Nate
Growing up, cleaning my room was always a chore. But now in adulthood, there’s nothing better than the feeling you get after cleaning the house. Sometimes, the before and after pictures are even worth sharing online on the r/ICleanedMyRoom and r/BeforeandAfter subreddits.
We’ve gathered some of the most impressive before and after pics of clean rooms and the pics will inspire you to clean your own space.
1. “Depression Took Over My Life And Kept Me Down For Months. Finally Got Motivation To Do Better. Next Step Is Bedroom. The Goal Is The Whole Apartment. Gotta Keep Myself Going”
2. “Trying To Get My Life Together After A Bad Bout Of Depression”
3. “I’m Currently In Intensive Outpatient Therapy For My Depression And Feeling Loads Better, So My Room Needed To Reflect That!”
4. “Gave My Depression Dungeon A Makeover!”
5. “I Suffer From Severe Depression. As Embarrassing As It Is To Admit, I Had Let My Bathroom Go For So Long That My Cats Had Used The Laundry Pile In The Corner As A Litter Box. It’s Not Finished, But It’s A Small Step Towards A Cleaner House”
6. “I Took A Mental Health Day From Work To Deep Clean My Entire House. It Was So So Bad. There Are Lots Of Before And After Shots. Hope To Bring Someone Some Motivation Because It Feels Amazing For It All To Be Clean!”
7. “This Community Is Beyond Amazing. Every Time I Wanted To Give Up, I Kept Going So I Could Post A Picture Here”
8. “I Can’t Believe I Was Able To Push Myself To Do This. I Am Sooo Relieved”
9. “The Last Few Months Have Felt Like An Uphill Battle Against Depression. This Is The Cleanest My Room Has Been In A Long While. It Took Me All Day In 35 Degree Heat But I’m So Glad It’s Done. Here’s To A Brighter Tomorrow”
10. “Take 2: From Chronic Binge Drinker To Three Weeks Sober”
11. “My Desk Was A Catch All. Now I Actually Have A Space To Work And Craft”
12. “Been Very Depressed And Drinking My Life Away Since Being Laid Off Due To Covid. I’m Finally Pulling My Self Up Off The Ground”
13. “Before And After! I Cleaned My Garage!”
14. “I Cleaned My Way Out Of My Depression Nest So I Could Start The New Year On A Better (And Cleaner) Note”
15. “Productivity Has Kicked In!”
16. “From Chronic Binge Drinker To Two Weeks Sober”
17. “Finally Cleaned Our Playroom/Schoolroom That I Neglected All Summer”
18. “Flipped The Switch And Cleaned My Mom’s Bedroom!”
19. “Getting My Mental Illness Diagnosed And Starting Medication Is Literally Changing My Life”
20. “Cleaning My Disaster House”
21. “Shoutout To My Mom For Helping Me”
22. “Storage Closet At Work”
23. “After A Bout Of Depression, Many Unsuccessful Attempts To Do More Than Fill The Dishwasher, And A Lot Of Takeout Due To Not Wanting To Be In The Kitchen… It Is Clean”
24. “After Being This Dirty For Over A Year I Finally Cleaned My Living Room In January And I’ve Kept Up With It So Far”
25. “I Cleaned The Damn Playroom”
26. “We Had Company Over For The First Time Since Pre-Pandemic So It Was A Great Excuse To Clean”
27. “Turns Out Living Alone Is More Difficult Than I Thought But I Am Finally Catching Up With The Mess”
28. “My Partner’s And My Bedroom In Our First Place Together. Just Need To Add Pictures And Plants To This Room!”
29. “I Helped My Boyfriend Clean His Room!”
30. “Depression Cleaning”
h/t: BoredPanda