In this generation of self-starters and self-made women and men, do-it-yourself isn’t just an option, it’s a way of life. And if there’s not an app for that, chances are there’s a YouTube video for it ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. Cara Brookins and her four kids in front of ...

With limited funds, but the wish to give each of her kids a room to call their own, one mom in Bryant decided to build her own home. And not with the usual instruction you'd think. The Brookins family ...

A single mother needed to find a home but had a limited budget — so she decided to build one herself. Cara Brookins and her four children built their home from the ground up using guidance from ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BRYANT, Arkansas — With two bad marriages ...

"To watch your children raising the walls of a house," Cara Brookins explained, "those were the moments that were really rewarding." A single mother of four proved no project was too big as she led ...

Vice President, Social Media & Trending Content, CBS News and Stations Christina Capatides is the vice president of Social Media and Trending Content for CBS News and Stations. She is also a senior ...

Callie's Coop is no potato powered clock science project, and that's because its creator, Callie Hilton, is no average 5th grade scientist. After hearing that one of her classmates was going to build ...

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – With two bad marriages behind her and debt that came with them, Cara Brookins needed a place to stay for her and her four kids. Brookins, who writes young adult novels for a living ...