The Ever-Evolving Charging Station

My biggest pain point…It’s not the endless socks that my boys drop throughout the house like Hansel and Gretel lifeline crumbs. And it’s not the shoes they place exactly NEXT to, instead of IN, the designated shoe basket. (Yep, we organizers have our crosses to bear too). You want to know my biggest challenge to keeping my home “Organizer-Approved”? It’s what I call, my Tech Station — i.e., where we charge and store our household phones, tablets and smart watches.

With five people in my house, multiple devices per person, and three different charging heads (still waiting on universal charger mandates!), these are some of the options I’ve tried and/or want to try that meet my qualifying criteria:

• Must be aesthetically pleasing

• Must be able to charge no less than five devices simultaneously

• All devices must be easily accessible to connect/disconnect

For the time being, what’s been working for me is the use a multi-port USB charging brick, where I then thread the cords through the basket weave of a decor-friendly hyacinth basket. All the cumbersome cords and devices stay [largely] hidden in the basket and are easy for everyone to grab and go.

We’d love to hear your ideas for the charging stations that have been working for your families. Drop a comment!