Concrete and wood floors are often filled with dips and other unseen imperfections. For precise projects that require level surfaces, find many imperfections in any slab by using a golf ball and noting where it rolls from and to.

Tap the sharp point of a nail onto a hard surface like concrete (with a hammer) to dull the tip and avoid splitting wood. You can also do this with the head of the nail on the ground and use the hammer face to dull the nail.

Cut the bottom of a soda can out and use it to mix small paint goods, epoxy and other materials with ease. The raised aluminum base prevents paints and stains from drying out prematurely too. A simple and recyclable epoxy mixer!

Insert a pencil tip through the hole in a flat washer keeping the tip on the part of the hole closest to whatever you’re looking to scribe. Then simply run the pencil along the piece you want to mark. The washer will follow the contours as long as the angles are not too tight.

Fold up the bottom edge of a post it and stick it to a wall just below where you’re drilling to catch the drywall dust.

If your door sits crooked in its frame and rubs at the top or bottom you can easily straighten it back up by adding a cardboard shim behind the door hinge opposite of where it rubs in the frame. If it rubs on the upper half of the frame, shim the bottom hinge and vice-versa.