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Jo Behari

April 27, 2019

DIY Workshop – Drill Skills

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About yesterday. What a big day for me. My first slot on QVC as their new DIY guest presenter. I’ll be popping up in their studio from time to time chatting about new DIY products to their lovely hosts. Thanks to @qvcuk for the fab opportunity, everyone was so lovely and made me feel really welcome. I’ve done live telly before, so am used to cameras and all the technical stuff, but was blown away by the amount of effort, care and attention put into each show. It's such a huge operation and I'm so impressed by all the team.
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Throwback to last year when I was one of a few women working in construction to be asked to feature in Dr Martens’ Spring/Summer 2018 ‘Work Different’ campaign to showcase their work boot range. These beauties are their Maple women’s industrial boots: steel toe for safety and super comfy. It was so great to be asked to take part, I love these boots (still going strong) and I loved every minute of this photoshoot.
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I speak builders’ language. It’s a bit of a skill actually, learned and refined one over many years! I’ve often been called on to step in when speaking with tradespeople and act as a go-between when communications have become strained, it’s one of the many hats I wear in my day to day. Sometimes communication between a client and their builder can become tricky in the midst of a project, for any number of reasons. It could be because the builder/plumber/electrician speaks in very technical terms that a client doesn’t understand and then there’s a disconnect. Or it could be down to time constraints and scheduling - no-one is in the same place at the same time. For any project to run smoothly and swiftly openness and great communication is key, so important in fact that I wrote a whole blog post about it. Check it out for some useful tips.
🔗Link in bio🔝
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I’m masquerading as the Queen Of DIY in this hilarious pic taken almost exactly 11 years ago today (😳). It went with an article in the Daily Express about handywomen. At this time I was running my handwoman business Home Jane and enjoying the challenge of running my own company after 5 years in big corporations. I look so young!
Here my exciting entrepreneurial adventure had just begun, there were challenges of course, but I loved engaging with and helping clients and the hands-on nature of heading up a young and growing biz.
Just don’t try mending a tap in a ball gown....👗 Link is in bio 🔗🔝(if you want to read the whole article…!)
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👏 Yay, my latest book is already on a reprint!
For all your DIY needs 💪 The Beginner’s Guide to DIY & Home Repair was first released in March this year and the publisher has just sent me a couple of copies to gaze at and stroke 😜. I’ve been told it’s an excellent gift...for a new homeowner! 🏠 .
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@foxchapelpublishing #diy #diyskills #diybooks #getpractical #books #booksofinstagram #imanauthor #author #bookshelf #homeownernow #newhomeowner

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This bountiful autumnal display is the closest we’re getting to pumpkins this year! A gorgeous display outside our local greengrocers. 🎃
The little people in the house put a stop to pumpkin carving for eco reasons. They’ve been learning loads from their weekly climate change assemblies at school and both asked to make something for Halloween that can be reused, so we’re going to make some kind of clay pumpkin that we can use year on year. Not sure it’s going to happen in time for tonight though....! We’re also busy trying to reuse and borrow our dress up outfits too, to avoid buying new. 🌍
Happy (eco) Halloween folks! 👻 .
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#halloween #pumpkin #pumpkins #pumpkinseason #autumn #autumnvibes🍁 #eastlondon #eastlondonlife #romanroad #ecofriendlyhalloween #ecohalloween #ecokids #thinkgreen

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I’m working on a project at the moment where we are planning on opening up this window☝️
Did you know that in England, France, Ireland and Scotland during the 18th and 19th centuries a window tax was introduced? The more windows a property had the more the owners had to pay in taxes. To avoid paying, people bricked up the windows in their homes and you’ll often see these former windows around today. But there’s sometimes the option now to open them up again and get the benefit of more light. Really appealing. If you have a bricked up window space that you want to reinstate it’s worth getting a structural engineer/surveyor to check that the lintel for the window is still in place and can therefore bear the weight of the load above. We’re checking on exactly this for our current project... If the lintel is in good condition, it’s relatively straightforward for a builder to open up the bricked up space and install a new window.
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