40 “DIWhy” Projects That Asked No Questions, Accepted No Feedback, And Ended In Mixed Results
Some DIY projects begin with a blueprint. Others begin with a half-baked idea, a weekend to kill, and a trip to the hardware store. The results? Often weird, occasionally brilliant, and always interesting.
This roundup of cool DIY experiments could’ve come straight from r/DIWhyNot. Creative builds that actually went somewhere, even if that somewhere was a little unhinged.
1. “Greenhouse Made From Recycled Church Stained Glass Windows”

2. “I Made A Rolodex For Tea Bags. Yes, It’s As Dumb As It Sounds, But It’s Mine”

3. That’s One Way To Keep Your Money Safe

4. “Found In The Millennial Sub”

5. “When My Sister Bought A New Kitty Bed, I Knew What I Had To Do. Paper, Pens, And A Pair Of Vans”

6. “The Drum Of A Washing Machine”

7. “Fishing With Soda Can? Apparently Yes You Can”

8. “We Took Stained Glass Sidelights And Mounted Them In Hinged Wooden Frames. Now We Can Open The Stained Glass Windows Whenever We Want To See Outside. Hopefully The Hoa Won’t Have A Problem With Our New Blue Windows. Build Link In The Comments”

9. “Mosaic Carpet Created By Artist Kelly Graham Using 7500 Cents”

10. “I Turned An Unused Trash Bin Into A Wheelbarrow!”

11. “Doubt This Can Be Ordinary DIY, This Is Surgery Level”

12. “Mom Said The Dinosaur Wrapping Paper Wasn’t Christmas-Y Enough For My Secret Santa, So Now I’m Putting Santa Hats On Them”

13. “Taught Myself Art”

14. “My Wife Painted A Van Gogh Duck”

15. “Why Not Make A Chicken Parking Sensor”

16. “This Is Dope”

17. “I Painted My Knobs Into Mushrooms Today”

18. “Rock Garden Im Doing”

19. “A Popcorn Hat Made With Real Popcorn”

20. “Cat Tree!”

21. “DIY Bowling Setup”

22. “Playstation 2 Fishtank”

23. “Made Myself A Dorky Hat For The Derby”

24. “Why Shouldn’t You Do This?”

25. “I Made This Life Sized Tinsel Furby Costume From Scratch”

26. “Safe From Computer Plagues”

27. “The Crown Prince Of Norway With His Coffee Maker Lamp. Or Lamp Coffee Maker?”

28. “My Computer I Decided To Build In A Jerry Can”

29. “That’s… Impressive”

30. “Analog Volume Control, Because Digital Is Either Too Loud Or Too Quiet, There Is No Sweet Spot”

31. “Put It On DI-Why People Said It Didn’t Fit”

32. “Saw This By My Work Today, Plate Says ‘Split'”

33. “The Handle Broke So I Replaced It With A Stick And It Works”

34. “So I Was Lurking On The DI-Why”

35. “Ingenious Doorstop”

36. “Resin Casting Of LEGO Boba Fett”

37. “I Present My Balookelele”

38. “Feet Should Be Feet”

39. “I Connected Two Emergency Lights To My Garage Door Opener That Activate Whenever The Garage Door Is Opening Or Closing. Now Whenever We Come Home We Have A Light Show To Welcome Us”

40. “IKEA Tables Have Exactly The Same Dimensions As A Server Rack, And Are About 50 Times Cheaper”
