Dispatches, methodology, and field observations on cataloging the home. Entered, edited, and filed by the Vorby desk.
Imagine your home is suddenly gone, a fire, a flood, maybe a burglary. Could you list every single item you owned from memory? One Reddit user recounted how their friends faced this exact nightmare after a house fire: “The insurance wanted …
What if your savings lost nearly 10% of their value in just one year? It happened in 2022, when U.S. inflation surged 9.1% – the highest jump in 40 years . Prices for everything from gas to groceries skyrocketed, squeezing household budgets…
Let’s be honest: staying organized at home can feel like an endless battle. The dishes multiply, the clutter spreads, and before you know it, your space feels chaotic again—no matter how often you clean.But there’s a ridiculously simple hab…
In 1981, U.S. mortgage rates hit a staggering 16% – a figure unimaginable to today’s homebuyers . By 2021, they plunged below 3%, marking a modern record low . Mortgage rates have always been on a rollercoaster. Let’s explore how rates evol…
Your garage door groans open, revealing not a shelter for your car, but a battleground. The familiar smell of musty cardboard and motor oil hits you. That bike you meant to fix three summers ago mocks you from the corner. Piles of forgotten…
The Clutter Crisis: Drowning in StuffWould you believe the average American home contains around 300,000 items? It’s true – from paper clips to couches, our houses are brimming with possessions . In fact, U.S. house sizes have nearly triple…
It starts with a single drawer. The infamous “junk drawer.” Then it’s a closet. Soon, it’s an entire room you just keep the door closed on. You tell yourself you’ll get to it "one day," but "one day" never seems to arrive.Sound familiar?You…
I had been struggling with too much stuff and I don't think a lot of people feel like we necessarily had a lot of stuff. We don't have an overly large house or a lot of storage, but we still struggled with organizing all the stuff we had. M…
Vorby is a careful record of what you own. The journal is the slow-print companion — the catalog itself is faster.