You only need the tools that will do the job. Fancy tools just make it easier or faster. Do not fall for any of the " you need these 10 tools" You-Tube videos.
I think it was Rex Kruger who suggested you can do every job there is with a 1/4 inch chisel from cutting down a tree to joinery. It just takes a bit longer.
We love our clamps, but a bit of twine, blue tape, a wedge or two and you can do everything $80 Bessey clamps do. I can't count the number of magic specialty clamps I have tossed. Do you need fancy corner clamps? No, a DIY pinch rod and some twine can make any case square. Finish nails have been the go to clamp since the industrial revolution.
One thing you should consider is if you are going to use Western style tools ( push saw, push planes, tall benches) or Eastern style pull saws, pull planes, low benches. Consider if you want to be a power tool user or a hand tool user or hybrid. I still mostly prepare stock by power, but my joinery and finishing is by hand. I love my $600 3M sander, but for most jobs, my $12 scraper is a better tool.
What do you need? You need a place to work. You need some kind of bench depending on the kind of projects and Eastern or Western tools. You need a way to cut wood, make holes in wood, thickness and smooth wood. You need a way to hold wood. Vise, clamps for Western style, you or your significant other work just as well for Eastern style holding. ( sit on it!) From your list of projects, you could do it all with a jig saw, drill, and sandpaper using Home Despot lumber. Or, you could need a table saw, band saw, jointer, planer, thickness sander, shaper... You NEED eye, ear, and breathing safety protection. Sawdust kills. It takes a long time but it kills.
Oh, please don't buy cheap tools. I don't mean pay insane prices for boutique tools, but too cheap means you will buy again and be frustrated in the work. Some tools are very inexpensive, but still not cheap. Unfortunately, some are expansive and cheap garbage. Some vintage tools are excellent, a lot are trash. Woodworkers actually make a lot of their tools or at least accessories and mods to ones they buy.
FWIW, in hand power, I like Makita, Bosch and Milwaukee. I hate DeWalt. Can't afford Mirka or Festool. Horrible freight tools are disposable, but sometimes that is the right answer. Ridgid lifetime warrantee if a fraud even though the tools are not bad. Roybi is a big step down. WEN makes decent dirt cheap tools. Most of my hand tools are older, but not antique.
But of course, every project needs at least one new tool.
