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    Tools I Use

    Here's a comprehensive list of the tools and equipment I use to carry out and share home DIY projects. Please note, as an Amazon Associate, I earn from qualifying purchases made through affiliate links at no extra cost to you.

    This is usually just a few pence and rest assured that if I think a product is rubbish, it doesn't make it on the list!

    Growing Veg Tools

    • Cheap ultra fine Insect
    • Premium fine and ultra fine netting (Premier Netting)
    • 25mm polypipe for hoop houses
    • 25mm pipe clips
    • 25mm polytunnel clips
    • Tarpaulin for hoop house cover
    • 30gsm garden fleece
    • Seed box organiser
    • Jamieson Bros veg grow bags and potato opening sacks
    • Nematodes (leatherjacket killer)
    • 210L water butter

    Landscape Gardening Tools

    • Folding frame square
    • Wood preserve
    • Sleeper pins
    • Rubber mallet
    • Wagner paint sprayer
    • Hedge trimmer
    • Wheelbarrow
    • Spade
    • Tamper
    • Pressure washer
    • Garden loppers
    • Ground pegs
    • Heavy duty weed control

    Favourite Power tools

    • Mitre saw
    • Mitre stand
    • Circular saw
    • Circular saw battery
    • Palm router
    • Jigsaw
    • Combi drill
    • Impact driver
    • Biscuit joiner
    • Router bits
    • Core box router bits
    • Angle grinder
    • Belt sander
    • Compact saw

    DIY Essentials

    • Clamps
    • Sash clamps
    • Hand saw
    • Wood glue
    • Drill bits
    • Hammer
    • Trend pocket hole jig
    • Pocket hole screws
    • Concrete screws
    • Spirit level
    • Sawhorses
    • Tape measure
    • Size 20 biscuits
    • Speed square
    • Flush pull saw
    • Hacksaw
    • Carbide scraper
    • Combination square
    • Carpenter's square
    • Sliding bevel
    • Bolster
    • Club hammer
    • Wood screws
    • Wet & Dry shop vac

    Decorating Tools

    • Wet tile cutter
    • Mini mitre saw
    • Junior hacksaw
    • Frog tape
    • Paintbrushes
    • Satinwood for doors, skirting etc
    • Mini foam roller
    • Paint roller kit
    • Sugar soap
    • Wall filler
    • Filling knife
    • PVA glue
    • Dulux easycare range
    • Furniture paint (no prep or sealing needed)

    Safety Equipment

    • Stihl Dynamic Bluetooth Ear defenders with visor
    • (I listen to Amazon Music with with the above)
    • Goggles
    • Dust mask
    • Safety boots
    • Rigger boots
    • Grip gloves

    Filming and Blogging Equipment

    • Camera
    • Mic
    • Tripod *always check charity shops first!
    • Memory cards
    • Memory card holder
    • Lightroom (editing blog photos)
    • Laptop
    • USB hub
    • Editing software
    • Solid State Drive
    • Solid State Drive carry case
    • WD passport external hard drive
    • WD passport carry case
    • Headphones
    • Updraftplus (for backing up wordpress blogs)
    • Onedrive cloud
    • YouTube Audio Library (royalty-free music)
    • Underdesk treadmill
    • Treadmill desk
    • Laptop stand
    • Extra monitor
    • Pop up desk socket
    • Ipiccy

    Storage Things I Use

    • 0.2L Really Useful Boxes for screw storage
    • 0.14L Really Useful Boxes for smaller screw storage
    • Twin slot rails and brackets for shelving
    • London brackets

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    Hi, I'm Vikkie Lee!

    I'm a UK multi-award-winning DIY home improvement blogger, YouTuber, and TV presenter as seen on ITV's Love Your Weekend with Alan Titchmarsh, BBC One, and many more.

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    Spring Projects

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    • DIY Wishing Well Planter (Upcycled Cable Reel)
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    Popular Projects

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    AWARDS

    • Brilliance in Blogging Award for Best Video - 2019 (Britmums)
    • AMARA Interior Awards 2018 for Best DIY blog - 2018
    • AMARA judge 2019

    TV Appearances & Publications

    • ITV's Love Your Weekend With Alan Titchmarsh (TV Carpenter)
    • BBC One's Right on the Money
    • The Sunday Times
    • The Yorkshire Post
    • Evening Standard
    • The Sun
    • Prima magazine
    • Homes & Property
    • And much more!

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