DOING IT HERSELF, Fueled by the success of ‘Trading Spaces’ and other shows, home-improvement stores are catering to interests of handywomen

Natalie Franklin and her young daughter Caitlyn are veterans of home-improvement projects.Caitlyn — who loves to watch home-decorating shows with her mother to “see how pretty the rooms and stuff look when everything gets done” — owns her own set of safety goggles and helps her mother with projects around the house. The 6-year-old even has a favorite brand of power tools: Dremel. “Women are more independent nowadays than they used to be,”…Press: Columbus Dispatch, The (OH)

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