{"id":23803,"date":"2013-01-08T09:04:05","date_gmt":"2013-01-08T16:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/?p=23803"},"modified":"2013-01-08T09:04:05","modified_gmt":"2013-01-08T16:04:05","slug":"the-art-of-fixing-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/read\/books\/the-art-of-fixing-things\/","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Fixing Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Very few people nowadays know how to fix things around the house, and if you&#8217;re one of them, you&#8217;d do well to consider this book. 150 tips are included, from starting your car to repairing lamps and appliances. There are nice large photos that show details along with succinct descriptions with each project. A little tinkering- when you know what you&#8217;re doing- can save you money on repair fees and give you the extra satisfaction of self sufficiency. So, instead of complaining about the lack of knowledge you got from your elders, read up and do it yourself.  <\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>In this book, find out HOW TO:<\/p>\n<p>Get your car to start.<br \/>\nSharpen scissors, blender blades, pruning shears, lawn mower blades.<br \/>\nStart that lawnmower in the spring and snow blower in the winter.<br \/>\nMake new threads.<br \/>\nGet your fax machine, or copier to work better.<br \/>\nHold a screwdriver, hammer or pliers.<br \/>\nFix things with random parts.<br \/>\nPersuade your car\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s engine to last longer.<br \/>\nMake fittings leak proof.<br \/>\nTighten and loosen things, without damaging the machine.<br \/>\nFind the best appliances at the best prices.<br \/>\nRepair household lamps and appliances.<br \/>\nBuy the right nuts and bolts.<\/p>\n<p>For more on this book, visit the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theartoffixingthings.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"broken_link\">theartoffixingthings<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Art of Fixing Things\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/art-of-fixing-things-2.jpg?w=513&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Art of Fixing Things\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/art-of-fixing-things-3.jpg?w=513&#038;ssl=1\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very few people nowadays know how to fix things around the house, and if you&#8217;re one of them, you&#8217;d do well to consider this book. 150 tips are included, from starting your car to repairing lamps and appliances. There are nice large photos that show details along with succinct descriptions with each project. A little [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":23806,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[240,406,241],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/images\/art-of-fixing-things-3.jpg?fit=513%2C377&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23803"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23803\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23806"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betterlivingthroughdesign.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}