25 Funny Furniture Fails That Made Everyone Wish They’d Hired A Professional
I’ve assembled plenty of furniture, and almost every time there’s a random loose screw left over. Now I can’t sit on my patio without worrying that my chair is going to collapse under me.
I’m simply not cut out for this. I wish all furniture came fully assembled, but that gets pricey fast. Of course, hiring someone doesn’t always guarantee a better result, either.
These funny furniture fails include botched assembly jobs, broken cabinets, bad repairs, and projects that probably looked much easier before someone opened the box. Some were DIY disasters, while others were completed by people who were supposedly professionals.
Either way, they’re enough to make the floor look like a perfectly reasonable place to sit.
1. “Same Name, Same Product Number. Not The Same Chair”
2. “Roommate Left A Wet Towel On My IKEA Island And The Veneer Is Bubbled In The Corner”
3. I Can’t Tell If This Is Supposed To Be A Chair Or A Weird Table
4. “IKEA 1, Bernadette 0. I Failed At Building A Step Ladder. I’ll Stick To Knitting I Think”
5. Furniture Assembly Isn’t For Everyone
6. “Ordered A Loveseat From IKEA. Apparently Someone Pulled Up The Parts List And Sent Me One Of Each”
7. “Sometimes, You Just Can’t Make It Work”
8. I’m Beginning To Notice A Pattern
9. “Literally Built Herself Into A Tight Spot”
10. “The Chance Of Injury Is Unreal Now”
11. “I Ordered A Couch At IKEA And They Lost Half The Couch In Delivery”
“So I ordered a couch at IKEA for my new apartment to be delivered today, since I had people taking a day off work to come and help. And they apparently lost or forgot to deliver the actual couch part and will now only be delivering it on the 10th…”
12. “This Was The Work Of The Second Professional IKEA Furniture Assembler We Hired Through Taskrabbit”
“He left the job unfinished and wouldn’t even move it to the correct position. this was after the first person left the job unfinished.”
13. “These IKEA Cushions That Look Like They’re Mouldy.”
14. “Just When I Was Putting The Last Door On My IKEA Closet, I Slipped On A Piece Of Cardboard And Stepped On The Glass”
15. “Oops”
“My new dresser now has a super unique folding mechanism that has never been seen before!”
16. “When You Don’t Even Know Where To Begin”
17. “Saw These Girls At IKEA. What Were They Thinking?”
18. What’s The Opposite Of Ergonomic?
19. “I Swear I Followed The Instructions”
20. “This Happened While Assembling”
21. “At This Point, You Might As Well Accept The Cabinets As They Are”
22. “Got The Table Put Together. Just One More Chair Leg”
23. “When The Materials Used Are So Cheap, There’s Simply No Room For Error”
24. “Having Trouble With IKEA Stall Assembly”
