5 Home Tools You Never Knew You Needed

When it comes to home improvement, we know the drill (see what we did there?): Get a good hammer, invest in a screwdriver, make sure you have pliers, and so forth. But even with a stocked toolbox, an easy weekend revamp can quickly turn into a sawdust-covered mess.

5. A stud finder

You know when you’re hammering a nail into the wall and suddenly hit a stud buried waaay in there? Yeah, that won’t happen anymore with this brilliant invention — it can tell if there’s metal behind the wall, under a floorboard or in a ceiling before you start hammering.

The Huffington Post