Renovating your home is at once an exciting and infuriating thing. The joy of imbuing your own sensibilities onto your personal space is unparalleled, but so too is the difficulty inherent to such an undertaking. Bedrooms can be particularly frustrating to renovate, especially if you’ve never done it before. If you’re looking to undertake your own bedroom renovations, what tools should you procure before you make that first move?
Hand Tools
While there are all manner of bespoke tools that make room renovations much easier, there are some basic hand tools that have universal application – and which can make the renovation process go much smoother. A set of screwdrivers, hex keys and sockets respectively ensure you can dismantle and reconstruct practically any item of furniture, and make adjustments to fixtures and fittings.
Cordless Drill
The cordless drill is the DIYer’s best friend in most scenarios. With the right cordless drill, a number of different tasks can be achieved; you can drill holes into walls for shelves, new outlets and plumbing, drive screws for fitting said shelves and outlets with ease, and even get a helping hand stirring paint for your final decorative touches.
Mitre Saw
Mitre saws are a step above when it comes to power tools, and not an extremely common thing for DIYers to own. However, investing in a good mitre saw can make more complex parts of your renovation journey much easier and much less expensive.
Milwaukee mitre saws are an inexpensive entry point, and more than capable of most applications; mitre saws are used to cut planks or batons at an angle, enabling the construction of complex joints for either frameworks or decorative additions. You might use a mitre saw to cut skirting boards correctly, that they meet well in corners, or to cut parquet blocks for a new hardwood floor.
Painting and Decorating Equipment
The life of your new bedroom is creating, invariably, in the way you approach the walls. Whether you intend to wallpaper or paint, you’ll need some basic pieces of equipment to make your life easier. Steam wallpaper strippers are useful for removing old wallpaper from walls, for one. A paint roller and tray are obvious additions, but often overlooked is the paint roller pole – which enables swift and even painting of the whole wall.
Tape Measure
Lastly, but perhaps most importantly of all, you will need a reliable and dependable way to make measurements: i.e.: a tape measure. Tape measures are invaluable pieces of equipment, without which any DIY endeavours are more or less doomed to failure. Tape measures enable you to get a clear and accurate idea of your room’s dimensions, which is vital for everything from measuring skirting boards and coving to ensuring your new furniture fits.
