--- description: Want to learn how to frame out a house, hang drywall, install light fixtures, and become an overall do-it-yourself sort of person? Luckily, someone has... title: Become a DIY Master image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) # Become a DIY Master by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 24, 2010 7:26 PM CUT by [TIME Staff](/author/time-staff/) Feb 24, 2010 7:26 PM CUT Want to learn how to frame out a house, hang drywall, install light fixtures, and become an overall do-it-yourself sort of person? Luckily, someone has done some of the work for you, compiling a how-to for free or cheap how-to resources where you can learn the tricks of nearly any trade. more Check out the story on [http://lifehacker.com/5478079/increase-your-diy-knowledge-for-free?skyline=true&s=i”](http://lifehacker.com/5478079/increase-your-diy-knowledge-for-free?skyline=true&s=i” "undefined"); target=”\_blank”>lifehacker, which suggests things like volunteering on Habitat for Humanity projects and attending free workshops at hardware stores. The best way to get up to speed as a DIY person, however, is probably to just start doing it yourself. You really do learn to do simply by doing. And unlike generations of tinkers before us, who toiled alone in garages, banged thumbs with hammers, and occasionally removed the wrong pipe to calamitous results with no one to consult but their equally clueless neighbors, we’ve now got a team of gurus that can be readily consulted at any hour of night or day: --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7111556/become-a-diy-master/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/archive/7111556/become-a-diy-master/"},"headline":"Become a DIY Master","datePublished":"2010-02-24T19:26:23.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-16T04:12:58.169Z","description":"Want to learn how to frame out a house, hang drywall, install light fixtures, and become an overall do-it-yourself sort of person? Luckily, someone has...","url":"https://time.com/archive/7111556/become-a-diy-master/","keywords":["DIY"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"TIME Staff","url":"https://time.com/author/time-staff/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/archive/7111556/become-a-diy-master/","name":"Become a DIY Master"}}]}] ```