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“DiWHY”: 81 Times People Tried To Do It Themselves, Failed Miserably, And Learned Their Lesson (New Pics)
Funny,FailsAPR 27, 2026

“DiWHY”: 81 Times People Tried To Do It Themselves, Failed Miserably, And Learned Their Lesson (New Pics)

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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.

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

A unique, DiWHY sculpture made from numerous seashells forming an abstract face with copper coin eyes.
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7points

#42 I Made Headphones With Adjustable Tightness

Man wearing a bizarre DiWHY homemade headset contraption, illustrating an example of people trying to do it themselves.
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7points

#43 £3 Mirror And I Had A Vision

A DiWHY project: a mirror frame covered in various colorful stuffed animals, reflecting a person in a white room.
7points

#44 Circuit Board Knifes

DiWHY: A hand holding three knives made from circuit boards, showcasing a creative but possibly failed DIY project.
7points

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

A hand holding digital calipers powered by a AAA battery in a DiWHY attempt. The display reads 0.04.
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6points

#46 Saw This Beauty On The Way To Work

A beat-up, graffiti-covered black limousine parked on a street. A clear example of a DiWHY failure.
6points

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

DiWHY deer hoof gun rack next to a blue Pabst cooler, displaying an odd homemade item.
6points

#48 Homemade Backsplash

A DiWHY homemade backsplash with rocks glued on glass above a bathroom sink. It seems like a miserable fail.
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6points

#49 Intriguing, But Why?

A DiWHY project: a piano converted into a speaker table with a keyboard and monitor stand, showcasing DIY attempts.
6points

#50 For Only $25 On Facebook

A DIY table made from an Amazon Prime box. An example of DiWHY when people try to do it themselves.
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6points

#51 Found On Fb

A black front door with a rainbow semicircle window painted with geometric patterns in pink, blue, and green, a DIY project.
5points

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

A beautiful black walnut epoxy table. Could this be a DiWHY success story?
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5points

#53 Epoxy Resin Mantel Clock Embedded Full Of Crushed Stone

A DiWHY clock, made with pebbles and resin, showing a quirky attempt at DIY.
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5points

#54 The Best Of Aussie Ingenuity

A "DiWHY" e-bike on grass, with exposed wiring and makeshift battery housing, priced at $300.
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5points

#55 High Priced Rv’s Are For Suckers

A red pickup truck with a large, homemade wooden camper on the back. A DiWHY example of a DIY RV.
5points

#56 Looooooong Bed

A stretched white pickup truck with a red roof, showcasing a DiWHY project. It has two wheels in the front and four in the back.
5points

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

A black car with yellow DiWHY paint on the front bumper, grille, roofline, mirrors, and rims.
4points

#58 My Father's "Bright" Idea For Fixing A Door Handle

A white door with a bungee cord attached to a missing doorknob, showcasing a DiWHY attempt.
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4points

#59 Great For Coffee Lovers

A DIY toilet paper holder made from coffee containers and a yardstick, a funny DiWHY example.
4points

#60 I'd Hate To Be Drunk Here

A ladder leans precariously against a house, leading to a door that opens to nowhere, a DiWHY fail.
4points
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