet is the worst thing going on here?

102points

#45

Love Those Earth Tones

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137points

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Dana Mardell 2 years ago

The seventies called and these mofos picked up

130points

#46

Nice Wall... Wait

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131points

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Wax0nWax0ff 2 years ago

Nobody will notice

66points

#47

This Picture Makes Me Sad

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131points

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AmmoniteCat 2 years ago

Nooooo someone grab that bunny/dog/whatever it is and give it to meeeee!!!

94points

#48

Hurry Before It’s Snapped Up

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124points

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Rustella 2 years ago

Love it!

33points

#49

How Does Anyone Fit In The Tub?

Final score:

120points

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Ellen Ranks 2 years ago

Looks like one of those Japanese soaking tubs. You sit in it and make the water go up to your chin. Personally I prefer that to a regular bathtub that always leaves my boobs, knees, or both out of the water.

34points

#50

Everyone Was Ripping On This But Like C'mon

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106points

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I I 2 years ago

lol i find it funny Americans fly so many flags , and why chant USA , USA , USA at a sports match when both teams are from the USA or chant it while protesting , do y'all forget where you are ?

130points

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#51

I'm House Hunting Annnnd I Find This

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35points

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Zoe Cat 2 years ago

Honestly, could be worse

5points

#52

When You Can’t Decide If You Want Exposed Brick Or Ugly Orange For Your Walls

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33points

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Erica “T” 2 years ago

I remember when this technique was in fashion!...but it's supposed to be done to look like it was a natural stone wall and the paint had just weathered away...like old Tuscany? ...I don't know what the heck this is!

21points