How could you not? Old stoves are beautiful. :)

I'm not sure how comfortable a desk it would be for actual sitting--you'll have to go down to the basement and pull up a chair and spend some quality time with it. If your oven door flips down like that one, you could maybe treat the door like an old secretary--put something flat on it to serve as a writing surface with stationery (okay, phone chargers or a laptop) inside and put cookbooks on the burner surface. (I suppose you'd have to cover up the burners as well--marble? Butcherblock?)

Also at least one pot of herbs.

You could have the heaviest desk on the block!

I have an old, non-functioning stove in my dining area, adjacent to kitchen. I use it to store potatoes, and onions, in the drawers, and grocery bags in the oven.

You could store snacks for the kids, or baking supplies--flours and grains in the oven, spices in the drawer. Or baking equipment--cooky cutters in the drawer, pie plates in the oven, stand mixer on a board on the cook-top, rolling pin above cook-top, and cookbooks above oven. Lots of possibilities. :)

I'm wondering how small the actual oven interior might be. It would be kinda cool if you could fit a toaster oven into it. All of the racks and extra pans for the toaster oven could go into the drawer. It would kind of be a riff on it's original purpose. And at least you wouldn't have to worry about the clearances to a combustible surface!

Or actually, electric ovens are pretty simple. I'd rewire it, and get some new coil elements and an oven element, and use it as a buffet warmer and snack warmer for entertaining. Maybe put it somewhere closer to the eating area for convenience for guests.