Old Inventory window
The Inventory is the storage inbox of the game in CityVille. When you receive items from neighbors, collections, goals, or other sources, they will be placed here for you until you use them.
New Inventory[]
On February 14, 2012, a new and improved Inventory was released for everyone in CityVille, with more storage and grouping of items by categories to make finding them easier. The most recent items will be on the first page. The inventory storage will increase to hold 4,000 items. You will receive seven new categories: Recent, Consumables, Residences, Community Buildings, Businesses, Decorations, and Other.
Starting on January 23, 2012, players who paid 
30 Cash were among the first to get access to this new inventory.
With the addition of Downtown, a Downtown category was added.
On January 21, 2015, after weeks of complaints on the forums about hidden items taking upwards of 98% of the 2,000-item Inventory space, the cap was increased to 5,000.
Limits[]
Overall Limit[]
Currently, there is an overall limit of 5,000 items. If you are at the limit, any gifts or items you receive will not be added. This is something to keep in mind when nearing the limit, so you don't lose any items.
On December 7th, 2011, the Inventory was updated to hold 2,000 unique items. For example, if you have 10 marbles it will count as 1 item instead of 10 items.
Individual Limits[]
Certain items in your inventory have their own limits. If you reach the limit of a given item, you will get an Inventory Overflow pop-up saying "You have reached the maximum number of that item already in your inventory."
10 each[]
- Satin Pillow
- Whistle
6 each[]
- Hammer
- Power Drill
7 each[]
- Bubble Keycard
- Chandelier
- Drink Umbrella
- Open Coconut
- Table Mat
- Ukulele
- Welcome Treats
8 each[]
- Arch
- Bath Robe
- Beach Towel
- Bucket Seat
- Carriage
- Checker Flag
- Cone
- Control Box
- Deck Chair
- Display Light
- Fiber Optic Wire
- Headset
- Jolly Roger
- Leveler
- Light Bulbs
- Luggage Cart
- Overhead Bar
- Paper Weight
- Pencil Sharpener
- Protractor
- Phone
- Racing Pedals
- Racing Wheel
- Satellite Antenna
- Ship Prow
- Stapler
- Sunglasses
- Switchboard
- Toiletries
- Turnstiles
- Velvet Rope
- Visor
9 each[]
- Beach Cabana
10 each[]
- Crossing Sign
- Lumber Paint
- Primer Red
- Bricks Roof
- Tiles
12 each[]
- 2x4
14 each[]
- Canal Lock
- Rotor
- Generator
- Flood Gate
15 each[]
16 each[]
- Barometer
- Bucket
- Caterpillar
- Compass
- Dog Collar
- Doggie Bed
- Doggie Bone
- Doggie Food
- Frog
- Jersey
- Lockers
- Magnifying
- Glass
- Notebooks
- Paper Airplane
- Pipe Wrench
- Press Card
- Rubber Boats
- Sand
- Sand Mold
- Smores
- Spade
- Thermometer
- Visor
- Water Canteen
- Water Faucet
- Weather Balloon
20 each[]
- Safety Goggles
- Escalator
- Mannequin
- Parking Card
- Seahorse
- Starfish
25 each[]
- Balloon Animal
- Barecode Scanner
- Building Grant
- Chlorine Bottle
- City Seal
- Cotton Candy
- Flip Flops
- Glass Elevator
- Gold Plating
- Mall Directory
- Mall Fountain
- Petition
- Popcorn
- Ribbon
- Security Towers
- Sunscreen
- Tiles