Dispatches, methodology, and field observations on cataloging the home. Entered, edited, and filed by the Vorby desk.
Digital inventory vs manual receipts for taxes is not simply a choice between an app and a shoebox. It is a choice between two ways of proving what you bought, when you bought it, what it cost, where it is, and why the expense belonged to y…
Filed November 2026 · valuation terms Two sofas, one fire. Both policies respond. One check refurnishes the living room; the other buys a used sofa and a shrug. Nothing about the damage changed - only the settlement clause, and the paperwor…
If you want to track receipts for home office deductions, the goal is not to save every scrap of paper in a shoebox. The goal is to build a record that connects each claimed expense to a real payment, a clear business purpose, the part of y…
The ladder is not in the garage, and nobody remembers who has it. The fix is simple: write down every loan at the handoff, in one list, with the item, the borrower, the date it left, when it is due back and a photo. Below is the lending log…
A wildfire home inventory is a room-by-room record of what you own, made before fire season: photos or video of every room, garage, shed and yard, plus brand, model and serial numbers and receipts, kept somewhere off site. This checklist co…
roommates forget to inventory the things that seem too small, too ordinary, or too obviously “ours” to document. The television gets photographed, but the adapter that makes it work does not. Everyone remembers the sofa, while no one record…
Choosing among receipt organizer apps for tax time is not really about finding the prettiest scanner. It is about building a record you can trust when a deduction, reimbursement, return, warranty claim, or equipment purchase needs proof. Fr…
A kitchen can look organized and still hide an expensive coordination problem. One roommate buys an air fryer because the existing one is buried in a hall closet. A couple owns two immersion blenders because each brought one from a previous…
Choosing an inventory app vs spreadsheet for roommates sounds like a minor household decision until the blender disappears, the television breaks, or someone moves out and claims the air fryer. Shared homes blur the line between personal pr…
You hear about a recall on the news, or a friend forwards a notice, and the question is simple: is the one in my house affected? Answering it takes two things, the right government site and the exact numbers off your product. Here is how we…
Vorby is a careful record of what you own. The journal is the slow-print companion — the catalog itself is faster.