A repository of family recipes
A favorite recipe that you have written on a small piece of paper or your grandmother's secret ingredient for brownies belongs in every family treasury. So that you don't lose family secrets, put them all in a tea tin where they will always be at hand.
Sewing kit box
A needle with thread has the unique ability to hang around until you actually need it. Then you can run up and down the whole household, and no, no, find your sewing kit. Put all the balls, needles and safety pins in the Harney tin and solve the problem once and for all.