The Team

  Timothy Dahl - Founder, Editor
  Timothy attributes his DIY acumen to his Dad who always   included him on house projects that simultaneously instilled a   work-ethic and taught him some basic skills that helped keep the   house in order. Although Timothy has yet to build a house his   early experience with Lincoln Logs and Erector sets have laid a   great foundation, not to mention his background at This Old   House, Elle Decor, Metropolitan Home, and HOME websites. Timothy continues to search for DIY and home improvement resources that are generated by independent designers, builders, and homeowners and maintains that chuck keys are underrated and Laura Dahl is the greatest fashion designer alive today.

  Deren S. Monday - Featured Contributor
Deren is a professional remodeling coach helping homeowners navigate the often-challenging world of residential remodels. He is also a serial renovator who has no plans to recover from his affliction. When not working on his home or coaching, Deren oversees a restoration and facilities management division of a large California construction company.

After studying architectural design at Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, Deren completed his degree in construction management with an emphasis in design-build. Deren can be followed on his blog at MeandYourHouse.com. The Monday's make their home in California's Central Valley with their son (named "Hudson" ironically enough), daughter Taylor, beagle and fish.

  Katy Ryan - Senior Contributor
Katy is a mid-Missouri native who made a beeline for Kansas City the moment she graduated with a degree in magazine journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia. After first working full-time for the Kansas City Star and later as a regional magazine editor, Katy is now a full-time freelance writer, blogger and a first-time book author. Her Kansas City travel guide, Moon Kansas City, hits shelves on March 30, 2010. In her dwindling supply of spare time, Katy dreams of owning a home in which she can paint walls, install hardwood floors and hang lots of shelves girl about KC.

  Laura Serino - Contributor
Laura is a former New York City editor who traded her heels in lieu of boots when she moved to an island twelve miles off the coast of Maine. She is currently a freelance writer living in Portland, Maine with her boyfriend who is trying to teach her how to build her own furniture. She has probably sanded, repainted and repaired a hundred different tag sale finds with her Mother since a very early age. She also runs a blog that only her family members read.

  Tabatha Muntzinger - Contributor
Tabatha is a Chicago-born, SW Ohio-raised Midwestern girl with a degree in Sociology and a hard-wired passion for DIY. She runs two blogs - one about her life, and one about the renovation of her 110+ year old house that she shares with her husband, baby boy, four cats, and Chihuahua. When not blogging or being a super stay-at-home mom, you'll likely find her in her "construction clothes" doing any number of projects during naptime.

  Diana Dart - Contributor
Diana's a true Canadian girl - she loves to be outside and always complains about the weather. When she's not on her deck or in the garden, Diana is playing with (or laughing at) her kids, working on the computer or convincing her husband to tackle yet another DIY project. He's a patient and skilled man. Diana loves her job as co-owner of a family run deck & fence company and writes on the side whenever she can.

  Jennifer Volland - Contributor
Jennifer has trouble properly hanging artwork, but she knows a lot of people who can do that and a whole lot more. Her mission is to seek out creative individuals and let other people benefit from their ideas. When she is not scouting brilliant talent, Jennifer is co-curating an exhibition on the evolution of hotel design for the Vancouver Art Gallery. She is the co-author of Long Beach Architecture: The Unexpected Metropolis, and she has contributed to numerous publications including the Los Angeles Times, segdDesign, CITY, Shape, VIVmag, and Western Interiors and Design.

  Wayne Gilchrist - Electrical Contributor
A Montana licensed master electrician with over 22 years of experience in the electrical trade. Wayne has traveled throughout the U.S. for the first 12 years in the electrical trade wiring large commercial and industrial projects. For the past tens years he's mostly wired commercial and large residential projects from 4,000 to 24,000 square foot homes and office buildings. He also blogs at ezdiyelectricity.com sharing electrical knowledge with homeowners and do-it-yourselfers. Wayne's a huge hockey fan (Go Bruins!) and enjoys camping, hiking, backpacking, mountain biking and skiing.

  Carly Zinderman - Contributor
Carly is a Southern California native staying true to her roots by living in the tiny town of Los Angeles. She has worked on a variety of different writing projects, mainly producing content for different websites as well as writing articles for tiny local magazines and doing some occasional editing.

  Nicole Vaughn - Contributor
A lifelong Midwesterner, Nicole calls the St. Louis suburbs home. Architecture (particularly historic) and restoration have always drawn her interest. Combine that with a lifelong fascination with tools and it seemed inevitable that she would find herself rehabbing an older home. However, This D*mn House, a small, circa 1940 Cape Cod which Nicole shares with her mother, a Yorkie and a cat, isn't exactly the Queen Anne fixer she'd always dreamed of. Yet she and her mother persevere with the mindset of "All it will needs are windows and it will be a brand new house!"

  Peter Aston - UK/France Contributor
British National, Living and Working in Brittany, North Western France. Married (Claire) 2 Teenage Children. Moved here in 2003. Not keen on the tag of 'serial renovator' but its what he does. Bought and 'flipped' several houses, bought and 'stayed' in some others. Current property is an 18th century French Manor that was a bit of a wreck in 2005, now nearly done. Peter runs a small holding on two hectares (5 acres) with 3 dogs, 4 cats, Pigs, Sheep, chickens, geese, turkeys, ducks, pigeons etc. Try to do veg gardening as well.