Evaluate Your Tool Kit: 12 Basic, Essential Tools to Keep on Hand for DIY Projects

Looking for a quick weekend task? Want to make finding and finishing those DIY projects even easier this year? Take a minute or two today to locate (and reassemble, if you're anything like me and tend to leave a trail of screw drivers throughout your space) all your tools together and evaluate what you have. Do any of your tools need replacing or upgrading? What are you missing? Here's a list of our favorite types of basic, essential tools to always keep on hand (so you're prepared for any DIY p...