I think their are a few things wrong with the crafting stations and these are my suggestions to fix them:

1) Stations only seem to give a CP bonus, adjust it so gatherers also get GP when using them!

2) There are too many different stations, change this in a system like the dummies only with less steps in between. Dummies are made for every 10 levels. I think we need a crafting station with different effects for every 30 levels so the benefit is still noticeable.

3) If you activate a station and activate another one, previous effect would be replaced with the new effect. When you click on the item it should show the level of the furniture so people don't have to activate it first to figure out the effects.

4) Below are my suggestions for furniture:

Furniture 1: lvl 1-30 // +10 CP/GP
Furniture 2: lvl 31-60 // +15 CP/GP +5 control +5 perception +5 craft +5 gather
Furniture 3: lvl 61-90 // +20 CP/GP +10 control +10 perception +10 craft +10 gather

So as you can see, less stations "but" enhanced benefits over time meaning you always keep your edge no matter which level you are.

SE could also use the furniture we have now but add seperate stations for gatherers & turn them into tier 1 so they can add a tier version of each with improved benefits. But thats entirely based on what they can do or what they may have planned.