✅ Home Inventory Room Checklist Generator
Select a room to generate a checklist of commonly owned items worth documenting (with photos and estimated values) for your home inventory records.
What the generator gives you
Picking a room swaps in a fixed list of the things that room usually holds, each with a tick box. There are 41 prompts across the six rooms:
| Room | Prompts | Easiest to forget |
|---|---|---|
| Living Room | 8 | Rugs, artwork, the sound system |
| Bedroom | 7 | Closet contents, jewelry |
| Kitchen | 7 | Cookware, the small appliance drawer |
| Bathroom | 5 | Medicine cabinet contents, hair tools |
| Home Office | 7 | Monitors, filing cabinet papers |
| Garage | 7 | Power tools, bicycles, sports gear |
The ticks are working notes only. Switching rooms redraws the list and clears them, and nothing is saved when the tab closes, so copy each room into whatever document actually holds your inventory.
What to write down per item
A line that says “TV” is worth very little a year later. Record the make, model, serial number, roughly when you bought it and what you paid, and photograph the item with the serial plate readable. Receipts, order emails and card statements all help evidence an item existed and what it cost; whether a particular record satisfies a particular claim is between you and your insurer. Keep the whole thing outside the house — cloud storage or a deposit box — because a file on the desk burns with the desk.
Frequently asked questions
What should be included in a home inventory?
Anything you would ask to be paid for: furniture, appliances, electronics, tools, clothing, jewelry and the contents of closets and drawers. Groups are fine for low-value bulk — “kitchen glassware, about 40 pieces” — while anything with a serial number deserves its own line.
Do I need receipts to make a home insurance claim?
They make it easier, and their absence is not the end of it. Photos, serial numbers, card statements and the packaging in the garage are all evidence. Gather what you have before a loss rather than after one.
How often should I update a home inventory?
Once a year, plus after any large purchase. A walk through with a phone camera catches what a list written in one sitting always misses.