Sorry man, even with my 3000 square feet of shop within 30 steps of my house, I feel your pain.
Never enough room. Mine's full, Ask Higgins...........
I don't know how HE can do it with 2 boys, 3 porsches, and umpteen VW bugs and Subarus and Cycles to wrench on..........
you need more space, I can't imagine working in a College Dorm Studio Apartment sized room you're describing. 12 x12 feet? Heck I need more room than that to just pisss and make a helicopter pattern..........