The Farms: Fix It! Create a Home Repair Toolbox

Experience Level: Beginner

Learn what tools to have on-hand when tackling simple home repairs at Fix It! Create a Home Repair Toolbox on Thursday, Sept. 11 from 4 to 6 p.m. in The Studio.

In this hands-on course, instructor Lou Ann Koebel will help students learn how to safely use the proper tools for several jobs around the house and take home a list to start building their own toolbox.

$55/person. Register here. Registration will close on Sept. 10 or when capacity is reached. All sales are final.

Learn more about the space where your course will take place here. If you will need disability-related accommodations to participate, please email Olivia Bunting at owarren@illinois.edu.

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About the instructor

Lou Ann Koebel has worn many hats over the past several years: a woodworker, an AV technician and lover of restoring or repurposing antiques. Living in an older home has also helped Lou Ann to learn how to repair various items around the house, search YouTube for “fix it” videos and collect tools to cover a wide variety of tasks.

Her Fix-It courses are meant as an entry to help students explore how to proceed safely with basic tools and build a home DYI toolbox, creatively repurpose a picture frame or fix/alter a lamp.

About The Farms

The Farms: An Allerton Folk School, offers classes, workshops, and gatherings focusing on art, health & wellness, history, nature & outdoor education, or science. All experiences value hands-on, experiential teaching and learning, and are facilitated by and for the members of the community.

See the complete Fall schedule here.