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So we've seen the consequences of bad interior design, so what makes for good design? There are a few basic principles to stick to if you want to make sure your design is practical, relevant and makes sense!

According to Dieter Rams, a German industrial designer who was responsible for the design of Braun’s consumer products for many years, there are 10 principles of good design, also known as the '10 commandments.' Even though they were written long ago and technology has advanced beyond his wildest dreams, Dieter's principles still apply today!

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Hans 5 years ago

"A d**k lives there" never has been so literal.

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Pjotr Vugts 5 years ago

Suislide

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Furniture designers Vitsoe have worked closely with Dieter Rams for decades, and helpfully summarize his founding principles of good design with the following explanations:

Good design is innovative: The possibilities for innovation are not, by any means, exhausted. Technological development is always offering new opportunities for innovative design. But innovative design always develops in tandem with innovative technology, and can never be an end in itself.

Good design makes a product useful: A product is bought to be used. It has to satisfy certain criteria, not only functional, but also psychological and aesthetic. Good design emphasizes the usefulness of a product whilst disregarding anything that could possibly detract from it.

Good design is aesthetic: The aesthetic quality of a product is integral to its usefulness because products we use every day affect our person and our well-being. But only well-executed objects can be beautiful.

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DP von Icecream 5 years ago (edited)

HAHAHAHAHAHA! This is brilliant! Look them straight in the eyes when you wipe!

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Mojones 5 years ago

Harry Pooper, the boy under the stains, eh stairs

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Good design makes a product understandable: It clarifies the product’s structure. Better still, it can make the product talk. At best, it is self-explanatory.

Good design is unobtrusive: Products fulfilling a purpose are like tools. They are neither decorative objects nor works of art. Their design should therefore be both neutral and restrained, to leave room for the user’s self-expression.

Good design is honest: It does not make a product more innovative, powerful or valuable than it really is. It does not attempt to manipulate the consumer with promises that cannot be kept.

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Carol Emory 5 years ago

Tour guide: "Originally there were only 27 floors in our hotel. The other 13 were added just recently..."

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Sometimes I wish I had back stories to these and the reason why these designs are the way they are.

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Good design is thorough down to the last detail: Nothing must be arbitrary or left to chance. Care and accuracy in the design process show respect towards the user.

Good design is environmentally-friendly: Design makes an important contribution to the preservation of the environment. It conserves resources and minimizes physical and visual pollution throughout the lifecycle of the product.

Good design is as little design as possible: Less, but better – because it concentrates on the essential aspects, and the products are not burdened with non-essentials. Back to purity, back to simplicity.

So three you have it, pretty simple right? If you are tasked with designing something and want to avoid the epic fails found in this list, check these principles off first and you should succeed!

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BusLady 5 years ago

How do they even get up there? Swinging on the chandelier?

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Tessa 5 years ago

Sia: Hold my beer.

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les 5 years ago

its the tarzan suite

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Best Finnish Potatoe 5 years ago

I CAME IN LIKE A WREEEECKING BAALL

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PyroKitty 5 years ago

It's Sia's sitting room.

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Anna Repp 5 years ago

Iaaa'm gona sweeeeng on a chandaleeeer!

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Jhoa 5 years ago

It's a secret area.

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louis porter 5 years ago

Came in a like a wrecking ball....

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Lemon Garnished Potato 5 years ago

Definitely they use a teleportation gun.

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Its Me 2 years ago (edited)

IM GONNA SWING FROM THE CHANDELIER, FROM THE CHANDELIER-sia

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Kai Wendorf 5 years ago

IIIIIIIIMM GONNA SWIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING FROM THE CHANDLEIER!!!! FROM THE CHANDLEIER!!!

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Miss_Olivia 5 years ago

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Mojones 5 years ago

Welcome to the Parcour Hotel, enjoy your stay. Breakfast will be served at 08.00 on the roof, accessable by the southern brick wall

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Elsker 5 years ago

That's very cosy hangout if you manage to get there

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Gareth Graham 5 years ago

This looks like a video game area you have to do a side quest to unlock

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Little Grace 5 years ago

parkour

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Im gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier.

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Ani Archeron 5 years ago

Challenge accepted

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TheReader19 5 years ago

Tarzan rest area

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Johanna-Nicollette Kidd 5 years ago

How to keep the lounge looking new...

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TheExtremeSmell 5 years ago

I’ve seen this is areas of decoration. Where instead of just having bare tops where people can see, they add furniture. Must give the feeling of less industrial

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Lynda Momalo 5 years ago

Hey, all they'd have to do is put a ladder up and people would be clamoring to hang out there.

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Evgeniya Khon 5 years ago

Was this built by spider-man?

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Bertha Garcia 5 years ago

I’ve seen that one in Orlando

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Valereee 5 years ago

Huhh!!!

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MysticSailora 5 years ago

for some reason all hotels seem to have this!!

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Carole Reid 5 years ago

Lazy decor.

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Bored Llama 5 years ago

To be fair that looks so cozy and fun being up there

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PandaPiñata 5 years ago

Just for showroom

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Tiny Dynamine 5 years ago

This is surreal beauty!

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Jeff Requier 5 years ago

Not for use, just for looking at. using up space

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Susanne Drejø Thun 5 years ago

Waiting for the magic ladder to come down.

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Hans 5 years ago

"guest lounge"

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WalkingSky️ 2 years ago

That’s where he lives

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Elliott 5 years ago

Older houses/buildings have these as decorative places to display or make it cozier

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Judith Wilson 5 years ago

It's the "waiting room".

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Norma Williamson 5 years ago

Batman comes to mind :D

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Miguel Rosas 5 years ago

Time to climb a rope or use a tall ladder

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Debbie Fulton 5 years ago

What?? Can someone please explain this to me? There's way to many levels of wrong to this!

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未周陸 5 years ago

How did furniture get UP there?! Don't tell us the UPPER area was originally a real room on the higher Floor, but somebody decided to make the lobby Downstairs ... Spacier ... and Cut OFF/ Opened UP the ceiling/floor ......

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Nancy Jenuwine 5 years ago

Kato.....

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Drew Fordham 5 years ago

It's a place for Sia to sit...."I'm gonna swing from the chandelier, from the chandelier"

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Oliver Casasola 5 years ago

I guess the levitation works here

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Dianna 5 years ago

....and we offer a private sitting area.

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Tahani 5 years ago

It's the lounge area of Parkour folk of course!

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Id row 5 years ago

Would love an explanation for this.

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Marcellus the Third 5 years ago

I first thought it was a "sample" salon in a furniture store, but then I realized it's Viari's house. [If "What Viari?" then https://www.reddit.com/r/AcquisitionsInc/comments/75px91/quick_question_origin_of_viaris_chandeliers/ ].

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Bacony 5 years ago

Here you have to do a frame-perfect onto the chandelier, parry it, clip into the wall and build up speed for 2 hours, BLJ into galactic nova, use the buggy hitbox for the core to dodge the attacks, then use PK Ground to access the portal-able tile, then after you get through the portal, you spawn a Barvarium Tank and crash it into Dreadwing, this will cause a Boat Elevator to activate, allowing you to use the glider to get to Dr. Zomboss, now equip Thudley and ground pound the Zombot's head, this will incorrectly store a bob-omb into your item slot, use it and teleport into the Gaster Room, exit the door and you will be in the secret area.

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Khairul Syazwan 5 years ago

it's for the dead

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Toujin C'Thlu 5 years ago

It's a sitting room for superheroes.

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elfin 5 years ago

The Parkour Lounge.

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beaulatte 5 years ago

𝙉𝙤 𝙨𝙝𝙞𝙩

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Shannon Richards 5 years ago

typically, folks use silk greenery and sometimes sculpture with dead space like this. One house had a small dead space above the coat closet in their entry way. The owners had put their favorite stuffed toys there.

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Larry A DeShane jr 5 years ago

This always makes the list. ENOUGH! LOL

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Rob Chapman 5 years ago

I imagine that is just for show.

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Farid Red 5 years ago

Only for ninjas...

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Harley Kroll 5 years ago

I saw this too.

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Terence Michael 5 years ago

I'm surprised they didn't make it into an apartment.

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KCN 5 years ago

Oh, brother.

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Giraffes Inc. 5 years ago

Um ...

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Stephenie Stone 5 years ago

Why, just why??!!!!!

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Susan Potvin 5 years ago

I used to work at place and we had to change the decorations seasonally it was treacherous

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bee pot 5 years ago

it's like a random room in tony hawk underground

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Maximiliano De Borba 5 years ago

Club 33

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Rocky Joe 5 years ago

Is this a doll house crafted with amazing details? The roof is open for access to that space

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Amelie DiLaurentis 5 years ago

Where all the high kids hang out

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Annanana 5 years ago

That's someone saying to me "but you have all that spare time in the afternoon" WITH FOUR LITTLE CHILDREN

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Meike Henneman 5 years ago

For ghosts probably

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Steve Barnett 5 years ago

I'm sure I've seen this before; this was never intended to be used.

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yerawitchSam13 5 years ago

Just use Whirlwind Sprint.

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Kjorn 5 years ago

assassins creed. i might get a flag if i get there

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Patrycja Wyczesana 5 years ago

It gives me Prince of Persia vibes :D

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Kimberly Irving 5 years ago

Why tho....

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Restless 5 years ago

Why?

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Shawn 5 years ago

Smoke spot

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Amr Mohamed 5 years ago

They had a ghosts problem. Ever since they set this up and put some books, the hauntings stopped!

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Carole Reid 5 years ago

"I want to swing from the chandelier!"

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Rose Montieth 5 years ago

I think I've been to this hotel!

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Samantha Comerford 5 years ago

This is in Pyongyang

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Ruby 5 years ago

Samara Morgan's living room.

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better version of alex 5 years ago

they have these all over ad every time i see one i'm like... what's the point? there's one at my local olive garden

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Piku 5 years ago

Reminds me of 'The Ring'

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Something 5 years ago

That's the burglar window.

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Mary Montejo 5 years ago

I'm gonna swing on the chandelier!!!

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Carol Emory 5 years ago

Probably a conversion..not for school transport..someone lives in it.

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Carol Emory 5 years ago

If I remember right..some of these bathrooms are set up that as soon as you enter and lock the door to the stall, the walls go opaque so you can't be seen....

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Okay is the sink in the cupboard or does the cupboard have a mirror and the sink is reflected in it?

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Patrick McKemie 5 years ago

It's for CGI. You live in a small brick house, the neighbors see the Taj Mahal.

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Mojones 5 years ago

Have to admit, they nailed the dried vomit look

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Shawn 5 years ago

What was the architect smoking

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Shawn 5 years ago

Size does matter

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Jonathon Smith 5 years ago

"Has character" "Viewing essential"

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Dee Hunter 5 years ago

Who wouldn't love to rule from this throne ...

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Janine B. 5 years ago

Might work for the doggo though. lol

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Foxxy 5 years ago

Is the green mould from having carpet in the bathroom lol.

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BusLady 5 years ago

Sideways AND crooked. Was someone drunk?

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BusLady 5 years ago

"I'm out of paper. Could you pass some?"

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Bobert Robertson 5 years ago

Help! I’m trapped in a glass cage of emotion!

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Janine B. 5 years ago

Great way to make sure you don't put on too much weight.

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Miss_Olivia 5 years ago

Fabulous

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Dee Hunter 5 years ago

Bringing back the old roman times with a good morning chat on the latrine?

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Shawn 5 years ago

Fire hazard.

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Jonathon Smith 5 years ago

I've been in some places where they have a separate hose with its own tap in the bathroom. Not sure if that would have been intended here though.

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Jonathon Smith 5 years ago

I mean its inconvenient, but I do kind of like the idea of a tree in the middle of my house. Perhaps a little better displayed though

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BusLady 5 years ago

Instructions for using the air hand dryer: 1) Place hands under dryer to activate 2) rub hands together 3) wipe hands on pants.

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Ani Archeron 5 years ago

thought it was art? ding dong you are wrong

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Shawn 5 years ago

Someone keeps taking porcelain throne to seriously

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Monika Rhodes 5 years ago

If it looks stupid but it works- is it stupid? ;)

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Jo Choto 5 years ago

Escape room IRL for kids.

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Chris Watson 5 years ago

A complete waste of space

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Nagawa (Cofa) Kishiki 5 years ago

That depend on your angle of prespective. Right angle is so 1980.

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BusLady 5 years ago

That's the drawer where you keep all the sharp knives. Child-proof, you know.

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Jeff Requier 5 years ago

brush your teeth in the shower

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Sivi 5 years ago

I am sad that I did this in Sims

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Shawn 5 years ago

Rotating round 70's porno bed

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Shawn 5 years ago

You think they go nowhere...

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Isabella kratosisy 5 years ago

I think this is kinda nice.

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Dolicious 5 years ago

Ah, that exit for those people you don´t wanna see twice ;-)

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Jo Choto 5 years ago

The door to heaven...

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Janine B. 5 years ago

That's what happens if you don't clean your bathroom often enough.

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Annemarie van der Westhuysen 5 years ago

Like so many of these, I can't help asking: WHY?

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Daria B 5 years ago

Staff knows. ^_-

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BusLady 5 years ago

Mobility Mary would hate this. "I can't get by."

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Brandy Grote 5 years ago

NONE SHALL PASS!

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Carol Emory 5 years ago

It's so the baby can come and go as he pleases...

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Jerri C. 5 years ago (edited)

OMG I have this right now at my house. Oven opens close to halfway and hits the fridge...drawer opens 3 inches and hits the oven...it's a MESS. Measure before you purchase appliances/get cabinets, people! Or someone will buy your house with a slew of problems and suffer. :P

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To Blave 5 years ago

Yeah, poor thing. That's just unfit for living.

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Kathy Baylis 5 years ago

The tiles alone give me a headache.

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Danielle Renee 5 years ago

why are there so many elevated toilets?

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Susan Gardner 5 years ago

I can't even tell what this is

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Doober 5 years ago

I don't think this is necessarily a design fail. I see this type of shower/bathroom layout in those tiny houses to save space.

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Dr.Scott 5 years ago

Is there where Hansel and Gretel nearly died?

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Carol Emory 5 years ago

Why are the shelves and the birdcage upside down? Or is this picture upside down and the thing that is supposed to be a window is actually a picture that has been hung upside down. After all..look at the top of the curtains...there's no rod.

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