40 Awful Taste But Great Execution: When Bad Ideas Are Too Well-Made To Hate

Life is full of questionable decisions—like eating gas station sushi or texting your ex at 2 AM. But nothing quite embodies this concept like the masterpieces in the Awful Taste But Great Execution category. These are the kinds of designs that make you pause, tilt your head, and whisper, “But… why?”

From disturbingly realistic cake sculptures to furniture that looks like it escaped from a fever dream, these images capture the fine art of committing way too hard to a bad idea. Is it talent? Is it madness? Is it both? Whatever it is, you won’t be able to look away.

#1. A TV set from the 70s

Source: BaronVonBroccoli

#2. Interesting

Source: jjmontuori

#3. 🐔

Source: Even-Safe7078

#4. Hat left behind at our bar

Source: Leading-Occasion4886

#5. Behold, the truck fountain of Cullman, Alabama

Source: OriginalLu

#6. My sister got this for my colorblind brother

Source: WeabooHater9136

#7. Painting I found in a shop. Should have bought it.

Source: kolfa

#8. Located at a bar in Shinjuku, Japan. There is a bathroom with a GAINT head located infront of the toilet. Activated by the pressure from the seat, the face sings a strange drunken tune and slowly moves towards you… Making the room smaller and smaller, until its lips ‘kiss’ your knees

Source: SprinklesPublic

#9. If 13 year old me became an interior designer

Source: slickdaddyvick

#10. I was told this should live here

Source: Komplexs

#11. Me: I’m having issues projecting my voice Barber: Say no more

Source: oistr

#12. Adult knit onesie

Source: bsurfn2day

#13. Bath/Toilet design

Source: Beras11

#14. This woodwork

Source: griffithdidnthwrong

#15. what’s the matter babe, you haven’t touched your shrekfast

Source: DimitriTooProBro

#16. This illegal immigration Halloween costume

Source: Wiffilus

#17. This crocheted sign in my local brewery bathroom

Source: Leffe-

#18. This hair

Source: MittensRL

#19. It’s stupid, but kinda sick ngl

Source: Allridium

#20. Gingerbread Crack House

Source: shpritzie

#21. Who says crown molding is overdone?

Source: buckleybuilds

#22. This phone case

Source: FallenKai

#23. Keyboard with cheese styled keycaps

Source: Pinecone

#24. My friend went to a wedding where they had a guy handing out martini olives in a bathtub full of olives

Source: devmikale

#25. A microscopic toilet created for a micrograph competiton and yeah won it

Source: just_minutes_ago

#26. My best mate made a sh*tty cake for my birthday

Source: TaoTheCat

#27. Was told to post my Tramp Stamp for Tuesday

Source: HalfAdult

#28. Long time lurker, then I saw this and just had to share.

Source: dreaming-md

#29. WW2 Mickey Mouse gas mask intended to make the mask look less scary for children

Source: NemoVivet

#30. This beard/haircut

Source: SomeNorwegianChick

#31. Who needs a mask when you can have a personal ecosystem

Source: Reddit User

#32. This set of dice for DnD

Source: dewpoke

#33. A knitted, skin-colored ski mask…

Source: KrissiKross

#34. When you’re a sh*t body mechanic but an awesome roofer

Source: Reddit User

#35. M’lighter

Source: Reddit User

#36. The 90s in one bitchin’ tattoo

Source: Reddit User

#37. This Lenin Jesus and Mickey statue

Source: Zeugirdork

#38. Razor Blade Advertisement In Germany

Source: DefenderOfNuts

#39. Teach a man to fish… Then tattoo his leg

Source: FreshlyCutGrass976

#40. Formula 1 wheels on a regular bike

Source: av_geek72

We’ve all encountered that thing—the one that makes you cringe and clap at the same time. Maybe it was a mansion decorated entirely in leopard print or a birthday cake shaped like a raw chicken. Whatever it was, we want to hear about it!

Drop your most “Awful Taste But Great Execution” sightings in the comments. Let’s celebrate the fine line between genius and disaster!