Experimental meaning I've thrown in an assortment of seeds. LOL I figure if something other than weeds grow there then great! I could then transfer to a more appropriate place in my garden. Definitely not elm seedlings though...we are pretty much treeless in this area. Any other ideas? Could it be monarda or bee balm?

@ dan1888 Thank you for the feedback. I will keep that in mind. @ jck910 I need the space because I do expect to have grand-children in the next five years (son and DIL). Also, I work from home. Thus, a home office. is needed and I have a literal gym (pretty much anything you can find at a chain gym (Lifetime Fitness, 24 Hour Fitness, etc....), I have in various rooms now and in my garage. I couldn't find a home that could accommodate the exact space I wanted and the homes are skyrocketing here. When I say in my budget. I just meant the price of the home. Not counting the budget I have for making modifications. @ mama goose_gw zn6OH Great idea as well. Thank you for the image. Works better since I'm a visual person! @ herbflavor Yes. There are amenities. One it's a gated master planned community (pools, parks, biking trails, amenity center, splash pad, etc) in a fantastic part of town. It's also a Smart Home. I was specifically looking for a gated community. My original intention was to put my office in the "formal dining room" area. However, that is the location of my current home office and with Amazon Prime deliveries and barking dogs. I had to rethink. Hence, getting rid of the breakfast nook. I have never planned to have two tables in the home. I do like your suggestion. Since I personally have two contractors friends, I knew if I didn't find the exact house I wanted, I modify and ensured I had cash reserves. @Helen Very good feedback. Thank you. @bry911 Wow....more great ideas and feedback. @Chess-yeah that's me The idea was to put an island there instead of a breakfast nook. I don't feel I need it now. From the front door you actually see the formal dining because of the wall that separates the kitchen from the formal dining room. So if you were at the front door. To the immediate right is a 1.5' - 2' wall, where I could perhaps put a plant or something (don't know). Then you take about 2 - 3 steps and you see whatever is in the formal dining room. Once you take another 2 - 3 you can maybe seen the kitchen. But, because there is a column there, it isn't a clear sight line. @functionthenlook Your comments do resonate with me. @benjesbride And the great feedback keeps coming. Thank you so much! @Sophie Wheeler Couldn't agree more. Especially, if the "budget" didn't include modification money. I hope I didn't miss replying back to anyone. It was my first post and I didn't see a reply button with any of your post. This has been the most amazing feedback. Truly thought provoking, which is appreciated.

Wall colour is the last thing you choose, after you choose the bedding. Do you have carpet or a rug already? You can have a pink room without having pink walls. A non-pink neutral wall colour makes it much easier to change things up when it comes time to switch out the unicorn theme to a different one. And no worries about mis-matching purple-pink with orange-pink. My youngest granddaughter even has a blue painted room and it's plenty girly with all her stuff in it. If I were you I'd paint it pale gray and bring on the pink and purple accessories - low stress decision and it will look great. Especially during lockdown, try looking at pictures on the internet of how the colour looks in various rooms. You'll be looking at rooms with various lights and windows so it will give you an idea of how the colour will change. Remember that when looking at paint samples, you're looking at such a tiny area that it's hard to imagine a whole room of it. An average bedroom would have over 50,000 of those little square inch samples LOL. Even painting a swatch on the wall is influenced the the existing wall colour. As far as getting children's input on their rooms, I recall being asked to choose my bedroom paint colour at age 12. I found it stressful because I didn't really know what to do. When it was painted I disliked it because it was way too intense, but I never said so because I knew the expense, and the trouble my Dad had taken to paint it. I wished I had just had someone tell me what would look good with my bedspread. I would get a decal or big poster, instead of painting the wall.

This might not be any of my business, but are you fostering or adopting? Part of your post make me think that you are and if so I have been there and done that with a grey room too! I over thought the heck out of it and in the end a friend set me straight. "Get all the basic furniture, add twinkle lights, and get some fun inexpensive bedding." Anything goes with grey. Truly. If this is not your situation, and this kiddo already lives with you, pick out three comforters and ask them to select one. Do they love horses, butterflies, cars? Go with what they like and choose accent colors for objects around the room that coordinate with the bedding.