Let There Be Tools

A little over a year ago (spring of 2016) my parents sold the house I called a home for most of my youth.When we moved to the United States in 1993, this was the house they built.

Everything was a blank slate. New country, new home, new neighbors, new friends, new measurement system, and new furniture to mix with the old. This house held a lot of memories and big life events - a lot of violin and piano music through our years of lessons, first kisses and proms, team dinners, sleepovers, crafting mishaps (yes, this started many years ago), epic fights and long make-up talks, championships, the list goes on.

Furniture and decorations came and went, but some things were constant. Like The Dressers that I gave next generation life to, The Couches that were always my mom's favorite but nobody ever sat on (completed project, post coming soon), and The Trunk that a friend of the family made us out of cedar wood and laminate overlay (upcoming project). 

After two decades, some health issues and two retirements, my parents decided it was time to pursue their next greener pasture. Once again they took this as an opportunity to start from scratch. They built a beautiful brand new home in Nashville, furnishings and all. So what did they do with everything they were leaving behind in Cleveland? Yep, you guessed it. We were bequeathed with better quality furniture than my ragged college hand-me-downs, and a few new projects and a lot of helpful tools in the process. You'll soon understand the enormity of this statement.

Let's start with the tools. My dad had collected just about the entire DeWalt line of power tools in recent years. As they built a brand new house updated for life in the 21st century, he decided he had no need for them anymore. Knowing we would find use for them with our many projects and hopefully a house of our own down the road, Joe and I inherited the full lot, including a solid tool bench. We may be missing a few specific things here and there, but we're pretty much set for any crazy ideas we concoct.

What do you get when you take one DIYer always thinking of possibilities, add another DIYer with strength, practicality and resourcefulness and then give them just about every tool they could ever need? 

Lots and lots of projects. Stay tuned to see how we've gotten our hands dirty.