Vintage view: Make a record of your valuables

Kya deLongchamps says taking an inventory of your valuables is worth the inconvenience.

Imagine your favourite vintage or antique thing in the house, an artwork new or old will do.

Now, imagine it has been rudely ripped out of your life, and you are trying to describe its dimensions, shape, colours, identifying marks, its very existence, to the flat, emotionless face of An Garda Síochána, or your insurance provider.