{"id":1386,"date":"2012-11-26T19:46:19","date_gmt":"2012-11-27T00:46:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/blog\/?p=1386"},"modified":"2012-11-26T19:46:19","modified_gmt":"2012-11-27T00:46:19","slug":"charging-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/26\/charging-station\/","title":{"rendered":"Charging Station"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>My husband made the household a charging station!\n<\/p>\n<p>Since a lot of devices these days use either the mini-USB or Apple style dock, we just created a charging station with a couple of purchased items and materials on hand.\n<\/p>\n<p>First, we got these organizer boxes from Staples.  Yes, it&#8217;s a Martha Stewart product.  Don&#8217;t judge me.\n<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse:collapse\" border=\"0\">\n<colgroup>\n<col style=\"width:239px\"\/>\n<col style=\"width:228px\"\/><\/colgroup>\n<tbody valign=\"top\">\n<tr>\n<td vAlign=\"middle\" style=\"padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staples.com\/Martha-Stewart-Home-Office-with-Avery-StackFit-Shagreen-Inboxes\/product_SS1063534\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/090113_2235_ChargingSta1.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td vAlign=\"middle\" style=\"padding-left: 7px; padding-right: 7px\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.staples.com\/Martha-Stewart-Home-Office-with-Avery-StackFit-Shagreen-Organizer-Brown\/product_364775?externalize=certona\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/090113_2235_ChargingSta2.jpg\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Then my husband put a power strip in the drawer with some USB adapters and cut a few holes for cords \u2013 two with the mini-USB that Androids and many other phones use, and the ubiquitous white cord for the Apple.  Because the box was shallow, it was lucky we had these little adapters from our Kindles and an old Palm device, as some of the larger adapters don&#8217;t work as well.\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/090113_2235_ChargingSta3.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>He just threaded the appropriate cords through the holes and now we have:\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/noelfigart.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/090113_2235_ChargingSta4.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>So, we finally have a nice central charging station in the house for our families and guests to use.  This makes me happy.  Flylady aficionados, yes that is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flylady.net\/d\/control-journals\/\">household control journal<\/a> in the back slot there.  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My husband made the household a charging station! Since a lot of devices these days use either the mini-USB or Apple style dock, we just created a charging station with a couple of purchased items and materials on hand. First, we got these organizer boxes from Staples. Yes, it&#8217;s a Martha Stewart product. 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