I'm using the basement as my bike repair area. Oddly, DH seems pretty happy about the arrangement, even though I ask him to haul the bike up and down the stairs. He does get testy when I use the top of the freezer as a workbench, though.

And yes, there is nothing like pottering around on a bike, in your slippers, sipping tea, and listening to your tunes on a pair of tinny speakers while a blizzard blows outside. Pure bliss. {sigh}