Synopses & Reviews
You can pay big money for a self-esteem seminar, or you can buy yourself a cordless drill. I recommend the drill." With sass and savvy, Mag Ruffman enables readers to confront their fear of DIY projects and accomplish those nagging home repairs and improvements. Accompanied by lots of tips and photos, Ruffman covers a wide range of maintenance, repair, renovation, and upgrading projects. Full of quirky humor who doesnt enjoy using tools like a butt gauge or stud finder? and unconventional solutions (five-gallon buckets become makeshift stilts for a ceiling project), the book offers a common sense approach to common household woes. With refreshing candor, Ruffman shares her own mistakes, showing what can go wrong and that its okay when it does. Her encouraging tone empowers readers to "unleash the do-it-yourself giant within" and tackle seemingly intimidating projects that would otherwise result in expensive repair bills.
Synopsis
You can pay big money for a self-esteem seminar, or you can buy yourself a cordless drill. I recommend the drill. Only the ToolGirl can make unplugging a blocked drain entertaining Mag Ruffman, with characteristic flair and attitude, encourages readers to confront their terror of household maintenance and accomplish those nagging home repairs and improvements. Whether you re a rank beginner, first-time homeowner, or an apartment-dweller who's fed up with a lazy super, you ll find the know-how in this book to accomplish your goals.
Synopsis
Unleash your inner tool girl with the help of TV's first lady of home improvement, Mag Ruffman. This licensed building contractor employs her sassy sense of humor and characteristic wit to empower readers to take home repair into their own capable hands.Whether you're a beginner, a first-time homeowner, or an apartment-dweller who's fed up with a lazy landlord, this savvy Tool Girl provides the courage and the know-how you'll need to conquer over forty household repairs and projects - and she makes you laugh along the way.
About the Author
Mag Ruffman is an author, television producer, writer, actress, and building contractor. She spent seven years as Olivia Dale on Disney’s beloved
Avonlea and five seasons in a tool belt as host, creator, and producer of the fix-it classic
A Repair to Remember and the workshop series
Anything I Can Do, which now airs worldwide. She also created and hosted the groundbreaking relationship show
Men On Women for W Network in Canada. In addition to
How Hard Can It Be?, Mag also wrote the Canadian bestseller
We're All in This Together, a conversation about life with Steve Smith, creator of the character Red Green.
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Mag is also national spokesperson for Habitat for Humanity Canada and in her spare time she welds, snowshoes, attempts to write music, and geeks out on her macs.