The Engraved Oak Tissue Box Cover

There's a tissue box in nearly every room of the house, and nearly all of them are ugly. This is the fix.

Solid oak, cut and carved at our workshop in Kent, sized to drop over a standard cube tissue box so the cardboard disappears and the oak does the work. The lettering is cut into the grain rather than printed, so it stays long after the tissues have gone. We finish it in oil rather than lacquer, which keeps the wood warm to the touch and lets it age the way oak should.

Each wording is chosen for a particular spot in the house. BLESS YOU for the hall. IT'S THE ONIONS for the kitchen worktop. HAY FEVER HQ for the bedside table in May. Choose one of our standard engravings from the list below, or have your own words carved instead.

A second side can be carved as well, so the box can hold a name, a date or a private joke on the turn. That makes it a proper present rather than a stock item, and it is what turns it into a wedding, birthday or new-home gift.

It earns its keep, and it will outlast the box inside it.