Eric W. Smith

Eric Smith has been a carpenter and contractor for over 30 years, specializing in 19th and early 20th century home renovations and repairs. Researching old houses led him to the online archives; the forgotten classics of how-to literature that he found there inspired Lost Skills of the 19th Century. He's also a former home improvement editor at The Family Handyman Magazine, the author of numerous magazine articles, and the writer or editor of over 20 how-to books on a wide variety of subjects.