Handcrafted
A Woodworker's Story
Clint Harp
- A
- moving
- and
- inspirational
- memoir
- from
- the
- beloved
- maverick
- carpenter
- on
- HGTV’s
- smash
- hit
- Fixer
- Upper
- that
- shows
- how
- to
- turn
- your
- hobbies
- and
- craft
- into
- a
- career
- and
- celebrates
- the
- power
- of
- meaningful
- work.Now
- known
- to
- the
- countless
- fans
- of
- Fixer
- Upper
- as
- Chip
- and
- Joanna
- Gaines’s
- go-to
- table
- maker
- and
- acclaimed
- artisan,
- Clint
- Harp
- hasn’t
- always
- lived
- the
- DIY
- dream
- we
- see
- on
- the
- show.
- Ten
- years
- ago,
- he
- was
- dutifully
- working
- at
- a
- sales
- job
- that,
- while
- it
- provided
- security
- for
- his
- family,
- did
- nothing
- to
- help
- him
- achieve
- his
- unfulfilled
- dreams
- of
- building
- furniture.With
- the
- support
- of
- his
- wife,
- the
- encouragement
- of
- a
- mentor,
- and
- a
- life
- full
- of
- lessons,
- he
- finally
- took
- the
- leap,
- quitting
- his
- job
- and
- setting
- out
- on
- the
- quest
- to
- become
- a
- carpenter.
- Without
- formal
- training,
- financing,
- workspace,
- or
- customers,
- the
- Harps
- were
- quickly
- on
- the
- edge
- of
- financial
- collapse.
- Then
- Clint
- met
- Chip
- Gaines
- at
- a
- gas
- station—a
- chance
- encounter
- that
- marked
- the
- next
- chapter
- on
- a
- wild
- ride
- Clint
- could
- never
- have
- imagined
- possible.Spanning
- Clint’s
- remarkable
- journey—from
- a
- childhood
- learning
- carpentry
- and
- hard
- work
- at
- his
- grandfather’s
- knee,
- through
- his
- struggles
- to
- balance
- pursuing
- his
- dreams
- with
- supporting
- his
- family,
- to
- his
- partnership
- with
- Chip
- and
- Joanna
- Gaines
- and
- the
- many
- adventures
- and
- misadventures
- of
- filming
- Fixer
- Upper—Handcrafted
- is
- part
- memoir
- and
- part
- manual
- for
- dreamers
- of
- all
- backgrounds.
- “From
- the
- floor
- of
- his
- first
- shop
- to
- the
- foundations
- of
- Habitat
- for
- Humanity
- houses,
- to
- building
- furniture
- for
- the
- world
- to
- see,
- Clint
- Harp
- is
- living
- a
- handcrafted
- life”
- (President
- Jimmy Carter).
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