April Wilkerson | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 38–39) Corpus Christi, Texas, U.S. |
| Known for | DIY construction videos |
April Wilkerson (born 1987) is an AmericanYouTuber who specializes indo-it-yourselfwoodworking andmetalworking projects around the home.[1][2][3][4][5]
Wilkerson is from Texas.[6] She graduated from theUniversity of Texas at Arlington in 2012,[7] after studying business management, and began working on projects to improve her house.[8] Wilkerson had a long to-do list of home improvement projects.[9] She posted a blog, which led to her creating YouTube videos in which she described her process of figuring out how to build things such as a planter, a light above a pool table, an outdoor pressurized air line between shops, a porch, a coffee table, an outdoor shower, a holiday decoration made from an old whiskey barrel, various art projects, and so forth.[8][10][11] She doesn't describe herself as an "expert" but rather as a newcomer and teacher eager to share her newly acquired knowledge as she works on new projects.[8] Generally her projects involve woodworking, but she has done metalworking and welding as well.[8][2] Many of her projects use scrap lumber; she buys new tools when she needs them, and some sponsors of her YouTube channel have sent her tools and equipment for promotional purposes.[8] As of December 2020, her YouTube channel has over 1.3 million subscribers.[12] Wilkerson completes many of her pieces in her 3000 square foot workshop.[13]
WithTim Allen andRichard Karn, Wilkerson co-hosts several TV series that are spiritual spin-offs ofHome Improvement sitcom's show-within-a-showTool Time.[14] In 2021, she so costarred onAssembly Required, a series that premiered onHistory in February 2021. On each episode, three do-it-yourself experts undertake two rounds of building challenges, with a $5,000 prize at stake. Prior to the second round, she secretly sabotages a key item in the kits sent to the contestants, requiring them to diagnose and repair the problem in order to complete their builds.[15][16] In 2022, she so costarred onMore Power, a series that premiered on History in June 2022. On each episode, the three DIY experts cover the history of a tool.[14]
In 2022 the creators ofThis Old House were creating a series calledThis Old House Makers Channel, to be aired on Roku, and Wilkerson is slotted to be one of their so-called 'Featured Makers'.[17]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref(s) |
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| 2021 | Assembly Required | Co-host | Unscripted DIY-builder TV show | [14] |
| 2022 | More Power | Co-host | Documentary TV show about tools | [14] |
...YouTube woodworker April Wilkerson has designed this simple workbench...
...April Wilkerson of the YouTube channel and website Wilkerdos...
...The urns began coming shortly after a video was made by April Wilkerson of Fort Worth, Texas, that went out to her fellow DIY woodworkers all over the country....
...Watch the video from April Wilkerson above for the complete build, and follow these instructions from her blog for a more detailed explanation....
...In the video above, April Wilkerson demonstrates how she uses a french cleat system to store her power tools...
...April Wilkerson graduated college in December 2012 with a degree in business management....
