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By contrast, the Tufts Trail Project is not a self-contained walking tour but more of a planning tool for the do-it-yourselfer, especially beyond Beacon Hill, where so much of the popular narrative has been focused.

From New York Times • Feb. 21, 2019

But he says if someone is “an absolute die-hard do-it-yourselfer, please read and understand the directions and warning labels” on such devices.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 24, 2018

An obsessive do-it-yourselfer, Wrigley says it was important that she got “a completely blank slate” to design and decorate the space however she pleased.

From Washington Post • Jul. 21, 2015

I began focusing on the entry level and do-it-yourselfer product line back in 2008.

From Forbes • Nov. 9, 2014

Another do-it-yourselfer indignantly returned a can of blue paint, complaining that she could not make it bluer.

From Time Magazine Archive