Bicycle Mechanics - Workshop or Kitchen Table

How many of you guys have your own bike workshop? I was cleaning out mine today as it had become a store for all sorts of crap over the holidays. I built it last year as I had become fed up with trying to work in the house(not to mention getting nagged by the wife ;) ).
It's 10x8 feet and is pretty well decked out with tools and storage but I could always use more of both.

I have a spot in my basement...although, it too has become (always was) a catch-all. Slowly, I'm working it in to be mostly a bike area.

The biggest problem I have is the clearance height for my head. My house is a 1920 so I need to be very careful moving around down there. Duck or Bump I guess.

PJ

My Dad was a keen amatuer carpenter, so when he bought our house, outbuildings were a big factor. That's why I now have a huge (20x50 feet or so) workshop full of tools to play in. Two great big workbenches, two bench vices, table saw (great for cutting brake cables :) ), 1/2 size snooker table (don't ask), heaps of hand tools, lots of bike-specific ones I've bought over the years (the usualy stuff, cone wrenches, chain whip, homemade truing stand etc), and a welder and a compressor just in case.

A table in the spare room and the balcony for me. We live in an apartment at the moment, so I can't really set up a permanent work area. Sometimes I'll wander down to the garage if doing work on more than one of the bikes, but I prefer to keep the tools upstairs and it's usually easier to carry the bike up rather than the tools down. :)

One thing I'm definitely looking for in a house purchase is a good spot to set up as a workshop.

Since I've gotten 2 new (to me) bikes since Christmas and haven't been on a bike since 1991, my office is getting kind of tight. I suppose once the novelty of them being new rubs off, I'll move everything into the garage, where there is a good and well-hidden-from-street-view space.

Just a matter of getting organized.

55/Rad

I'm converting an 11x14 room in my house right now since I don't have a garage. Just finished painting a workbench I picked up at a school auction for $5.00. The top is butcherblock that looks great after sanding and a couple applications of linseed oil.

During warmer months, my truck is banished from the barn I call a garage. I took an old door, screwed a piece of plywood to it and hinged it to the wall. That way it can be folded out of the way if required.

During our bouts of -20°F weather, when I'm usually doing maintenance overhauls, I move down cellar (not down into the cellar....local dialect). Gets a little chilly down there, but the plus side is the beer stays cold.