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Taste is subjective, isn’t it? While some people find minimalist interior designs and perfectly staged aesthetics inspiring, others see them as downright boring. Getting sick and tired of posts where everything is filtered and carefully arranged, we love a bizarre-looking account that challenges our perspective.

We're talking about Decor Hardcore, an Instagram account that offers anything but bland, basic, or benign. Created by Berlin-based designer Ksenia Shestakovskaia, it showcases some of the most peculiar design choices out there. "Hardcore is not for everybody," she wrote in the description, and from the looks of it — she has a point.

If you have a passion for strange, wacky, and tacky things, this post might be just what you were looking for. Bored Panda has selected some of the most over-the-top images the account had to offer, so check them out right below. Upvote on the ones you liked most, and be sure to let us know what you think about them in the comments!

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    It might come as no surprise that bizarre-looking items and weird design solutions are things that tend to grab our attention and not let it go. After all, there’s some amount of beauty in any imperfection, even when it leaves us surprised, delighted, or a bit shocked.

    Today, people and projects that show the opposite of what is considered to be good taste often get branded as bold, courageous, and adventurous. And Ksenia Shestakovskaia is one of them. The textile and graphic designer created Decor Hardcore in 2015 as a collection of unusual images of curiosities she came across on the web.

    "I was running into quite specific images and I started to collect them. I had to share it! I’d show these crazy pictures to people and they’d say, 'I remember my Grandmother had something like that,'" she told AnOther Magazine.

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    This Rose Quarz Bath Is Real And Made By @baldihomejewels 🔥💸💕
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    GoddessOfChaos
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually kind of like this, I’d feel like a mermaid princess or something sitting in that tub

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    Ever since she started posting on Instagram, she has amassed quite the audience. As of today, the account has more than 375K devoted fans who admire her online collection full of pink living rooms and rose quartz baths. "At the beginning, I was wondering what would happen if I ran out of material because I post a lot," she said. "But every time I went on, I realized it was endless. It’s like an ocean of treasures! So I’m not concerned."

    When it comes to design, she mentioned that she sees emotional connection as the most important thing. "It has to create a little heart-pinch. I’m pinched quite often when I see these pictures, I’m completely overwhelmed." Other times, she comes across objects that are very aesthetically displeasing but deserve to be noticed. "Sometimes it’s so extreme that I have to post it! These might be things I would never buy for myself, or as a present, but the pictures are incredible."

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    Michael Garrett, one of her best friends and business partner, later joined curating the account and helped develop Decor Hardcore even further. The duo has created a line of merch, a creative studio, and they’ve even got the opportunity to partner up on campaigns and projects with brands like Gucci and Versace.

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry it is the law. Someone has to do it. Why did the mushroom go to the party? Because he's a fungi!

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    "Fashion started to bore me to death," Shestakovskaia told Vogue. "I was in the same place with fashion, bored and disillusioned," added Garrett. "When Ksenia began showing me early glimpses of Decor Hardcore, which at the time was still just her private collection of eBay images, I got hooked."

    Their vision "is all about not taking design or anything too seriously, and proving that heaven is indeed a place on earth," she told i-D. Well, if heaven is full of pink velvet, over-the-top bathrooms, and inflatable bouncy castles, it seems they have succeeded.

    Shestakovskaia is constantly keeping an eye out for the perfect picture and looks for a range of criteria, whether it’s unexpected solutions or simply lucky accidents. The designer enjoys coming across the story behind an image, feeling the atmosphere, and understanding people’s decisions. "Decor is not only my work, it's my entire approach to life, my attitude, dreams, and sometimes nightmares," she said. "When I'm not working on it, I'm fantasizing about situations or things, and then I try to discover if they exist."

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    Niki De Sainte Phalle Tarot Garden As Seen By 🎐💎🎐 @arianapapademetropoulos

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    Tiny Dancer
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Just so we're clear, this is not a house, it's a part of the Tarot Garden in Italy, a sculpture park full of "whimsical art installations inspired by tarot cards". It is perfect for this list! http://ilgiardinodeitarocchi.it/en/

    Tiny Dancer
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Fab article on the artist and the garden here (some language): https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2016/04/18/niki-de-saint-phalles-tarot-garden

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    Aélia Potter
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh wait isn’t that an artpiece of a very known artist??? Niki de saint phalle i think??? (Correct me if i am wrong)

    CD Mills
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    There are no words to convey the massive WTF my brain is experiencing!

    Polar_bear_lover
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    They must have some really bad luck from having to break so many mirrors! LOL

    MAL
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Steven Grant/Marc Spector would just NOPE out of existence at this room.

    Christiane Slawik
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Nicky Saint Phalles House in Tuscany! You can visit and also admire her fantastic work in her gardens there!

    Katie Lutesinger
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh geez, the last time I saw a wall like that it was in Psychonauts 2. I keep wanting to psy-blast it.

    Jesse
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Knowing my clumsy a*s, I wouldn't survive five minutes

    LSR
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Needs Bruce Lee smashing all of these while hunting for a man with an iron claw.

    Nothanks L. Walk
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Please never let this artist direct a movie. That is going to break my brain.

    Susann Campbell
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I like mirrors but NOT this. A crack in my face would blow my mind.

    Celtic Pirate Queen
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I saw a life sized male lion covered in mirror mosaic tiles just like this at HomeGoods. Could not possibly imagine where it would seem logical.

    Dolly_of TheCowboy
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I now feel like I know how the leftovers scrunched up in a ball of tin foil feel

    Amy Lam
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I fear for whomever that has to walk up and down those stairs....fearing of falling down all those stairs...

    Aidan Pite
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how bright it would get if you lit a single candle in the middle of the night.

    Ruth Scheidler
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    That gives me a headache - can't even make out walls and surfaces.

    KC Nordquist
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I wonder how many glass cuts and hospital visits came with the construction of this.

    Khi Harmon
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I'd literally die in here if walk into walls and trip so many friggin times. 😂

    Annabelle
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This reminds me of a museum in the South of the Netherlands https://doloris.nl/meta-maze/

    Porch Santa
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have no idea what im looking at. I thought I could figure things out in life. Woops.

    NWB
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would always be falling over in total confusion!

    Jette Wang Wahnon
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have seen something very similar in a arty farty coffee-table book called Divine Decadence...was in a private residence....still wouldn´t run my fingers up the banister..

    Milady Blue
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    How many centuries of bad luck were caused by the sourcing of materials for this room?!?

    Seanette Blaylock
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This would freak my husband right out. He has a neurosis about broken glass.

    MPS
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Lol I'd just walk in to the wall thinking it's another room

    BasedWang12
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    fog, strobe and lazers would be used heavily.... but in all honesty, I drink too much for this

    J Smythe
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I would not want to be the person that has to clean this!

    Uber Mensch
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I thought this was an aerial view of some part of Ukraine, at first.

    Miriam L
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    And here we have our first one that's not actually awesomeness in disguise, but just a heck nope

    Auntriarch
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    A little cubby hole somewhere would be nice, but not too big, and certainly nowhere with stairs

    GoddessOdd
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I think every accident attorney would have this address on their rolodex. I certainly couldn't navigate this on a regular basis.

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    "Decor Hardcore is about the variety of choices, not about certain aesthetics," Shestakovskaia added. "So much design is confined to 'must have' or 'must be,' looking proper, and trying to make sense. Our brand fulfills the lack of a certain offer for fun, and something unpolished or unexpected. To me, it's natural that a girl would have a bath that looks like a seashell because it's beautiful and magical. I just look around myself, or I search for things that entertain and make me happy. Apparently, they make many other people happy, too!"

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    Zoe's Mom
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Looks like it'sin someone's own backyard so I'm good with that on a clear night to see stars. IF...this is a Air B&B or rental, nope, just nope.

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    Vicky Z
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Don't you dare to sit here if you don't at least fart glitter and poop rainbows!!

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    Sam
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Oh this is because of the mud. Its currently mud season in Kirov and people also put out old doors and wardrobe bits so you can get around the city without getting your shoes soaked or sucked off

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    Chandelingo By @roccoborghese

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    Vicky Z
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Aaaaaaaaaa I'm gonna swing from the chandelier from the chandelieeeeeer!!!!!

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    Nathaniel
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Remember the red bat phone? This is for when Commissioner Gordon needed Liberace's help.

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    Rg @hotellasonrisa

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    ~Alex~
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I actually want this. I would love to watch my fish swim around and help me sleep

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    @pancakelordssd By @afashionnerd Via @merymode 💞

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    Vicky Z
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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What's this pink thing at the bottom? Is it supposed to be the pipes of the sink? Cause it looks weird

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    2 years ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    This is a different butterfly bed from the other one. Same house??

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    CD Mills
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    2 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    What a nauseating combination of color and print! Better nuke it from orbit, it's the only way to be sure.

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