And so, I cocooned her tissues in a lace cover I found on eBay. “Oh, I love it, Mommy. It feels like me,” Bluebell told me when I asked what she thought of her new tissue-box cover.

While aesthetics like the '70s interior design is making a big comeback, it's smaller ornaments like doilies and tissue box covers that are making the biggest impact in an understated yet retro way.

Surprisingly, we found stylish tissue-box covers — in a range of styles and price points — from Dusen Dusen, Yamazaki, Monique Lhuillier, Umbra, Jonathan Adler, and more.

She says, ‘One of the pain points of tissue box covers is how lightweight they are. You pull a tissue and the entire box comes with it! Not fun in the middle of the night when you are sick and get hit ...