The Shed

HANGING OUT WITH STAN

As far as careers in the building trades go, Stan’s has been out of the box, driven largely by his insatiable curiosity and his never-say-never attitude. Building, he says, has taken him places he never dreamed of going. Stan is a familiar face to many Kiwis. He has built and presented on a raft of TV renovation shows and is the current brand ambassador for Mitre 10. He’s even managed a few how-to articles for us in the early days of The Shed.

When he’s not busy planning, building, filming and fronting Mitre 10’s web-based DIY series or giving in-store presentations across the country, Stan is at home juggling his own building jobs with personal projects and family life. While he has enough work-bench ideas to keep him busy in the shed well into the next decade, he can always find a little extra time to help others get their heads around the tricks of the

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