Using Microsoft Excel spreadsheets you can create an inventory management system to simplify this process and keep everything organized in one place.

"Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management, Spreadsheet Supplement for Instructors (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 104-211, June 2010.

You can create a simple home inventory using any spreadsheet program: Excel, Google Docs, OpenOffice, etc. But what information should you include, and how should you organize it?

Wheelwright, Steven C., and William Schmidt. "Scientific Glass Incorporated: Inventory Management, Spreadsheet Supplement (Brief Case)." Harvard Business School Spreadsheet Supplement 104-210, June ...