Mrs. FIXIT

Mrs. FIXIT is the public nickname of Terri McGraw, a national home and garden television personality and author. Mrs. FIXIT offers tips and tricks to make home repairs and household maintennance simpler for everyday people. She also has a host of ideas for reusing and repurposing items around the house.

McGraw, who had started her career as a broadcast television news anchor, had been sharing her FIXIT tips with friends and family for years, and she created her Mrs. FIXIT persona by marrying her love for television to her interest in home maintenance. The segments were initially launched and distributed nationally through CNN Newsource Sales, and taken over by McGraw Media Enterprises, Inc. in 2001. The Mrs. FIXIT news segments have been seen in hundreds of cities across the U.S. and Canada.

Mrs. FIXIT has made guest appearances on ABC’s The View, Live with Regis and Kelly, Discovery Channel's Home Matters, SoapTalk, and The Man Made Movie on TBS. Her segments were also featured daily on the national talk show Better, which was produced by Better Homes and Gardens Magazine in association with Meredith Broadcasting.

Her website was named in Time Magazine as a go to site for women for DIY. She has written two books, Mrs. FIXIT’s Easy Home Repair for Simon & Schuster and Pantry Power for Meredith Publishing, contributed to two others, You Can Do It for Chronicle Books and The Expert’s Guide to Life at Home for Clarkson Potter), and been featured in numerous magazines including Good Housekeeping, Woman’s Day, and Redbook.

McGraw's honors include the 2005 Post Standard Achievement Award, the National Organization of Women’s "Unsung Heroine," and the Girl Scouts Community Leadership Award. She was named by the Business Journal as one of the top 40 under 40 business people and was also named one of Today’s CNY Women by the Scotsman Press. She is the recipient of a number of journalism and advertising awards.

McGraw speaks nationally to social and business groups, takes an active role in mentoring students, and has been active on many community boards, including Make-a-Wish Foundation, The Samaritan Center, The Empire Expo Center Women’s Executive Council and The Consortium for Children’s Services and is currently serving on the board at Emerson College in Boston and the Tryall Fund Trust in Hanover, Jamaica.

Publications

• Mrs. FIXIT Easy Home Repair (Simon & Schuster)
• Mrs. FIXIT's Pantry Power (Meredtih Publishing)

External links

• Official website

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