Evening Standard

Best home tool kits for the determined DIYer

Source: VonHaus

The undiscovered country from whose bourn, no traveller returns…” This is how original bearded hipster William Shakespeare described, essentially, death in back-in-the-day blockbuster Hamlet.

And as apt as that may be, I also find it works equally well when one takes their first steps into the previously undiscovered country of D.I.Y. After all, nobody ever truly knows what to expect from themselves and, once you’ve made that journey to ‘the other side’, the monetary and emotional investment in tools and a place to keep them that you’ve made means that you’re now dwelling in the domain of home improvement for good.

So, you are about to make the move away from hiring handymen to sort out every hiccup in your home or, indeed, non-mechanic-needing niggle with your car/bike/e-scooter. Or you’re encountered such success with your dabblings in D.I.Y. that you’ve decided to double-down and trade-up your tools to some truly next-level stuff, you’ll be please to read that you’ve come to the right article. I’ve recently been tinkering with tool kits suitable for all, from enthusiastic amateurs to white van driving trade-types, all in the name of ES Best.

To that end – and to once more paraphrase/mangle the words of the Bard – “”. I can’t answer that,

You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

More from Evening Standard

Evening Standard3 min readPolitical Ideologies
London Mayoral Election: Candidates Give Their Last Pitches Before Voters Cast Ballots
Mayoral candidates made their final pitch for votes on Wednesday as Sadiq Khan said there was “all to play for” — and expressed concerns that a low turnout would benefit his Tory rival Susan Hall. More than six million Londoners are eligible to vote
Evening Standard1 min read
Migrants Detained Ahead Of Rwanda Flight
The first migrants set to be deported to Rwanda have been detained. The Home Office said a series of operations took place across the country this week, with more activity due to be carried out in the coming weeks. Officials have not yet said how man
Evening Standard2 min read
Barbra Streisand Insists Melissa McCarthy Ozempic Comment Was ‘A Compliment’
Barbra Streisand insisted that a comment about Ozempic aimed at US actress Melissa McCarthy was a “compliment”. Bridesmaids star McCarthy posted pictures on Instagram from the Center Theatre Group (CTG) gala, wearing a pastel green tulle dress with a

Related Books & Audiobooks