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35 Satisfying Pics Of Spaces Before And After Being Cleaned
People tend to underestimate how much of an impact their environment has on their psychological state, as well as their mood. Having a tidy, clean, cozy, distraction-free place to live and work can help give you a boost toward your goals and aspirations. Meanwhile, constantly living in a pigsty can harm your physical, as well as mental health.
Today, Bored Panda is featuring some of the most powerful and beautiful space transformations after people decided to clean their rooms, as shared on the r/ICleanedMyRoom and r/BeforeandAfter subreddits. Seriously, seeing these pics is like removing an irksome splinter. Check out the most impressive clean-ups below and upvote the pics that brought a smile to your face, Pandas. Do you have any tips for doing chores when they’ve piled up or when you can’t find the inner strength to get out of bed? Drop by the comments and help out your fellow Pandas.
If you were waiting for a sign from the Universe, this is it, Pandas. Take the time to do a chore you’ve been putting off, whether it’s vacuuming your room, folding the laundry, throwing out that moldy vegetable at the back of your fridge, or doing the dishes. Even doing something seemingly small is a major step forward. We promise you, you’ll feel soooo much better afterward.
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#1
Trying To Get My Life Together After A Bad Bout Of Depression
Jordi Sharpe 3 years ago
This is so satisfying. As a chronically depressed human person, I can relate.
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#2
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
#3
Gave My Depression Dungeon A Makeover!
#4
I'm Currently In Intensive Outpatient Therapy For My Depression And Feeling Loads Better, So My Room Needed To Reflect That!
#5
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!
rafalkoleah 3 years ago
Howww?? I can't get the motivation??? But I think being on such a messy house is making me more depressed
#6
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
#7
I Can't Believe I Was Able To Push Myself To Do This. I Am Sooo Relieved
#8
This Community Is Beyond Amazing. Every Time I Wanted To Give Up, I Kept Going So I Could Post A Picture Here
#9
Take 2: From Chronic Binge Drinker To Three Weeks Sober
Sandra Morison 3 years ago
Well done and remember one slip up is not the end, just start over and you will get there
#10
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
#11
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
#12
My Desk Was A Catch All. Now I Actually Have A Space To Work And Craft
#13
I Cleaned My Way Out Of My Depression Nest So I Could Start The New Year On A Better (And Cleaner) Note
#14
Before And After! I Cleaned My Garage!
#15
From Chronic Binge Drinker To Two Weeks Sober
#16
Productivity Has Kicked In!
#17
Flipped The Switch And Cleaned My Mom’s Bedroom!
#18
Finally Cleaned Our Playroom/Schoolroom That I Neglected All Summer
Emmydearest 3 years ago
I hope they got their kids to help them in the process. It's never to young to learn how to tidy up, especially if it's their own mess!
#19
Cleaning My Disaster House
#20
Getting My Mental Illness Diagnosed And Starting Medication Is Literally Changing My Life
#22
Shoutout To My Mom For Helping Me
#23
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
Jennifer Critchley 3 years ago
That's fantastic, I know how hard it can be to not fall back into old habits!
#24
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
#25
We Had Company Over For The First Time Since Pre-Pandemic So It Was A Great Excuse To Clean
2WheelTravlr 3 years ago
This one is going to be hard to keep clean because there's still too much stuff packed in the space. The toughest part, but the easiest in the long run, is getting rid of things you no longer use or need. Having clean countertops and easy places to put things away makes it so much easier to keep a house clean.
#26
I Cleaned The Damn Playroom
#27
My Partner's And My Bedroom In Our First Place Together. Just Need To Add Pictures And Plants To This Room!
Claudia Dugral 3 years ago
Don't add anything on purpose. With time things do gather... trust me
#28
Turns Out Living Alone Is More Difficult Than I Thought But I Am Finally Catching Up With The Mess
#29
Depression Cleaning
#30
I Helped My Boyfriend Clean His Room!
#31
Before And After. 7 Hours Free Cleaning
#32
I Don’t Know How It Got This Bad, But Never Again!
#33
Finally Got My S**t Together And Cleaned And Organized The Living Room
#34
Cleaning My Disaster House
#35
Downstairs Cleaning- Before And After
#36
Sometimes Life Happens. We Live In Our House And It’s Never Picture Perfect But This Kitchen Was Shameful. New Job, Long Hours, Sick Kids... It’s Been A Hell Of A Year And We Are Only 3 Months In
#37
Last Room Of The House After Spending A Week Cleaning
#38
My Kids Room. They Helped, And Agree We Can't Let It Get This Far Again... Fingers Crossed! It's Been An Good Time To Purge And Organized
#39
Still Have More To Go, But At Least Now I Can Concentrate And Not Be Overwhelmed!
#42
Depression Room Clean Up
#43
Two Weeks Sober And One Corner Tackled
#44
I Finally Cleaned Our Pantry
#45
Two Full Days Of Work, Still Worth It Though!
#46
I've Been Living In A Depression Nest For Over A Year. Not Anymore!
#48
It Will Be Messy Again In Two Weeks, But I Really Tried
#49
Finally Cleaned My Desk And Organized My Makeup
#50
I Cleaned My Boyfriends Depression Nest When He Was Working Overtime One Weekend
Kay Willsher 3 years ago
This is a truly wonderful way of helping someone caught in depression. There's so little we can do that actually makes a difference, but something like this can bring such relief.
#52
“Collected Random Items” Room < Crafting Room!
#53
Cleaning Really Gives Me Some Space In My Mind As Well
#54
After Two Years Of Living In A Mess, I’m Proud To Say That My Room Has Stayed Clean And Organized For A Whole Month Now. I Regularly Do Laundry, Vacuum And Tidy Up When I Can (Something I Only Could Dream About A Couple Of Months Ago)
#55
Cleaned The Shared Fridge
#56
Organized My Clothes For The New Year!
Deborah B 3 years ago
Looks good! If you find that you can't keep your stacks tidy, get some boxes or baskets, and store the clothes like files, flipping your stacks so the current front edge is the top, and you can see all the clothes without digging through and disarranging them. I do it for my craft fabric, and it really helps. KKWJ9871-6...ac33eb.jpg 
#57
A Clean And Organized Kitchen After Sunday Brunch Is My Happy Place
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Jasam Nitko 3 years ago
We are disabled and struggle with additional health problems. Our office has been a hell hole for years. We've been working on it for months and hope to have it cleared by december. I think it's important to remember that you don't have to fix it all in one day. It's OK to work in your own pace. My mom is nagging us wondering if we are done yet and I have to explain (again) that we can't do it as quickly as healthy people can. I wish she would just shut up.
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
Perhaps explain one more time, and then say "I understand totally that you want the best for us, but the constant questions are starting to feel like nagging. We'll let you know when it has been done. We're hoping to finish by December." If she keeps asking, smile politely, shake your head and change the subject.
Load More Replies... Mat O'Dowd 3 years ago
Kudos to all the people sharing ! I find it difficult to understand how rooms can get so messy, if just for practical reasons such as circulating them. Depression is no joke from what I can see through various posts on this site.
2WheelTravlr 3 years ago
It can be a vicious cycle, depression makes you so tired it becomes impossible to do even the most basic cleaning like picking up last night's dishes. The problem compounds and you have no clean dishes so you just get takout and then those start piling up. Then your space becomes so cluttered that you basically shut down and tune out the problem because it's just too much to deal with.
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Marja Berisa 3 years ago
Depression can be debilitating, but I feel bed for the pets, too - in many pictures, there were dogs or cats. If you can't take care of yourself, how can you take care of a pet? I mean, if you can't get out of your bed, how you're gonna walk your dog?
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
It's often easier to find the energy/will to take care of pets that oneself.
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Jasam Nitko 3 years ago
We are disabled and struggle with additional health problems. Our office has been a hell hole for years. We've been working on it for months and hope to have it cleared by december. I think it's important to remember that you don't have to fix it all in one day. It's OK to work in your own pace. My mom is nagging us wondering if we are done yet and I have to explain (again) that we can't do it as quickly as healthy people can. I wish she would just shut up.
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
Perhaps explain one more time, and then say "I understand totally that you want the best for us, but the constant questions are starting to feel like nagging. We'll let you know when it has been done. We're hoping to finish by December." If she keeps asking, smile politely, shake your head and change the subject.
Load More Replies... Mat O'Dowd 3 years ago
Kudos to all the people sharing ! I find it difficult to understand how rooms can get so messy, if just for practical reasons such as circulating them. Depression is no joke from what I can see through various posts on this site.
2WheelTravlr 3 years ago
It can be a vicious cycle, depression makes you so tired it becomes impossible to do even the most basic cleaning like picking up last night's dishes. The problem compounds and you have no clean dishes so you just get takout and then those start piling up. Then your space becomes so cluttered that you basically shut down and tune out the problem because it's just too much to deal with.
Load More Replies... Marja Berisa 3 years ago
Depression can be debilitating, but I feel bed for the pets, too - in many pictures, there were dogs or cats. If you can't take care of yourself, how can you take care of a pet? I mean, if you can't get out of your bed, how you're gonna walk your dog?
Laura Ketteridge 3 years ago
It's often easier to find the energy/will to take care of pets that oneself.
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