Why might you want a pet cremation box? People who own pets have big hearts. When you loose pets, it breaks your heart. You chose to cremate your pets to keep them close to you. As a tribute to your pet, you can keep their cremains in a beautiful box.

Crematoriums send the cremains home in a plastic or tin pet cremation urns. Although metal animal cremation urns are available elsewhere, we are offering pet cremation boxes which are truly unique, one-of-a-kind, and custom-made for your pet.

Here's what one pet owner wrote: "I think this is a fantastic idea. We had our dog creamated and we still have her ashes in a shoebox. Your boxes are a great idea. This is a real nice way to say good bye to a FAMILY member with the dignity that they deserve."

In a recent article published in the Wheaton Sun:

When Scott Davis decided to start his own business, he did not think outside the box. That's because he believed his success would depend largely on what went inside the box.

A maker of hand-crafted hardwood boxes, the Wheaton resident wanted his designs to stand out among other woodworkers' creations. So he decided to market them as final resting places for Fido or Fluffy.

"I knew there were boxes for human cremation," Davis said. "It's one-stop shopping — you go to the crematorium and you pick out what you want Uncle Joe to come home in. But with pets, you're stuck with what they give you.

"I've seen urns for pet remains, but none that are quite like these."

The article contines:
Using a band saw, he carves the boxes from such fine woods as black walnut, birdseye maple and mahogany, then embellishes them with exotic varieties such as purple heart, cocobolo and koa wood. [You can see samples on the Wood selection pages of this site.]

After Davis builds the boxes, he finishes them with long-lasting urethanes that allow the natural colors to come through. Then he hand-rubs the boxes for several hours until the wood takes on a silky sheen and feels like ivory.

Some boxes are exquisitely detailed, with stylized checkerboard patterns and wave-like undulations. [You can see samples of these on the Home page of this site.]

Although Davis has been collecting decorative boxes for 15 years, he did not begin to make his own until fairly recently. By the time he had completed his third woodworking class, his teacher commented, "I can teach people to make boxes, but what you're doing is art,'

Davis also makes jewelry boxes and hardwood containers with hidden compartments. He recently was commissioned to build a special box for storing fireplace matches.