Do it yourself
Hubbard Cobb (August 5, 1917 – September 27, 2006) was an American writer. A newspaper and radio personality, he was also the editor of "The American Home" and "Ladies' Home Journal" and the author of a number of books, including his 1950 debut "Your Dream Home: How to Build It For Less Than $3500", "The Amateur Builder's Handbook" and 1970's "The Dream House Encyclopedia". Cited as "an authority on home improvement and building", he was widely known in the Do it yourself publishing field, with a column running from the 1940s through the 1960s. He also spoke out about the unrealistic pressures on American women of the 1960s.