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10 furniture fails that will make you feel better about your DIY skills

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You’ve seen those DIY tutorials and at some point probably had flat-pack furniture that required some assembly. You probably thought “how hard can this be? I’ve seen people do this. I just need to put this screw there and twist it in, right?”

You thought wrong.

Not all of us are blessed with great DIY capabilities, and not all of us realise this. This is usually how do-it-yourself disasters happen to good people. Good, naive people who thought they could, but really couldn’t.

You’ll probably see yourself in these fails. Or laugh at them heartily because you know you possess superior skills. Either way, here are some DIY fails for you to enjoy.

Anybody want a 24-inch tall barstool chair? ?? #IkeaFail

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Glorified litter box. #ikeafail

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Spent my Labor Day assembling things, and it was an epic fail! #ikeafail #countingishard #illpaysomenetofixitforme

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#ikeafail #whoops

A photo posted by jessicambrandon (@jessicambrandon) on

Should have had wine after assembling the stool #ikeafail

A photo posted by Cairn (@cairnallen) on

So close, yet so far far away ???????????? #ikeafail #whoneedsdrawers #fml

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Our first attempt at building something from ikea... @kingmax21 #ikeafail #soconfusing

A photo posted by nins13 (@nins13) on

Oops #ikeafail

A photo posted by Rose de Lara ?? (@rose_sappho) on

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