Imagine a porcelain kitchen surface stained with grease and grime, seeping in between the slabs and filling it with a pasty mixture of dirt and mold. Then, the bubbly detergent trickles down to dislodge the unwanted tenants and softens their grip. As you wipe it off, your rag reveals the stark difference between your kitchen mistakes and the promise of a cleaner and brighter (quite literally) future. It’s an art in itself, as far as transformations are concerned.

But before we get too overdramatic here, let’s all admit that cleaning is a therapeutic chore. If it’s because of the satisfying before-and-after transformations, we can’t say. We’ll just let these pictures motivate you to start cleaning.