DIY (disambiguation)

DIY may refer to:

Places

  • DIY, IATA Code for Diyarbakır Airport
  • Acronym

  • Do it yourself, a term used by various communities that focus on people creating things for themselves without the aid of paid professionals
    • DIY audio, do-it-yourself audio equipment
    • DIY ethic, the ethic of being self-reliant as opposed to relying on professionals
    • DIY moving, do-it-yourself packing and moving
    • DIY birth, or unassisted birth, the process of intentionally giving birth without the assistance of a medical or professional birth attendant
  • DIY audio, do-it-yourself audio equipment
  • DIY ethic, the ethic of being self-reliant as opposed to relying on professionals
  • DIY moving, do-it-yourself packing and moving
  • DIY birth, or unassisted birth, the process of intentionally giving birth without the assistance of a medical or professional birth attendant
  • Art, entertainment, and media

    Music

    Groups

  • DIY♡ (Dance in Your Heart), a Hello! Project musical group created as part of the Satoyama Movement
  • The DiY Sound System, an English musical collective
  • Do it yourself

    Do it yourself, also known as DIY, is the method of building, modifying, or repairing something without the direct aid of experts or professionals. Academic research describes DIY as behaviors where "individuals engage raw and semi-raw materials and component parts to produce, transform, or reconstruct material possessions, including those drawn from the natural environment (e.g. landscaping)". DIY behavior can be triggered by various motivations previously categorized as marketplace motivations (economic benefits, lack of product availability, lack of product quality, need for customization), and identity enhancement (craftsmanship, empowerment, community seeking, uniqueness)

    The term "do-it-yourself" has been associated with consumers since at least 1912 primarily in the domain of home improvement and maintenance activities. The phrase "do it yourself" had come into common usage (in standard English) by the 1950s, in reference to the emergence of a trend of people undertaking home improvement and various other small craft and construction projects as both a creative-recreational and cost-saving activity.

    DIY Network

    DIY Network is a channel owned by Scripps Networks Interactive that focuses on do it yourself projects at home.

    Television stations air local versions with local hosts with segments produced by the network. Branded DIY Network programming is also broadcast in Japan and the Philippines. The cable network reaches 50 million households in the US.

    As of February 2015, DIY Network is available to approximately 60,942,000 pay television households (52.4% of households with television) in the United States.

    Programming

    The shows carried over the network cover the gamut of various activities which are capable of being performed by amateurs at home. The current programming focuses on:

  • home repair (Bath Crashers, My First Renovation, Blog Cabin, Kitchen Crashers, Sweat Equity, Renovation Realities)
  • home improvement (The Vanilla Ice Project, BATHtastic, Mega Dens, Man Caves, Cool Tools)
  • gardening and landscaping (Yard Crashers)
  • destruction and contracting (Million Dollar Contractor, Sledgehammer, Barnwood Builders)
  • Custard Factory

    The Custard Factory is an independent shopping destination and creative and digital business workspace location in Digbeth Birmingham, England (grid reference SP078864).

    Located on the site of what was the Bird's Custard factory in the industrial district of Digbeth, it is now home to a thriving working community of creative & digital businesses, independent shops and cafes and bars. They include hundreds of small and medium-sized businesses and some larger ones like Asos. The project was set up by Bennie Gray in 1992 and substantially expanded by his son Lucan Gray, who owns and runs the project.

    Development

    The Custard Factory complex is set in fifteen acres (60,000 m²) of factory buildings, originally constructed by Sir Alfred Frederick Bird (1849–1922), the son of Alfred Bird (1811–1878), the inventor of egg-free instant custard. The architectural firm commissioned to design the building was Hamblins. The architect may have been Augustus William Brenchley Macer-Wright who married Ellen Kate Hamblin, known as Jenny, who was the daughter of the man behind the Architect Firm's name. There is no positive evidence in Birmingham City Archive. At one time, a thousand people worked there.

    Kitchen (novel)

    Kitchen (キッチン)is a novel written by Japanese author Banana Yoshimoto (吉本ばなな)in 1988 and translated into English in 1993 by Megan Backus.

    Although one may notice a certain Western influence in Yoshimoto's style, Kitchen is still critically recognized as an example of contemporary Japanese literature; The Independent, The Times and The New Yorker have all reviewed the novel favorably.

    Most editions also include a novella entitled Moonlight Shadow, which is also a tragedy dealing with loss and love.

    There have been two films made of the story, a Japanese TV movie in 1989 and a more widely released version produced in Hong Kong by Yim Ho in 1997.

    Plot

    In Kitchen, a young Japanese woman named Mikage Sakurai struggles to overcome the death of her grandmother. She gradually grows close to one of her grandmother's friends, Yuichi, from a flower shop and ends up staying with him and his transgender mother, Eriko.

    From Mikage's love of kitchens to her job as a culinary teacher's assistant to the multiple scenes in which food is merely present, Kitchen is a short window into the life of a young Japanese woman and her discoveries about food and love amongst a background of tragedy.

    Kitchen (surname)

    Kitchen as a surname may refer to:

    Football

  • Ashley Kitchen (born 1988), English footballer from Mansfield
  • George Kitchen (born 1876), Everton, West Ham United and Southampton goalkeeper
  • Joseph Kitchen, early-20th century English footballer for Gainsborough Trinity and Sheffield United. H
  • Peter Kitchen (born 1954), English footballer for Doncaster, Leyton Orient, Cardiff etc.
  • Ice hockey

  • Bill Kitchen (ice hockey) (born 1960)
  • Hobie Kitchen (born 1904), ice hockey player with the Montreal Maroons and Detroit Red Wings
  • Mike Kitchen (born 1956), Canadian ice hockey player and coach
  • Shelley Kitchen (born 1979), New Zealand squash player
  • Walter Kitchen (1912–1988), Canadian ice hockey player
  • Other sports

  • Bill Kitchen (speedway rider) (1908–1994)
  • Curtis Kitchen (born 1964), basketball player
  • Lauren Kitchen (born 1990), Australian cyclist.
  • Mervyn Kitchen (born 1940), English cricketer
  • Music

  • Paul Kitchen (musician) (born 1957), singer-songwriter and guitarist.
  • Terry Kitchen, American folk singer-songwriter
  • Podcasts:

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    The Motley Fool 24 Apr 2025
    When things get tough in the stock market, investors often turn to gold ... Howden sells kitchen, joinery, and hardware products. Its big advantage over other retailers is it doesn’t sell to DIY enthusiasts – it focuses exclusively on trade customers ... .
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    Homeowner is unhappy with granite kitchen counters. Then they use $200 kit to redo entire kitchen

    The Daily Dot 19 Apr 2025
    In the video, Parker first shows the brown granite countertops in her kitchen before her DIY job.
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    Why fancy Easter dinners are dying – and what we’re eating instead

    Daily Freeman 17 Apr 2025
    Meal kits, pre-made dishes or even simple DIY meals are popular ways to ease the pressure. Retailers and meal kit companies now prominently feature Easter-friendly selections that promise to minimize kitchen time and maximize enjoyment.
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    I transformed a filthy and smelly £500 caravan from Facebook Marketplace into my pink palace ...

    The Daily Mail 10 Apr 2025
    The DIY wizz claimed it was absolutely 'filthy' when she purchased it, and smelled really bad with broken bunk beds ... The savvy renovator then wrapped the kitchen countertop in a marble effect vinyl and placed wood effect vinyl tiles on the floor.
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    Clinton students bring new life to old furniture

    Journal Gazette 08 Apr 2025
    You’ll want to copy these DIY kitchen renovations from TikTok ... @ourrestorationnation Our $300 vintage kitchen makeover #vintage #vintagekitchen #kitchenmakeover #diy #beforeandafter #kitchendiy ...
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