Chix Can Fix: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself
April 1st, 2010 | 
Author: 
Product Description
The Discovery Channel’s Tool-Belt Diva urges women everywhere to drop the honey-do list and “Honey, do it yourself!”
With more than 250,000 women enrolled in Home Depot’s Do-It-Herself workshops in the last two years, women are definitely taking the lead in America’s home improvement game. Now that women are making more of the home improvement decisions than ever before, it’s only natural that they would look to one of the most re… More >>
Chix Can Fix: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself
Posted in Home Improvement | 
Tags: Chix, Diva, DoItYourself, From, HomeImprovement, Projects, Tales, True
I use this book all the time and it really helped me to fix things myself, so I didn`t have to wait half a year to get things done.
Rating: 5 / 5
I picked this up a few years ago and I’ve used it several times to solve plumbing problems with our toilets – problems that I know would have cost us several hundred $$ each!
I know pretty much nothing about how anything works in our house, and my husband knows even less, and we found this book quite informative and very easy to use. Her step by step directions are straightforward and simple, and accompanied by excellent diagrams.
And yes, I agree with others that sometimes her humor fell short of the mark with me, like her tongue in cheek assumption that I can tell a Prada bag from 50 feet away (um, no), but I didn’t hold this against her considering how useful her book has been to my wallet.
Rating: 5 / 5
This is the first home improvement book that I bought, and as a beginning book it’s very good regardless of your gender. It was really a big help when I moved out of my apartment and then moved into a new one. I often helped my dad with home improvement and repair projects but I didn’t learn much from that. This book provides a really solid foundation and good recommendations for starting your tool collection.
In reading the book you definitely see Norma’s spunky New Yorker attitude. Sometimes it was funny. Sometimes it was annoying. That’s why I only gave it four stars instead of five. However, I have communicated with her via e-mail and she is very good at promptly replying to your messages.
Rating: 4 / 5
Male or female, you will enjoy this wonderful and informative book from the saucy, sexy Norma Vally. She may call herself a Diva, but there’s really no attitude from this warm, likable lady who knows her way around a tool shed, let me tell you!
Also makes a great gift!
Rating: 5 / 5
This is a MUST HAVE book!
Coming from a family of five sisters, no brothers, and a reluctant handyman father, I was always dependent on men for plumbing, electrical, general repairs and just presumed that EVERY job was SUPPOSED to be a NIGHTMARE! I mean, if the task wasn’t so hard, what was all the huffing, puffing, and sighing about? Turns-out, it’s a way to buy time and sympathy, nothing more.
Norma Vally breaks though the mystery of common household problems, and then, in clear, easy to read step-by-step instructions, builds it back to working order. Done deal-No sighs.
I’ve replaced all the tank parts in my toilet (it works!), reset my hot water heater temperature (aaahhh!), replaced my leaky kitchen sink faucet (yeah me!) and am going to tackle my sink stops soon (can’t wait!)
My female friends are amazed by what I’ve been able to do, and they all want copies! I will be ordering this book for both men and women for many years to come.
Rating: 5 / 5