Many of us will have a tube of tennis balls gathering¹ dust in the bottom of a cupboard. 

 

想必很多人都会有一管尘封于橱柜底的网球。

 

But the sports balls have many uses beyond the tennis court, and are in fact one of the handiest objects to have lying around the house in a pinch. 

 

From getting rid of static in the tumble dryer², to cleaning the pool and removing static, the bright green balls are remarkably³ versatile⁴. 

 

Static in your clothes can be a nightmare to remove, but if you don't have a box of dryer sheets handy - or are unwilling⁵ to shell out for the expensive laundry product - tennis balls are the solution. 

 

Homemaking blogger I'm A Lazy Mom suggests wrapping a tennis ball in aluminium⁶ foil as an alternative. 

 

'You get the benefit of the foil for the static, and you get the benefit of the tennis ball for faster drying and fluffier⁷ laundry!' she wrote. 

 

Changing up your curtain rod finials can be as simple as using a cutting out a hole in a tennis ball (enough to get for the rod to fit through). 

 

Then wrapping it with cloth matching your curtain, pop it on the end like a finial as shown on home DIY blog In Her Own Style. 

 

Mums with school children will probably have scuff⁸ marks around the home. 

 

To get rid of those pesky eyesores try rubbing a dry tennis ball on the black streaks⁹. 

 

Forget using a pool cleaning machine that costs hundreds to run a year, tennis balls can be used as a pool cleaner. 

 

Throw in a couple of tennis balls in the water to absorb up body oils and any small bits of trash on the top layer of the pool and you've got yourself an affordable¹⁰ pool cleaner. 

 

But if you have got a painful knot in your back, try using a tennis ball as massaging¹¹ device by laying back on it and rolling back and forth¹².

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