From Homework to Home Office. If the space under the stairs is large enough to house a desk comfortably, use the space as a teenager's homework area or your own home office. For a small space, go compact: a narrow desk with computer monitor mounted to the back wall, the base tucked into a space on the side of the desk.f the space under the stairs is large enough to house a desk comfortably, use the space as a teenager's homework area or your own home office.
Union Station (Washington, D.C.) For the Washington Metro station, see Union Station (Washington Metro). Washington Union Station is a major train station, transportation hub, and leisure destination in Washington, D.C. Opened in 1907, it is Amtrak's headquarters and the railroad's second-busiest station with annual ridership of just under 5 million.
Today, the station continues to serve as a busy passenger rail and inter-city bus hub, but is now surrounded by the lofts and townhouses of the trendy Pearl and River districts. In the mid-1980s, the Portland Development Commission assumed ownership of Union Station, and a much needed, decade-long renovation began. In the 1990s, the transit mall was extended north along Fifth and Sixth avenues, connecting Union Station to the downtown transit spine.