do-it-yourselfer

From do it yourself +‎ -er.

do-it-yourselfer (plural do-it-yourselfers)

1. A practitioner of do it yourself.
   • 1974 December 29, Bernard Gladstone, “New Books for Do‐It‐Yourselfers”, in The New York Times‎^[1]:

     During the past year or so, numerous new books have been published which can be helpful to do‐it‐yourselfers and home craftsmen, as well as to those readers on the lookout for new ideas and money‐saving suggestions on how to improve and maintain their homes and apartments.

   • 1981 April 4, “THRIVING ON DO-IT YOURSELFERS”, in The New York Times‎^[2]:

     Since the store's opening last November, do-it-yourselfers in the Washington area have been coming to Brookstone for tools and gadgets they have not been able to find anywhere else.

   • 2001 July 29, Claudia H. Deutsch, “A Do-It-Yourselfer Takes On Home Depot”, in The New York Times‎^[3]:

     And it does seem that everything at the company is moving faster these days. Mr. Nardelli, who calls himself the "consummate do-it-yourselfer," has spent the last seven months installing management systems that Home Depot had never before imagined, and pressing the fast-forward button on ones it had just begun to consider.