A bathroom renovation shared online has the internet in stunned disbelief after a photo showed a baffling design choice.
Reddit user hambvrgerhelper shared the image this week which showed a bathroom that appeared to be newly renovated.
In the photo, the toilet is seen placed next to the shower. However, what caught many eyes was that the photo showed a door connected to the shower and leading to another room.
'The most insane thing'
About 1,000 comments responded within hours of the post on the forum. One Reddit user joked that the setup resembled, "An assembly line motif—you walk in, brush your teeth, drop a deuce, take a shower then into the drying stations in the next room."
Another declared, "This is the most insane thing I've ever seen in my life."
The confusion continued with a fellow Redditor asking, "What in the world... what room is on the other side of that door? This is insane."
More than a few agreed that, "It gets worse the longer you look at it," as one person summed up.
Responding to a comment, the original poster (OP) said, "It's in the basement, next to the window is the back door. Perfect serial killer setup."
Several pundits said the space looked like it had been designed without any clear thought to privacy or practical use.
Some questioned if the room on the other side of the door was another living area, raising concerns about awkward walk-ins and the lack of separation between bathroom spaces and other parts of the home.
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In reply to Newsweek via Reddit, hambvrgerhelper said they were scrolling through rental properties on Trulia for fun, just to see what was available in Duluth, Minnesota.
"Stumbled across a small house with six rooms and that immediately set an alarm in my head," the OP continued.
"The whole house was given the 'millennial gray' renovation treatment; fluorescent white paint, cool gray accented tiling and black trimmings sprinkled all over.
"The basement was renovated as a separate living area, but instead it resulted in a labyrinth of mismatched walls, floors and appliances, along with the walkthrough bathroom."
'A lot of disbelief'
At first hambvrgerhelper wasn't sure if this was a new way of designing bathrooms that they were unaware of, so decided to post it and see if anyone else found it "weird," they added.
"With a lot of interest in the bathroom also came a lot of disbelief. Some accused me of Photoshopping it for Reddit karma, others think it's an [artificial intelligence] mockup, but nope.
"It's a real bathroom that someone is actively trying to rent out."
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