“That’s Going To Hurt Your Resale Value”: 40 Hilariously Questionable Home Decor Decisions

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I’ve never been great at decorating my living spaces, so I’m truly the last person who should be judging anyone else’s design choices.

My style has always leaned more toward “functional” than “intentional,” and that’s being generous.

That said… even I have limits. Some home decor decisions feel less like personal taste and more like a cry for help that really needed a second opinion before becoming permanent.

These are the kinds of design choices that make you stop, stare, and quietly ask why.

From baffling color schemes to design risks that absolutely did not pay off, these questionable home decor moments prove that just because you can do something to your house doesn’t mean you should.

1. This Would Have Gone Triple Platinum On Instagram In 2013

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2. What Is My Aesthetic Called

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4. What Should I Add? A Middle Staircase?

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6. Do You Think This Will Hurt My Resale Value?

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7. Can I DIY This?

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8. People Tell Me My New Coffee Table Is Weird. Would Painting It Grey Make It More Acceptable?

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9. We Transformed Our Old Kitchen Into A 1950s Diner

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10. Does This Belong In A Residential Home?

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11. Some Actual Photos Of The House I Grew Up In

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12. Do We Like My Floor?

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13. Got A Plant

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14. Newest Addition

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15. Surprise

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16. I Asked For A Second Floor With Spiral Stairs

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17. I’ve Been Debating On Where To Put A Pic Of My Horse Rug And Decided To Roast Myself Here

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18. My Brother Says My House Is A Circus

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19. Should I Take This Out? Or Paint It?

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20. I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About That Gray Man Cave From A Few Days Ago So I Recolored It. (I’m Rusty At Ps So It’s Not My Best Work)

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21. Should I Put My Vaguely Racist Table In The Living Room Or Foyer?

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22. The Home I Inherited From My Parents Has A Bath They Created By Enclosing The Patio

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23. What Finishing Touch Will Tie My Aquatic Bathroom Together?

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24. Should I Repaint The Walls To Match The Fishes?

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25. My Kitchen Remodel Is Finished!

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26. My Boyfriend Said I Went Too Far With My Headboard

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27. Focal Point?

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28. What’s Throwing This Room Off?

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29. Why Does Everyone Who Visits My House Say This Is A Red Flag?

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30. A Compromise Between My Dignity & My Cat’s Need To Supervise My Bowel Movements…

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31. I Really Wanted An Indoor Pool, But My Husband Said No. So We Compromised!

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32. What’s Off About Our Kitchen?

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33. Why Are My Neighbors Trying To Form An Hoa?

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34. I Just Wish There Was Space For One More Barn Door

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35. What Is My Aesthetic Called

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36. The Pool Is In!

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38. Do You Think This Will Hurt My Resale Value?

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39. Is This Tacky?

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40. $15,000 Kitchen Flip

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