This weekend I picked up an old edition of the Reader’s Digest Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual for $1.00. It really proves that many of the principles of home maintenance and improvement haven’t changed much in nearly 40 years.
Reader’s Digest has been publishing the Complete Do-it-Yourself Manual since 1973. Known to many as the ‘Big Yellow Book’, this guide became the must-have resource for homeowners. In it are key chapters on hand tools, power tools, plumbing, electricity, and small appliance repair.
The Complete Do-it-yourself manual received its first major update in 1991, and then again in 2005. These updates introduced color photos, cordless tools and (now already defunct) instructions on how to repair a telephone.
Anyone who owns a home would enjoy and benefit from this guide. It is a great reference, and the 70’s era furniture projects are back in style yet again. It’s funny how things come full circle.
