I really like spiders myself. I have become quite adept at getting them out of baths etc for people, since otherwise they'd be unceremoniously washed down the plughole.
I live out in the country, and there are a few spiders living in the house. They don't do any harm, and gobble the odd fly or whatever that finds its way in the house. Like I say, I actually LIKE them; I find them fascinating. That doesn't mean that they don't sometimes scare me..
Only trouble is, have to be careful the dawg doesn't see them scurrying across the floor, otherwise he hoovers them up and swallows them....