About

We’re a FixitUp Family!

MyFixitUpLife’s husband-and-wife hosts Mark & Theresa take you on an insider’s tour of the home improvement industry.

Together they design, renovate, and share DIY tips for national magazines, books, on TV and video, and every week on the MyFixitUpLife radio show.

MyFixitUpLife radio show airs LIVE every Wednesday@8pm  on BlogTalkRadio. MyFixitUpLife is available on iTunes, on apps for Droid and iPhone, and airs in San Diego, New Jersey, Los Alamos, and Pompano Beach every week.

MyFixitUpLife radio show breaks the mold on the typical home improvement shows. Fun, fast and informative, think Live w/Regis and Kelly meets Ask This Old House meets Daily 10.

Mark & Theresa talk with the hottest celebrities and experts, and share what they learn with you. And, they answer your questions and give away cool gear every week on their LIVE radio show.

Life on their jobsite really is a team sport.

Mark & Theresa offer insights into building, designing, and living through renovations as professionals and as a family. Mark, Theresa, 10-year-old daughter and 3-year-old son are all part of the MyFixitUpLife way-of-life. They truly live the home improvement lifestyle.

Navigating the everyday around tools and piles of materials in their yard and inside their home takes patience and a huge sense of humor to stay in love and happy inside a MyFixitUpLife.

MyFixitUpLife makes home improvement and home repair projects fun for everyone.

Want to know what’s coming up on MyFixitUpLife? Check out the MyFixitUpLife radio show schedule.

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Mark

Mark knows more about tools than anyone has a right to know. From docks and decks to kitchen renovations, Mark Clement loves moving fast on the jobsite.

He writes the Editor’s Choice segment for HGTVpro.com Weekly, is the tool and how-to expert for HGTVpro.com, and writes for DIYNetwork.com, Handy, and Extreme How-To magazines. He’s also the ’2-by Guy’ for Popular Mechanics magazine. He is the former award-winning executive editor of Tools of the Trade, and has been a featured guest on PBS, DIY Network, Discovery Channel, Good Day Philadelphia, and other national radio and TV programs.

Mark is the author of the critically-acclaimed novel The Carpenter’s Notebook, and Kid’s Carpenter’s Workbook.

Combined with his past as a former rugby player, a triathlete, marathon runner, and urbanathlete, Mark’s energy and skill are undeniable. Click here to watch Mark demonstrate new Stanley tools for Popular Mechanics.

Check out Mark’s MyFixitUpLife blog.

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Theresa

Theresa is equally at home on a jobsite as at a drafting desk. Her formal training in architecture and journalism have given her the skills to be a jack-of-many trades: carpenter, illustrator, magazine editor, photographer, author, designer, publisher, model, and publicist. Click here to see a recent article “MasterSuite MasterPiece” Click here to read an article by Theresa for HGTVPro

She is a contributor to national magazines, an author of Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement and DIY Quick Fix from DK publishing and Black & Decker Complete Guide to Shelves & Built-Ins from Creative Publishing and the card game and coloring book Build It!

As a publisher, she has created more than 50 products in the home building industry—from software and business books to Spanish publications.

When she isn’t helping others with home improvement, she’s working on her 100-year-old house or out volunteering. She’s served on her town’s Main Street Board for several years, has been a regular contributing columnist for the local newspaper, and was the Executive Director of Race Against the Sun, an organization that raised money and awareness for melanoma in honor of her sister-in-law. She is a former competitive rower, recreational runner, and bass player.

Read Theresa’s MyFixitUpLife blog.

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Lexi

Lexi, age 10, has been helping with FixitUp projects since she was 3 years old. She started out ‘fixing’ daddy’s truck with a screwdriver by banging the bumper, but quickly learned how to hammer a nail, drive a screw, and measure sort of accurately by the age of 4.

Lexi has appeared with her dad on morning news shows in Washington, DC, Philadelphia, New Haven, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Indianapolis, Pittsburgh, and more, showing off her handy skills.

Hugely into gymnastics and dance, Lexi spends her downtime curled up with a book or playing DS. Oh, and she’s a fourth grader, too.

Check out this article about Lexi in Tools of the Trade magazine.

Read Lexi’s MyFixitUpLife blog.

Kid Carpenter Lexi measuring for a toolbox

Lexi: The Workshop Helper

Lexi in her Carhartt overalls working with Daddy

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Jack

Jack, age 3, has been around tools since before he was born.

He’s been seen handling a tape measure, toolbelt, scaffold, and anything else construction-related that his Mom considers ‘safe’ around his FixitUp home.

While he loves watching his parents work, he’s not too fond of impact drivers yet. They make him cry, so they’ve been using more drills to get the jobs done.

Still, Jack is not entirely happy that his parents are careful to not let him near demo work or anything sharp or dangerous. But, he knows that he will be running-and-gunning before too long. If you are curious about Jack’s favorite part of construction….

Well, it’s anything on wheels. All kinds of trucks rank high in this 2 -year-old’s world.

Read Jack’s MyFixitUpLife blog.

Jack 'driving' the equipment at 6 months

Jack and Daddy on the Jobsite

Jack snapping his first line