Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that tealish-jewel-tone-80s-prom-dress-that-has-been-collecting-dust-in-my-closet-for-20-years-fading-and-slowly-rotting-away-greenish color. Lucky for me it also comes in this color:
Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that pepto-pinkish-chewed-up-bubble-gum-that-was-spit-on-the-sidewalk-and-trapped-into-the-crevices-of-your-shoe-only-to-be-deposited-on-your-new-beige-carpet-where-the-dog-licked-it-until-you-put-her-outside-to-clean-up-the-mess-while-your-children-created-a-river-in-the-extra-bath-by-building-a-sink-damn-washed-out-rosish color. Lucky for me it also comes in this color:
Which is fine except really nothing in my entire house is that greyish-skies-so-dark-it-could-be-a-storm-brewing-or-it-could-just-be-those-blue-feelings-that-you-consider-committing-yourself-to-a-mental-institution-for-a-48-hour-watch-and-really-blue-is-much-prettier-then-this-so-you-are-insulting-blue-when-you-call-it-blue-bluish color.
What is with “decorative” tissue boxes?
There is really no excuse for this. The companies that produce these spend millions of dollars in product research. They employ thousands of employees dedicated to bringing me a box of tissue. Why couldn’t they employ an artist or interior designer in JUST ONE of those positions?
Let’s go shopping! I obviously missed the “really good stuff” on the paper products aisle:
What is THAT color? And for the record I have never ever seen a rose look so gloomy.
Alright! Finally something with some sort of style. But this only was made in bright fuschia because everyone’s kitchens, bathrooms and bedrooms are bright fuschia!
Here is a simple design 4 pack. With a grey sunflower, an weird orangish sunflower and two purple sunflowers. So, let me get this straight…they are selling this in a 4 pack because they expected that these 3 colors will fit right into my house?
Before you start re-painting your walls grey sunflower, weird orangish and too purple, you might want this information:
Yes, my dear reader, you will have to ACT QUICKLY because this set is for a limited time ONLY!
So then I saw this three pack:
I liked the top box:
Despite it being in a color scheme of pink and orange. I was going to look beyond that just because it was cute. Well, in context of the world of “decorative” tissue boxes it was cute.
It was packaged with this soccer-themed box (which sports that same weird green color):
And this perky box:
Which required closer inspection. I then noticed they all have this label:
Yes, this is Puff’s “anything but old-school” series. Finally, a tissue company puts the EDGY back in blowing your nose. This is what I have been waiting for.
Graffiti art tissue boxes…
decorated with skulls.
Perfect for my yellow painted GRUNGE themed masterbath…
Okay, so I’m lame. I just awarded you with an trophy only to come on your site and realize that I’d forgotten you already had it! Oh well, Consider yourself doubly honored.
So now you have a tissue supply for life, right? Unless of course someone in the Nirvana household gets a REALLY bad cold.
Have you seen those cute oval shaped tissue boxes that Kleenex is making now? I bought 3 of them and just refill them with the tissues from the ugly boxes. I’m cool like that.
Never again will I look at Kleenex boxes in the same way.
Its as if you go shopping WITH me. These are all the things I say- um, IN mY HEAD at the store. Take a look at the paper towel designs…equally missing the art department there too. Perhaps it is all designed by the same teal and pink loving artist? Who knows….
I was thinking that we need a series of “Runny nose Holly” illustrated tissue boxes…you should contact the Kleenex people.
I would love to see your Grunge themed master bathroom.
Blessings, E
ITA, I was actually thinking about writing on this very subject. The only tissue boxes I wouldn’t be ashamed to display are the generic ones, which come in nice plain sensible colors. Imagine suffering from allergies, and your tissue box is covered in… FLOWERS??? How insensitive!
Holly’s tissue budget goes through the roof!
I am SO with you on this tissue packaging. I didn’t see the ones I choose, so perhaps you are deprived in Texas, but I get the holographic monkey tissues. I probably pay twice as much for them, too (after I while my eyes glaze over in grocery stores and I stop looking at prices).
Remind me to show you the piece I wrote about paper towel platitudes…
I shed real tears when the store doesn’t have the red box with white modern-looking flowers that ALMOST matches my living room. I declare that box close enough and if I can’t get it, I’m sadcakes. I need style and panache when I’m wiping up snot, you know.
I like old school. I am old school. Even my boogers are old school.
The stupid thing is that the only time I even buy facial tissue is when I have a cold and then I just don’t care if it matches my decore.