A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home: Housekeeping Hacks You Can't Live Without

Melissa Dilkes Pateras is the most competent housekeeper/DIY-project master/home repair genius that you've ever been sexually attracted to. Once she followed her kids onto TikTok and began sharing her years of knowledge, she found a community eager for her approachable, often tongue-in-cheek advice on everything from caulking to why color-coded closets are a spiritual experience. She doesn't care about transforming our homes into a minimal, beige Instagram post. Melissa sees housekeeping as a form of anxiety relief, self-care, and self-esteem-building. She wants us to feel able to take care of our homes in a way that works for us--so we can relax and feel confident inviting others over; in short, to say, "come on in."

A Dirty Guide to a Clean Home is Melissa's all-purpose housekeeping guide, filled with practical skills grounded in joyful living and written in the warm, witty voice she's known for. As she says: "For some reason I'm famous for folding laundry." Taking us through organizing, cleaning, laundry, repairs, and beyond, she shares strategies, tips, and tricks for keeping house--because it's okay not to know what we don't know, and we are all more capable than we think.