Well, I've tried going into the home.tpl and replacing:
{include file="stuffonleftside.tpl"}
with
{if $main ne "catalog" or $current_category.category ne ""}
{include file="stuffonleftside.tpl"}
{/if}
While it DID take out the left side contents on the homepage and left it as is on the other pages, it still left a big white space that my homepage image didn't fill up across entire 100% page width.
Help?