You probably have a pair of tweezers sitting in your bathroom drawer right now, doing absolutely nothing except waiting for a stray eyebrow hair. What if that little tool could pull double duty all over your house? Turns out, tweezers are one of the most underrated gadgets in your home, and once you start using them this way, you’ll wonder how you managed without them.

Get the Stuff You Can’t Reach

You know that French fry your kid dropped between the car seat and the console three weeks ago? Tweezers. The mystery fuzz lurking behind your HVAC vents? Also tweezers. HVAC expert Eli Zimmer says to always keep a firm grip, especially inside ductwork where they could get stuck. And before you go poking around any electrical system, power everything off first. Safety first, always.

Cook Like an Actual Chef

Chef Mark McShane swears by tweezers in the kitchen. They’re the best tool for pulling pin bones out of fish fillets, and those narrow tips make placing microgreens or edible flowers on a plate look like something out of a restaurant. McShane also uses them when sauteing small garlic slices, capers and shrimp, flipping or moving individual pieces without splashing hot oil. You can brown small pieces without wrestling with a bulky spatula. Your weeknight dinners just got a little fancier.

Fix Your Tech Without the Frustration

Fine-tipped tweezers are perfect for cleaning pocket lint out of your phone’s charging port. They also shine when you need to stabilize a tiny screw in a tight space during a repair. Darcy Turner, who tackles a lot of home tech fixes, says tweezers help keep small parts from disappearing down into a computer case, and the key is applying steady, controlled pressure. Pro tip: grab ceramic-tipped tweezers when working around electrical connections so you don’t accidentally cause a short.

Start Your Garden Right

If you’re getting your spring garden started, tweezers give you a level of precision that your fingers just can’t match. Keith Sant recommends using them to place small seeds exactly where you want them in the soil. This cuts down on overcrowding so each seedling gets room to grow strong. Sant also notes it gives your garden a clean, polished look right from day one. For those super-light seeds that won’t cooperate, dampen the tweezer tips slightly and they’ll stick right on.

Handle the Bathroom Stuff Nobody Wants to Touch

Tweezers are surprisingly great for bathroom maintenance. Pulling hair clogs out of drains, removing stray silicone strings from around the tub, fixing all those small and fussy problems where your fingers are too big and a bulky tool would scratch the tile or scuff the tub. Bathroom restorer Robert D. Puleo recommends using long or bent tweezers with a flashlight for pop-up drains, so you can actually see what you’re grabbing instead of blindly scraping around.

Clean Up Your Paint Jobs

After a weekend painting project, tiny paint nibs, dried drips and stray masking tape threads can drive you crazy. Tweezers let you clean those up without disturbing the surrounding paint. Fencing expert Matthew Prato says this works especially well on coated metal surfaces like fences and gates. He also uses them to pull out embedded plant fibers, splinters and wind-blown seed husks from wood inlays and timber details. That level of precision is tough to beat.

Tackle the Finishing Touches on Renovations

Once you’ve scraped away old caulk, tweezers help you grab those last stubborn bits that refuse to budge. Remodeler Manny Kavouklis also reaches for them when shaving wood trim to prevent splinters or recovering screws in hard-to-access spots during a project.

This is what smart home ownership looks like. One simple tool, used creatively, saving you time and frustration in every corner of your house. Pick up a quality pair, toss them in your junk drawer (you know, the good junk drawer), and you’ll be reaching for them more than you ever expected. Spring projects are right around the corner, and now you’ve got one more ace up your sleeve.