Seven Tools I Can't Live Without - Household Edition

Happy Sunday ya'll! 





Today we are tapping my tool box once again.  This time we are actually going to my household tools - not kitchen. 

I am quite fond of all tools, especially those that I own.  I revel in the chance to buy more tools as my projects allow.  Its sort of a problem. 


I have a home depot charge card. 


That is dangerous.  Anyways.


These are my favorites that I absolutely LOVE and cannot imagine life without.  They aren't terribly hi-tech or fancy but they make everything else much easier.

Let's delve right in, eh?

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Seven Tools I Can't Refuse To Live Without - Household Edition

• 4 Way Screwdriver.  This eliminates the need for multiple sized screwdrivers.  One screwdriver that has a medium and a large slotted side and a medium and a large Phillips side.  Such innovation, I could kiss whoever invented this.  I keep one at home, one in my car, and one in my toolbox in the kitchen too.  You never know when you'll need to drive that screw home, ya know?
• Razor Blade.  Best multipurpose tool ever.  Opens things, cuts things, scrapes small things, can be used as an explorer tool too!  Truth be told I carry one in my pocket at work too so I am almost always never without one.  Also kind of a self defense mechanism!
• Putty Knife/Painters Tool.  I bought this on a whim at HD, because it claimed to be 7 tools in one.  Always a skeptic I bought it and have never looked back!  It can be a putty knife, a caulk scraper-outter, a hex wrench, a paint roller cleaner, a light duty hammer, a crow bar, and a flat head screwdriver. 
• Level. Simple tool.  I have 3 different ones and even the app on my phone.  I use them all the time. I can draw straight lines with them.  I can hang pictures perfectly!  I can make sure my shelves are mounted evenly.  I can draw all the horizontal stripes on my wall perfectly with the help of my level.  Again, I use the one on my phone at work all the time.  You'd be surprised how often a non-level surface messes with my productivity. 
• Cordless Drill.  If I ever lost my hand, I wouldn't ask for the hook hand or an artificial one even.  I would prefer a cordless drill be built in and the trigger wired to my leftover nerves.  The single most used tool in my arsenal.  I burnt my favorite one out, actually and have since been given a replacement as a gift.  It does great and is a nice drill but man I will use my first one until it just won't work anymore. I love it so much.  Its also neon green which helps. 
• Adjustable Monkey Wrench.  Instead of carrying many different sized wrenches around, the adjustable one does it all.  It doesn't always do every job, but it can do most of the common jobs with ease!  Plus, its called a monkey wrench and that might be one of the coolest names tools ever?
• Adjustable Pliers.  Same concept as the other multiple use tools, just one tool does the job of many.  Sometimes you gotta bust out the needle nose pliers though, because they are incredible.  Such a fine tool.  I love pliers to grab things, pinch things, squeeze things and so much more. 

Honorable Mention: Ladder.  Most jobs aren't on the ground level!  You need this bad boy!


Do you have any tools you can't live without?  How come tools fascinate me so much?