About
Nicole Fallon-Peek writes for BobVila.com on home improvement topics, calling on the experience she gained working over many summers and weekends for her father’s general contracting firm—experience that also equipped her to carry out a full home renovation during the pandemic. When not immersed in home DIY projects, she and her husband are busy running their own content marketing agency and experimenting with fancy ingredients in their newly upgraded kitchen.
Experience
When Nicole was 3 years old, her general contractor father bought her a set of play tools, and she “helped” him build a custom playhouse in their backyard. “Ever since then,” she says, “I’ve loved building and fixing things around the house.”
As a teenager, Nicole would go to jobsites with her dad to help out, mostly by hauling trash to the dumpster. As she got older, she started pitching in on decks, basement remodels, kitchens, window replacements, and other jobs—experience that served her well on her own DIY home renovations as an adult.
Outside of her current “weekend warrior” home projects, Nicole manages Fallon Contracting’s website, blog, social media, and public relations efforts through her content marketing agency, Lightning Media Partners.
Education
Nicole earned a Bachelor of Arts in media, culture and communications from New York University.
Highlights
- Specialties: DIY home renovation projects, entrepreneurship, B2B content writing, general contracting
- Education: Bachelor of Arts in media, culture and communications from New York University
- Other work: Fallon Contracting, CO—by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Business.com, Business News Daily, and Patch.com
Proudest DIY
In 2020, Nicole and her husband bought a 1940s 2-bedroom ranch. Over the course of the next year, they completely gutted and renovated it—with the help of her family’s contracting firm—to create the modern 2-story home of their dreams.
