Chix Can Fix: 100 Home-Improvement Projects and True Tales from the Diva of Do-It-Yourself »

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 recognized home improvement experts on television Norma Vally, the Tool-Belt Diva. But Chix Can Fix offers much more than just construction tips; it inspires women to take on home repairs from wiring a light fixture to repairing drywall to fixing that leaky faucet for good with confidence and gusto.

A comprehensive resource to common home repairs including plumbing, electricity, walls, floors, doors, and windows Chix Can Fix offers easy-to-follow instructions and more than two hundred illustrations for those who are new to plunging a toilet, as well as more intricate tasks for the seasoned DIYer, like installing a ceiling fan. Complete with safety tips, dos and don ts, expert advice, quick shortcuts, and Vally s own lively commentary, Chix Can Fix is the must-have guide for the wannabe handywoman.

Author Biography:
Norma Vally is the star of the Discovery Channel s Tool-Belt Diva, which is in its second season and debuted this year as a radio show on the Sirius satellite network. Norma has appeared on Good Day New York and The Tony Danza Show and has been featured in USA Today, the Chicago Sun-Times, the Seattle Post- Intelligencer, and CNN.com.

Library Journal

When the sink backs up or the toilet won't flush, women don't need to call a man for help. In this book on repair and empowerment, Vally, star of the Discovery Home Channel's Toolbelt Diva illustrates her can-do attitude with motivational narrative and instruction. While a bit philosophically top-heavy, the instructions are clear and basic. Unfortunately, the line drawings are a disaster-embarrassingly amateurish in quality. Vally's expertise is poorly represented in this book, which doesn't come close to the style and finesse of Julie Sussman and Stephanie Glakas-Tenet's Dare To Repair, one of the ultimate female-friendly introductions to household repairs. Marginal, but there may be demand. Copyright 2006 Reed Business Information.