Mrs. FIXIT

Who is 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.