Kaytlyn Smith

Contributing Writer

Highlights

Expertise and interests: Home improvement topics
Education: Bachelor of Arts in journalism and a Master of Arts in writing from Rowan University in New Jersey

Proudest DIY

As the owner of a small home, Kaytlyn knows that space matters. She and her husband recently expanded their kitchen in width, converting a large laundry room closet into a single small closet to maximize space. With an all-in-one washer-and-dryer combo and a tankless hot water heater, the pair doubled their kitchen size. She says, “It’s always an exciting project when you take down a wall!”

About

Kaytlyn Smith is a proud DIYer and contributing writer for BobVila.com. Writing about a variety of home improvement topics, she pulls from her real-life experience and previous work writing for a home improvement magazine. She knows her way around a miter saw and has been patiently waiting for a company to come out with a sparkly line of good power tools. In her free time, she likes to decompress from work and DIY projects with her husband at the beach or at home with her dogs.

Experience

For as long as Kaytlyn remembers, she has been working on DIY projects. She started as her dad’s helper passing him tools as he did his DIY projects on their family home. She credits her dad for her love of DIY because when she was growing up, there was no project he couldn’t take on or issue he couldn’t fix himself.

Now, Kaytlyn has countless hours under her belt removing old flooring and soft subflooring, and laying new laminate plank flooring. With her husband’s help, they have slowly been making their current house their ideal “home.”