THE best creative interior design ideas don’t have to cost a lot — or take up a lot of space.
Michelle Ugalde, a TikTokker, accompanied her sister through her hysterectomy and later convinced her to use her uterus as home decor.
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Her sister has five children, the last of which were unexpectedly twins. She was convinced that these would be her last children.
“She’s growing two babies in this womb at the same time. We can’t just throw that bad boy away,” says Michelle ((@michellemariewatdanook) said about the womb.
The couple went shopping at HomeGoods to pick up materials for the eccentric DIY project.
Initially, Michelle’s sister wanted to divide her uterus into two pots so she could take a piece home with her.
“That’s a fucking stupid idea. It’s her organ, but it’s my idea, so it stays like a wet specimen in one jar, so she can visit it whenever she wants,” Michelle said.
While shopping, the sisters performed a “quality test” on the lucky jar that would hold her “baby maker.”
“We had to make sure the glass was transparent enough to show off her lady parts in all their glory,” Michelle explains.
“This might be the coolest idea I’ve ever had and it will definitely be one of the coolest decor pieces in my home,” she said.
The video, which went viral with over 3.4 million views, caught the attention of shocked and intrigued viewers.
“Someone asked if I was going to pickle it. That’s what makes it so gross,” she told The US Sun with a laugh.
Once home, they made sure to don N95 masks and gloves to reassemble the uterus, which had been cut into pieces and placed in a 10% formalin mixture to preserve the organ.
With a pair of pliers the sisters picked up the pieces of the womb and put them in the large glass jar. They filled the jar with water.
“It looks like mushrooms, it looks like portobello,” her sister said.
However, Michelle disagreed.
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“It looks like turkey. It looks like you couldn’t even eat that,” she said.
She told The US Sun she was told to soak it in water for 48 hours before ‘transferring it to the final solution of 70/30 alcohol/water.’
In a sequel videoMichelle reflected on the process and said that although the water had been “cloudy” the day before, she planned to have the uterus reconnected.
“It’s just a puzzle at this point. I knew it was going to be split, but I didn’t think it was going to be split this much,” she said.
“I was thinking four, maybe eight, but this is a lot. Do I really want to be the girl who sews her sister’s womb onto parchment paper? But we want to see it together, right?”
“It doesn’t look like it would be that hard to do and I’m 100 percent sure it would be a lot cooler, even if you see the stitching.
“It would be a million times cooler to see how it, almost like a Coraline-esque deal, is put together.”
After watching a few videos and practicing stitching for three hours, Michelle had managed to Frankenstein the uterus into a complete whole.
Viewers were shocked by her dedication and commitment to the project.
“This series is absolutely insane and I am absolutely loving it,” said one commenter.
“I appreciate the effort you put into this. I would have tried the same thing,” said another.
“If my mother ever has to have a hysterectomy, I want that too. [It’d] “It would be nice to see my first apartment again,” one viewer joked.
“Yay! Frankenuterus!!! You did so well!” said another.
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