Sandi Toksvig Quotes

I could build and roof a house, though electricity is not my thing.

My father was very much a handy person round the house, and I learnt a lot of carpentry from him.

I consider myself a D.I.Y. home improvement guy. In a prior life, I completely gutted a house - redid the plumbing, wiring, moved sewage pipes, knocked down walls, everything.

I try to work on houses not cars. If I was as good at working on cars as I was on houses maybe I would. But I'm not.

I have blocks of wood all over my house; I spend all of my day knocking!

I'm quite handy with a screwdriver. I like making and fixing things.

I like making things. I have a wood shop at home. I am a terrible carpenter but I love doing it.

My guilty pleasure is I like to watch a lot of HGTV. I really like watching design shows about houses, like extreme homes. Like buying a bridge and turning it into a house or something like that. I really am interested in home design or something like that... architecture.

If Home Depot doesn't have it, Mark Bradford doesn't need it.

I do think a carpenter needs a good hammer to bang in the nail.

I like doing things where I can get dirty, work with my hands, and use power tools. Last weekend, I did some grouting.

I won't date a guy who doesn't own a toolbox. I'm not saying you need to be able to knock down a wall or build a house or anything like that. But I've been out with a couple of guys who didn't own toolboxes, and they couldn't even change a light bulb.

I have an expensive hobby: buying homes, redoing them, tearing them down and building them up the way they want to be built. I want to be an architect.

I have a thing for tools.

I grew up around hardware. I could sell you all the plumbing and electricity you want.

I've always been interested in DIY and home renovation - even from my first student flat. I've always left places better than when I moved in.

I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.

I am quite handy; not to sound bragadocious, but I've been working with wood and building things my entire life. I used to be a skateboarder and built ramps with my father. Then, the first two years I lived in Los Angeles, I worked as a carpenter building sets.

I'm not handy.

I tend to renovate properties when I'm not working.

I'm a practical person. I'm not too bad a carpenter. I can renovate houses.

I like building houses, working as a carpenter, painting. You work with your hands to the best of your ability, and at the end of the day, you go home with some satisfaction: 'I built that!'

DIY skills are hot. The ability to put up a shelf and hang a picture is always good and being able to cook. Cooking's really hot.

Sendai is the place that helped me build my basement.

I'm a serial renovator of apartments and old houses, so I'm in daily need of doorknobs, subway tiles, and 14-foot-tall pier mirrors.