In Search Of The Perfect Tissue Box

DESIGN | by KAT SPELLMAN

EVERYONE’S PULLED TISSUES FROM ’EM: those boxes strife with garish colors and busy design adding to a room’s visual clutter. No matter what one’s design aesthetic is, whether contemporary or cottage, it’s rarely enhanced by a busily decorated tissue box.

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I’ve discussed the demise of Target’s fashion-forward plain white, grey and black tissue boxes from a couple years back and it turns out plenty of folks have ideas on how to make cold and flu season a little less ugly.

The best solution? For facial tissue giants to go ahead and create a line of boxes with solid colors and no decoration. But until then, “decant” that Kleenex (the rectangular boxes work best) and stack the tissue neatly on a plate, board or tray. Top the tissues with a smooth stone or pebble. Or spring for a decorative cover that’s subtle and in a material that enhances your décor, be it wood, metal, porcelain or — as is the case of this cool one made in Japan — acrylic.