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Now, meet the HowJunction team!
Pete
Having grown up on a farm Pete developed his fix it skills from a young age. Not only was he into building tree huts and developing multi-section chicken runs as a young fella, he raised calves and built greenhouses. Farm life got him into go-cart and motorbike mechanics, which then extended into heavy machinery mechanics during his university holiday jobs. Pete is right into his retail shop fitouts and home renovations at the moment.
Sue
Sue got into build and repair projects from a very early age, when, at the age of four, she made a hedgehog using her father’s nails. This was followed by a series of trolleys to race with neighbourhood children and, at age 12, she made a coffee table for her mother. With highly capable parents working around her, Sue had an easy introduction to carpentry, tailoring, painting, bookbinding, upholstering, gardening, ceramics, concrete laying and wallpapering.
In her late teens leather took over for a while and Sue made her own sandals and boots. In her twenties more ambitious projects followed — a hall table, a large dining table and a Welsh dresser. Then, as a married woman and mother, she shared in the renovation of a 1930s bungalow. The skills learned here were invaluable when, in the 1980s, she set up a relocated building as a preschool, then built and maintained the prerequisite tables and lockers, kitchen fittings, outdoor equipment, jigsaws and other toys. During this time she also made architectural models on a professional basis, using plastics and wood.
A later hobby of making silver jewellery led her to selling items in galleries. Now she combines house maintenance and gardening with writing and editing work. Sue is the author of seven books (including The Clever Girl’s Fix-it Guide: How to Repair Almost Anything, Penguin 2008).
