I feel like this post needs to start off with an explanation.  You know the kind that your 10 year old gives, when you ask her, well anything.  The kind that has a lot of “But I’s” and “Ya, but…’s” in them?

As you have seen this week, DIYing is not all sunshine and Pinterest pictures.  Sometimes it is really great ideas horribly executed, or in the case of the worst fail in the history of the internet,  it is a HORRIBLE idea perfectly executed.

Which I was reminded of a few weeks ago as I was going through the files on my external hard drive.  When I came across the pictures from the first few months that Vintage Revivals was alive,  I was overcome with emotion.  And not the good kind.

Please enjoy.

This DIY fail is from the infancy stages of Vintage Revivals. (I would say August/Spetember 2010.)  When I started my blog I literally had no previous experience with design/decorating.  None.  Finding your own style and voice takes practice,  none of which I had.  The first blog that I ever read was All Things Thrifty.  Brooke’s style is bright colors and glazed.  I thought she walked on water.

I spray painted and glazed EVERYTHING I could get my hands on.  Because I loved it.  And I didn’t know anything different. 

(So basically I am pleading ignorance.)

When we moved in our kitchen had no backsplash.

Can you see where this is going?  Its like watching a kid fall off of something,  slow mo and all the while screaming “noooooooooo!” and then they still eat it.

Doing things a cheaply as possible was my reasoning for everything.  The cheaper the better. 

What could get cheaper than a $12 roll of paintable wallpaper?

Which isn’t the most horrible thing.

But then.

You guys.

I cant.

(breathing into a paper bag)

I decided it would be AMAZING if I spray painted it ORANGE!

For the love of everything that is good in the world WHY was this a good idea??!!

But what there’s more.

I decided to “tone it down” a little with black glaze.

Obviously the fumes from SPRAY PAINTING INSIDE MY HOUSE were messing with my mind.

Because I ended up with this:

I know.

Even if.  Even if this had been executed perfectly, it was a HORRIBLE idea.

It looks the the back kitchen of a bad Mexican restaurant.  And by bad I mean, failed 5 out of 5 of their last heath inspections.

Bad like you probably caught e coli just looking at these pictures.  (sorry for that!)

Luckily I could see that this was just not a good result.  So to fix it I took the obvious approach. I SPRAY PAINTED IT WHITE.

WHYYYYYYYY?!?!?!

Why did I spray paint it again?!

Why didn’t I just painted it normally?

It is obviously Brooke’s fault for not telling me I could use regular paint.  When she said “You can spray paint everything!!” I clearly took that as gospel truth.

Now, normally I would apologize for the horrendous picture quality but the fact that I took them on my 3rd generation iPhone is what saved them from the hard drive crash of 2011.  So you are welcome.

So glad to have learned this lesson a few years ago.  This time around, the kitchen overhaul is going to be MUCH different.

Now.  Do you feel a little bit better about yourself?

I for one am feeling very naked.

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You Guys. I am so excited for this week of hilarious DIY fails. I am loving all of the submissions (if you havent had a chance to send yours over yet you can get all the info here)

The most common denominator in a DIY fail is this little thing I like to call Project Mode. I am pretty sure that it is a super human power sort of like survival of the fittest,  there is no way that you are giving up until it is DONE. I mean what else would give you the ability to ignore what a disaster your house is,  feed your kids ramen for 3 days,  think it is a good idea to use kitchen utensils in place of tools that you cant find (because of your house being a disaster),  rationalizing the most ridiculous things away,  and keep working until the project is a) done b) gone so horribly wrong you have to step away and compose yourself or c) ruined for all of eternity. Project Mode can be such a jerk.

This desk from Melanie is the perfect example of the haze that Project Mode puts us in:

Hi Mandi! I love that you’re doing craft fails,  Blog land is most often so picture perfect, but DIY-ing is totally trial and error. Happy to share on of my many errors .: )

This is my Chevron reclaimed school desk! Like many projects-I just started on a whim the second I felt motivated. Unfortunately, I didn’t have any white paint. I did have some OLD cream colored paint though;  I was in project mode and I was using it! We can see how well that worked out. Turns out, paint DOES go bad! After some extra elbow grease and a trip to my beloved Home Depot, I started again with some fresh white paint and went with stripes instead.

(https://www.finditmakeitloveit.com/2013/07/student-desks-turned-craft-table.html)

There are few people who have had the experience of having a major DIY fail on national television. I am one of those lucky people (you can read all about it here) To this day the word Birdhouse triggers my Craft Wars PTSD and I start explaining my side of the story. It is really quite embarrassing.

Lucky for all of us, Sunday sent in a clip of her televised DIY fail…

What’s a good DIY project fail unless it can be televised for all to see? Take for instance my “pallet art” project. Which, mind you, I worked diligently on for a few days only to proudly present my great project on TV.

“be joyfull, give thaks, pray always.”

The host of our local show were great and we all had a good giggle!

Here’s the link if you want to watch it for yourself: https://asundayafternoon.com/pallet-wood-projects-big-oops/

Does this make you feel a little bit better about yourself? I know I do.

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