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I have a hybrid system with my closet and Evernote:

The closet was something of a mess—assorted things used with varying frequency. After purging what obviously could go, I bought identical boxes that would fit in the shelves of the closets and labelled them with letters.

I then created an index. Each box got a new note in a dedicated Evernote notebook named according to its label, and in the body of the note I listed its contents.

My closet now had full text search. This made it ridiculously easy to find any random item I might need. I just had to type the name of the thing, and the matching note's name would tell me what box to look in.

Also, when I needed to find something, I always added an "x" on a newline under the thing when I retrieved it. This updated the last modified time of the note. After awhile, the boxes with the oldest last modified times became prime targets for future purging. It also made it very obvious when frequently used items should get dedicated space with quick access.