help! where can i find stylish tissue boxes?
Chances are, this Bard tissue box cover doesn’t cut it.
It’s allergy season and I’m sniffling up a storm. Between that and a recent cold, I’ve gone through more tissues then I care to count. I don’t really have a brand allegiance (Kleenex, Puffs — they’re all the same to me), but I do always look for the least offending box design before I buy. We’ve talked about the stylish oval Kleenex box line, but the higher price tag seems an unnecessary expense during this high-usage season. (Maybe when the sniffles slow down I’ll reconsider.) Does anyone know where to buy stylish tissues that don’t cost more than the design-impaired boxes that are on my grocery store’s shelves? Are tissue box covers totally passé? Is there a cover out there that won’t leave my bedside table looking like it belongs in my grandmother’s bedroom? Please help! –Erica P.
May 15th, 2008 at 5:51 am
i have the toro tissue ring and love it…
http://www.vessel.com/prod_cur_toro.html
May 15th, 2008 at 5:59 am
I love the toro too but haven’t dared try it in a house with two kids under 4. I have been searching for something nice (actually three somethings - three different rooms) for months.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:30 am
I was going to suggest the Toro ring, too. Some alternatives if you don’t want the bare your tissues:
Plain covers, like these from West Elm:
http://tinyurl.com/3e9w59
Pottery Barn has lots of options, from lacquer to wood to metal (as do Target, etc.)…If you want a bit more of an old-school pharmacy/french flea market feel, maybe this one?
http://tinyurl.com/4bmokn
I think the question was actually about boxes that tissue come in, but I think you’re better off just getting a simple cover.
May 15th, 2008 at 6:56 am
Trader Joes has really cute boxes of tissue that are 99 cents each. Not reusable of course, but there’s a green toile patterned one I love!
May 15th, 2008 at 7:33 am
I bought a few of the cute Kleenex boxes with the idea that I would keep reusing them, just buying “plain” refill tissues and putting them into the pretty boxes. But I haven’t run out of the original tissues yet (no allergies!) so I can’t say whether my scheme will actually, um, work.
May 15th, 2008 at 8:48 am
I really like this one: https://www.canoeonline.net/shop/index.php?id=796
A little expensive maybe, but it’ll last forever and basically go with any style.
May 15th, 2008 at 10:02 am
I like these covers from Lotta Jansdotter:
http://tinyurl.com/6ecc5n
May 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm
I like to buy the mini tissue packs at target or Trader Joe’s and then put them in handmade tissue covers (something like this: http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=11807357 ). That way I can keep a bunch of small stashes hidden around the house and in my purse, and I don’t have to look at an unsightly tissue box. It got me through a pretty harsh round of colds this past winter. But if your allergies are really bad, I suppose mini tissue packs may not be big enough to be useful.