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Nina Bricko

Nina Bricko

Expertise: Home decor, house plants, small spaces, arts and crafts, homestead living, sustainability, urban gardening.

Nina Bricko

  • Co-owned and ran a forest school that encouraged kids to build and create with hand tools and found objects.
  • Naturalist and gardener for various centers.

Experience

Nina is a Do-It-Yourselfer who enjoys coming up with unique builds that are full of color. Her background is environmental and outdoor education, and has experience with urban farms, gardens, and wildlife management. Growing up, her parents were always finishing a basement, painting cabinets, and adding a bit of creativity wherever they lived. This rubbed off on Nina and inspires her as a home owner. When she isn’t creating for Family Handyman or daydreaming about DIY projects, she's writing stories, making environmental friendly cleaning products, tending her garden, canning for the winter, and caring for her chickens.

Education

University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, B.S. Recreation Management/Environmental Education and Interpretation; Hamline University, MFA in Creative Writing

Family Handyman Editorial Policies

For more than seven decades, Family Handyman has been providing its audience with ideas, inspiration and step-by-step directions on how to maintain and enhance indoor and outdoor living spaces. In addition to having our own staff of experts, we hire individuals whose skills have been honed through years of experience in the building, plumbing and electrical trades, and as passionate homeowners who have translated DIY (do it yourself) skills into careers as respected creators.

Articles

A modern bathroom featuring a white vanity with a wooden-framed mirror above it. There is a glass-enclosed walk-in shower with white and light gray tile. A white toilet is placed next to the shower. The floor is covered with small white tiles.

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