Housewarming Gifts – Tool Box and Ladder

Posted on January 30, 2009 
Filed Under Buying Your New Home, Valerie Zinger

When I first moved out of home, I had nothing.  Over time, I realized the importance of having a few tools to be able to do very basic things in my house.  One year, I asked my dad to give me a tool box and a few tools so that I would not always be routing through his stuff.  That Christmas I received a red metal tool box, a saw, hammer, small wrench, screw driver (multiple size heads) packages of picture hanging wires and hooks, some nails and screws and a level.  I was over the moon.  I eventually got the small ladder at a garage sale.

If you are moving out of your parents’ home and would like a really useful gift from them or from your friends and family, ask for a tool box and tools.  I have heard of brides being registered at Canadian Tire so that the couple can receive the types of tools that they need.   I know it doesn’t seem glamourous, but these gifts will last forever and always have a use.  The fern you received from your Aunt Sally will be dead long before the hammer wears out. 

If you are the giver:  When you know the recipient has everything, surprise him or her with battery pack drills.  Feel the power.   

 Photo credit:  Courting Bad Luck @ http://www.flickr.com/photos/foxypar4/971472133/

Valerie Zinger ~ Ottawa, Canada ~ 613-723-5300 ~ Vzinger@royallepage.ca

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