If I could design one room in my house to suit only my needs, I would create a combination of an office and a bedroom.  My theme would be red and black, and heavily influenced by carnivals and circuses.  If would be a large, spacious, lofty room, with dim, soft lighting and a black marble floor.  Three of the walls would be black, the fourth would be painted in red and black diamond patterns. 

In this perfect room, I would have a computer for writing and doing homework.  Not just any computer -- a flat screen Dell, on a red wood desk.  I would have a flat screen, high definition television in this room, with a VCR, DVD player, and a large collection of horror movies to entertain myself with.

In contrast to all of the technology, I would have a large shelf filled with books -- horror novels by all of the greats, such as Stephen King and Clive Barker.  True crime books about the things people have actually done.  Books about Ancient Egyptian culture and mythology, the Aztec empire, and extra terrestrial life.  I would keep copies of Shakespeare's works, housed right next door to comics written by Rob Zombie.  It would be my shelf for inspiration in writing my own horror tales. 

By bed would be done in a red and black to match the harlequin theme of the room -- a water bed with a canopy fit for a queen.  The dresser and vanity would be carved from wood that matched the computer desk.  A lavish crushed velvet comforter would dangle lazily from the bed, pooling on marble floor in a crumpled heap. 

I would keep Venus fly traps and cacti for ornamentation, and they would grow wild near the balcony window.  Finally, I would have an aquarium, with two or three large piranha swimming about.  When my day was going badly, I could drop a steak in with my carnivorous fish and watch with delight as they ripped it to shreds. 

In a perfect world, this room would open up into a large balcony, over looking the sandy beach and warm ocean far below.