I use to have a bench in the middle of the basement, it worked great, I could reach a plane from any side w/o having to move it. That's a must when checking incedences, not disturbing the model to keep the plane locked in position. Right now my bench is along the wall and is 12' long and true/flat. under storage set back which doubles as a foot rest too. All I need to add is a vise, a mini fridge and a lcd tv on the wall for the videos I wanna watch?! but then I might come out of the cave only when the weather is nice enough to fly, my girl would hate me for a long time! man, I'm gonna miss her, but o-well. lmao!