Tools: Bucket of Help

You could spend some time in your local home improvement store assembling all the tools needed for a minor household repair. Or you could buy a bucket of tools just right for the job.

This company markets its tools as specially designed for a woman's smaller hands, but users report having the wrest the tools from the hands of husbands and other males.

The Beginners Tiling kit is packed into a two gallon bucket and includes:

V-notched trowel

Square-notched trowel

Grout float

Grout saw

3" stiff putty knife

Sponge

Spacers

Latex gloves

Carpenter's pencil

Price for the kit is $44.95 (September 2005).

Supplier: Tomboy Tools, Inc.