When you visit a home improvement store, do you walk confidently over to the hardware aisle, peruse the myriad of nuts, bolts, and screws, and say to yourself, “Ah ha! That’s exactly the five-eighths hex bolt I need to finish my amazing project!”? If so, I’m impressed, and I might go so far as to say that you probably already know how to fix absolutely anything. Your handiness is golden — you are excused from checking out this book.
Now, for everyone else, including yours truly, this week’s guide, which is full of “advice from homeowners, for homeowners” (clearly stated on the book’s cover), might just be a little piece of do-it-yourself heaven, especially if your household lacks a fix-it kind of person. So I don’t give the wrong impression about my household, I am married to the handiest of handymen — thank goodness. Because if fixing broken stuff was left up to me, a sad state of disrepair would exist in my home. But since my personal growth plan includes learning how to be more self-sufficient when it comes to home improvement, “How to Fix Absolutely Anything” is required reading.
From kitchens to bathrooms, clothing to auto repair, this how-to book offers plenty of not-very-complicated instructions on how to fix things. Tired of looking at that broken kitchen cabinet hinge? The first repair in today’s book covers this very problem. Having issues with a wonky sink stopper? Turn to page 148 for a solution! Learn how to fix a zipper, repair a busted bicycle chain, change a lawnmower blade, even fix little Timmy’s dismembered superhero toy without using glue!!
But wait, there’s more! Fixing things is awesome, but once you’ve repaired everything in your house, you’ll need something else to work on. Blow your spouse’s mind by making an iron pipe shoe rack, or installing a rainforest shower head that you made yourself! And after your family has recovered from the shock and thrill of shoe racks and shower heads, tip them over the edge with rain-gutter book shelves, a foot flusher for the toilet in the main bathroom, and a hanging bed in the master bedroom. The possibilities are endless!
