The Year’s Most Impressive Bathroom Transformations: Best of Before & Afters

published Dec 24, 2016

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A dreary bathroom seems dirty no matter how clean it actually is, so giving it a fresh coat of white paint, additional lighting, and sparkling tiles can completely transform the look and feel of the room, all while making the weekly cleaning feel less Sisyphean. Here are 10 bathrooms that benefited tremendously from being brightened and lightened, but never fear, color lovers—they’re not completely white, although white subway tiles do, of course, abound…

Here are our favorite bathroom transformations from the past year. Click on each “before” photo to see the satisfying “after.”