“When DIY Dreams Go Wrong: 50 Hilarious Fixes That Backfired Spectacularly!”
#19
I Didn’t Have A Lampshade So I Made One Myself
#21
Fixing A Toilet Leak. I Took 2 Trips To Home Depot, Worked With A Hernia, Had A Tough Time Putting The Wax Ring And Screws On… Only To Install The Toilet And Forgetting About The Door
“It’s the elastic fibers, like the Lycra or the elastane, in the fabric breaking down at a different rate to the cotton,” explained Erin Lewis-Fitzgerald, author of Modern Mending: How to Minimize Waste and Maximize Style. However, the stretching out could be avoided in the first place by buying tougher jeans made out of 90-100% cotton. They might not be as comfortable at first, but after some wear, they get comfier and tend to last longer.
Other beginner repairs that anyone can do around their house include kids’ toys, furniture, toilets, leaky or clogged pipes, shoes, accessories, some electronics, walls, squeaky hinges and so on and so forth. For more helpful repair resources, check out these ones: iFixit, Repair What You Wear, Restart Project, Sojo, and Loom.
#26
I Was Tired Of My Cord Falling Down All The Time So I Put It Through A Nerf Dart And Taped It Down
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#30
Our Landlord Hired A Plumber To Fix Our Toilet. He Said He’d Put Some Sealant Behind It To Stop It From Moving. Can You Tell Me What’s Wrong With This Picture?
#31
Cat Knocked The Fan Over, And It’s Over 28°C Inside… I Had No Choice
#34
Needed Some Blinds For Our Dark Room At Work The Guy Came To Measure The Window And Assured Us It Would Be ‘Completely Dark’ This Is What They Installed
#35
Tried To Hang The Curtain Rod Above My Front Door Yesterday… Didn’t Realize What I Had Done Til I Stepped Back
#36
I’m Basically A Mechanic. Glovebox Won’t Work? $5 And Some Superglue For A Fix
#38
My Kids Broke Off The Microwave Door Handle, But I Fixed It
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#39
Going Home For Thanksgiving Never Ceases To Amaze Me At What My Father Can Come Up With
#45
These Monstrosities I Found At My School. The Person Wearing Them “Found Them On Youtube”
#47 
The Way People “Fix” Their Own Cars Just Astonishes Me
#48
Coworker Said He Couldn’t Get The Breakers To Stop Tripping So He Fixed Them
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#50
My Frother Broke
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