Demo Room Dilemma

I'm very delicately teetering the rope of sanity right now trying to decide what to do with our downstairs bedroom. It's driving me absolutely insane! This room has been stripped for the last 13 months due to flood/sewage damage that happened just a month after we moved in. Long story short, the ceiling in the closet caved in and sewage spilled everywhere onto the carpet and seeped into the walls. After a VERY expensive clean-up, we had to rip out the carpet and re-do the ceiling and door casings for the closet. Everything is done, except the flooring. We have decided to go with a hard surface, and got a quote for Brazilian Hickory laminate from Home Depot, but Marc's brother sells hard surface flooring through Shaw and could get us a good deal on real hardwood. Even with the deal I am thinking thats a little more than I am wanting to spend on flooring for a guest room, so we will probably go with laminate wood. I currently have 5 horrific paint samples painted on the wall - all of which I LOVED in the store - none of which I could ever fathom staring at in my own home once the paint dried. UGH!



So the main dilemma is what the room should be.



I want it to be a fully functional and comfortable guest bedroom since my mom and step-dad visit so often, also for people to just crash since some of our friends live pretty far away and usually our nights of entertainment (few and far between as they may be) usually go into the wee hours of the morning.



I also have a DREAM to have a craft room. A nice big table to scrapbook on and just let my creativity wander into making whatever it is I feel like in that moment and having everything right there at my fingertips and the space to spread out and get it all done.



We also thought about having an office, but we really don't have a strong need to have anything more than a computer sitting on a table. He is finished with school, and I am...well...in remission (school can very much feel like a disease!) so other than a place to blog and pay bills we really don't need much space. Plus, we have a built in corner desk upstairs that I already have a vision for. Now whether this becomes the office space or the scrapbook space is still up in the air. DECISIONS!



Lastly, it would be nice if Marc and I could compromise somehow on where exactly all of his sports shenanigans should go. Since we finally decided to keep the pool table I am thinking floor length red drapes and he can pick a red team to go with. Picky Nikki just cant have green as much as I LOVE my Green Bay Packers, their colors are aweful. But not near as aweful as the Bears!

SO! I will present my ideas to hubby and get back to you!