One wish I have for this game is for there to be a hotkey for the activated abilities. Something like 1 activates the first one, 2 the second... and so on.
@borshon -- If you have more than one crafting station, your worker will always use the one that is upgraded the least but still high enough for the item you are crafting. In the instance you are describing, it sounds like you have either one upgraded more than the other and your second worker needs the upgraded one that is being used, or you have two anvils that aren't upgraded enough for the item you need.
@ominous87 You can place your items on the sidewalk outside your shop when you are remodeling your shop. You can't keep them there, but when they're on the sidewalk they can overlap eachoter.
@Wheelsie -- You can either get a few as a reward off of some quests, or you can upgrade your fabric mill to level 2 and then put the resource bins in.
Katiie10 -- upgrading the bid will allow you to store more resources. If you want to upgrade how quickly they refill, the different buildings in the town are what you need to upgrade.