Mason jars are glass jars which were used to preserve food items when there were no plastic containers to serve the purpose. The original design contains an aluminum disc shaped lid and the rubber ring under the lid which creates a seal. This article examines the reason why Mason jars are better for storage and fare better compared to other forms of storage such as plastic:

Every home in fact every room in the house has its own designing challenges regarding storage. The living room will also befuddle us with questions like Where on earth shall I put the sofa? or Where shall I install the cabinet?. However, it is the tricky corners, nooks and spaces that leave us scratching our heads.

If yours is a home with regular home-cooked meals, then the kitchen is perhaps one of those high-traffic zones, with lots of storage requirements, and easily prone to clutter. Not surprisingly, therefore, kitchen often pose the biggest challenge to decor and design. Today’s modular kitchens do provide you with wall-to-wall, ceiling-high cabinets with tons of storage, but this might still not suit everyone’s taste.

The term storage might be a relatively new term introduced to a commoner’s vocabulary, but its relevance has been felt and observed in day-to-day proceedings since the inception of modern living and designing of homes. Without this component, one can definitely imagine their living spaces to be extremely unkempt and almost inappropriate to live in.