April Wilkerson


April Wilkerson is an American YouTuber who specializes in Do-it-yourself woodworking and metalworking projects around the home.

Career

Wilkerson graduated from University of Texas at Arlington in 2012, after studying business management, and began working on projects to improve her house. She and her husband had a long to-do list of home improvement projects. She posted a blog, which led to her creating YouTube videos in which she described her process of figuring out how to build things such as a planter, a light above a pool table, an outdoor pressurized air line between shops, a porch, a coffee table, an outdoor shower, a holiday decoration made from an old whiskey barrel, various art projects, and so forth. She doesn't describe herself as an "expert" but rather as a newcomer and teacher eager to share her newly acquired knowledge as she works on new projects. Generally her projects involve woodworking, but she has done metalworking and welding as well. Many of her projects use scrap lumber; she buys new tools when she needs them, and some sponsors of her YouTube channel have sent her tools and equipment for promotional purposes. As of February 2020, her YouTube channel has over 1.1 million subscribers. Wilkerson completes many of her pieces in her 3000 square foot workshop.