The Seven Essential “Stations” Every Home Should Have

Those are all great stations. I wish I had the time to create them all in my house. Maybe soon, who knows.

What about a cleaning station? This would be a place to keep everything needed to clean the other stations. Vacuumns, dust busters, rags, paper towels, mops, buckets, dust pans, cleaners, etc.

Hi everyone- thanks for the comments! Of course there are many other essential elements to a home– obviously people cook and clean and sleep. These stations I wrote about are the ones that are most often missing that we end up adding as organizers when we work with people. These stations represent functions that are often scattered around in different places and are being done haphazardly with lots of running around looking for supplies. We centralize these functions around these stations to make things more efficient. – Lorie

A battery station – for the battery recharger and extra batteries. A good place also for extra flashlights.

Scott, how many houses have a “letterbox” by the front door or a any attached mailbox at all? What’s a letterbox? UR dum.

Oh get a grip woman! I mean, I am into my productivity in a big way. I GTD and Ect. But there has to be a line….

We need a point in the archtechtonics of productivity beyond which the accepted increases in productivity are inversley proportionate to the mental goblededook we must say to ourselves in order to faciliate the productivity increase. In other words, take a chill pill and waste a little time:

Life is to short to live like a robot.

I agree with Matt.

If you have a family with more than one child than having at least a couple of these stations will help or you’re about to be or are already knee deep in papers. I’ve got all these stations and I’m still drowning in school work, mail and repair invoices.

7 essentials for people who aren’t living in pampered yuppie wonderland:

1) Entrance Security Station (prevents intruder survival)
2) Weapon Station (blades + guns storage and maintenance)
3) Starvation Prevention Station (secure food storage and preservation systems)
4) Water Station (purification and storage)
5) Medical Station (for treatment of damage sustained gathering food and water and preventing intrusions)
6) Sleep Station (protected core habitat for sleeping, infants, and post-medical recovery)
7) Fabrication Station (for creating and maintaining clothing and footwear)

I second the vote for a battery station, but at my house I’ve expanded it a bit.

I was tired of having chargers scattered throughout the house with tangles of cords everywhere: Cellphones, the kids walkie talkies, the PDA, misc battery chargers, … I’ve centralized them all in a charging station with holes drilled for cords and a couple of power strips hidden at the bottom.

Maybe these are the decoded names of the Dharma Initiative stations

I’d add a “kill myself now” station in anticipation of realising my life was so freaking banal.

> Maybe these are the decoded names of the Dharma Initiative stations

Good one, Sean.

I agree with one who questioned why some are so cranky? Not every tip is for everyone so you chill. You’d be surprised at how many people, when asked for wrapping paper, tape, and scissors have to go to three different places in their home and hunt for these items.

Yes, these types of things can be done in a studio apartment. It’s the same as ‘zones’ as many organizers call them. I find it interesting that some posters called this a waste of their time, but so is searching or zig-zagging around for things that could/should be kept or done together.

If you’re concerned about valuables, your ‘destination’ station can be away from the door (even in another room), but still convenient and ‘like with like’ as the professionals say. Or simply use cabinets/cupboards with drawers or doors, even locks.

I also second the need to include a recycling station. Too many people don’t do it simply because they think it’s inconvenient. I’m getting ready for a big move and am looking forward to making sure everything runs smoothly and that certainly includes setting up stations before wayward clutter can take hold.

I would’ve thought the communication station would’ve been #1 instead of the destination station.

I’ve never liked keeping things by the front door, it makes that area look cluttered no matter how well you store them. I put everything on the shelf in my closet. I put my clothes on from the closet and then fill my pockets. When I empty my pockets everything goes on that shelf with the rest of my personal items and the closet door closes and its all hidden. This way everything is accessable in the middle of the night when I get woke up hearing a bump, I don’t have to stumble to the front door to find anything.

Very useful. Thanks!

I mix the education station with the Home office. Is this wrong. Actually the whole station thing is kind of new to me. But I can see where it would be beneficial. However, I work from home and to be honest sometimes the home office gets old and I like to switch it up and work on the couch. I don’t know if that is good organization. LOL

May I suggest the following 2 stations:

- Travel station: this is were I keep my foreign SIM cards, my wallets and coin purses with foreign currencies, my passport, luggage scales, cable ties (to ensure things don’t tumble around in your luggage), and leather luggage tags

- Recycling station: paper and cardboard, tins and plastic, Tetrapak cartons, batteries

These also save you from eating something horrible, nutrition-wise, just because you’re a captive somewhere. I don’t o anywhere without a few energy bars in my bag.

These also save you from eating something horrible, nutrition-wise, just because you’re a captive somewhere. I don’t o anywhere without a few energy bars in my bag.

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