Good Question: Where Can I Find Spice Jars Like These?

Hi ATers, I recently saw a commercial for (totally unrelated) one of those personal label makers. And the commercial shows a woman in her kitchen which, along with her, is totally disheveled until, of course, she gets her hands on one of these label makers. After she and her kitchen pull it together, they show a shot of the contents of her kitchen cabinets. In the cabinet is a set of beautiful spice jars... I WANT THEM! They're cylindrical glass jars with a flat cork top, modern and sleek without being glass & chrome.

Any idea what I'm talking about? Where can I find them? The attached photo is from Bodum and the smallest they make is an 8oz. That's a lot of spice!! HELP!

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Amanda, you have us semi-stumped on this. We found some options that are close but not quite what you're looking for.

We found these 5 ounce jars and wood lids but they may not be as sleek as you'd like.

There's also a new lab-inspired solution: Wickwood wooden spice rack. (Pictured above.)

If you're willing to abandon the wood tops and go with metal instead then IKEA has the DROPPAR line.

Readers - we throw this out to your collective Googling power!

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www.bodumusa.com

They are Bodum storage jars, but these don't have cork tops.

http://www.bodumusa.com/shop/group_lines.asp?MD=3&GID=12&CHK=&SLT=&mscssid=BB3B47X6XXU58J3U68781QF7T8J1BK58

posted by enicoll on April 7th 2008 at 8:33am
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http://www.chefscorner.com//web/catalog/product_detail.aspx?pid=109560

The lids are not cork, but beechwood. Nobody seems to stock anything other than the medium size (20oz)

posted by pidgeon92 on April 7th 2008 at 8:51am
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I saw some of these jars just yesterday at The Container Store. They don't appear to be available online, but I remember looking at them and thinking, "Oh cool, storage jars by Bodum." Good luck with your search!

-Marisa from Slashfood

posted by MarisaMcC on April 7th 2008 at 9:06am
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We have some of these - they're great but very hard to find. I thought the wood might absorb odors from the food we store in them, but so far we've had no problems with that. Let me know if you locate a good online source that ships to Canada!

posted by Button on April 7th 2008 at 10:21am
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We bought one of the Bodum cork top containers from the Container Store for our Q-tips in the bathroom... The idea of the container is ok but the cork is not sturdy enough to stand up to daily opening and shutting. The rubber gasket pulls on the flimsy cork when you pull off the top and the cork broke. So we went back and got a different container without the rubber gasket.
The wood version lid would be better I think. Or a plastic version.

posted by kdb on April 7th 2008 at 10:43am
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if you must have cork and can't find it, i remember the ace hardware store in my hometown would custom cut corks for any jar you had. you could buy glass jars that make sense for you and source corks on your own.

posted by lindsey kathlene on April 7th 2008 at 3:27pm
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8-oz size with cork lid here.

posted by Jeri Dansky on April 7th 2008 at 10:34pm
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try Just By Nature Candle & Soap Supplies online for apothacary jars with lids in wood.

posted by kookie-eater on April 8th 2008 at 5:45am
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Even though these are a different shape, depending on the cupboard situation I might rather like these wider tureen jars. They have wide mouths so they'd be great for whole spices.

posted by faith on April 8th 2008 at 8:15am
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Bodum did use to make them with wooden lids. I've been drooling over them for a while, but there's no way I trust the hubby with glass storage jars. Thin glass storage jars, while we're at it.

posted by lolax on April 9th 2008 at 7:44pm
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