![1. Paintbrush](https://www.readersdigest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/2_115.jpg?fit=291%2C291)
1. Paintbrush
For chipped paint touch-ups, wrap a scrap of foam weatherstripping around a clothespin and clip. “Cosmetic sponges also make great dabbers,” says Carlsen.
![2. Measuring tape:](https://www.readersdigest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/3_114.jpg?fit=291%2C291)
2. Measuring tape:
For rough measurements, you can pick your own pocket. A dollar bill is a hair over 6 inches long, and a quarter is just shy of an inch in diameter.
![3. C-clamp](https://www.readersdigest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/4_106.jpg?fit=291%2C291)
3. C-clamp
Hold glued areas together with binder clips. Or for, say, a split table leg, tie string around the leg, leaving slack. Slip a pencil between the wood and string and twirl to tighten. Then tape the pencil in place.
![4. Sandpaper](https://www.readersdigest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/5_90.jpg?fit=291%2C291)
4. Sandpaper
An emery board can smooth touch-up paint jobs better than the real thing, Carlsen says, and it can “reach tricky areas, like the corner of a window.”
![5. Properly Sized Wrench](https://www.readersdigest.ca/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/6_76.jpg?fit=291%2C291)
5. Properly Sized Wrench
If your open-end box wrench is too big for the bolt you are tightening, try filling the gap with a coin.