Restore Lion OS from Lion Server Time Machine Backup?

I am running a Intel Imac 2008 clean install SL then Lion upgrade, followed by Lion Server install.  I have multiple home macs, and intnded the server as a way to monitor and restrict kids internet use.  In short, it has changes/screwed up multiple programs, and complicated home sharing issues considerably.  Mail on the server machine has permission problems (cannot send mail, unable to sign), Spotlight in mail is non-functioning, finder spotlight searches are inconsistent, etc.  I want to revert to plain old Lion.
I have done disk utility/verify disk and verified/repaired permissions, and have 'fiddled' (i'm not an expert) in the keychain/certificates areas, but I think the best solution is a clean install of Lion.  QUESTION:  When I backup to TIme Machine, is there a way to pull a 'Lion' version of my disk image back, and just not upgrade to Server?  I understand I can disable Server and turn off applications in Server, but it doesn't fix my buggy machine.  My options are to back up my 250GB of music, 100GB of photos, 100GB of movies, etc on to external drives, and clean install and then reimport everything, but even that will probably mean I cant reinstall my single user licesnse of MS office, VMware fusion, etc that I didn't buy on the App store.  I'd really love to be able to do this with Time machine.  Any chance?  or do I need to do the dark deed of 2 days of backup? 

Sorry, I don't mean to be stupid, but I want to be sure.  My impresion of Time machine disk images (I'm not a computer genius, but I'm , lets say, an expert novice) is that disk images (my term for the 'total view' of a computers main disk), differ depending on the OS.  I assume that applications and preferences referenced under SL could not be seamlessly imported into a Lion environment.  I'm assumng that the upgrade to Lion server has irrevocaby altered my startup/main volume into a "Lion Server" volume, and that if I try to pull my applications/data/preferences/mailboxes back onto a fresh Lion interface, it won't work.  Are you saying I'm wrong, and that I can simply erase my disc, clean install Lion via an internet connection, and re-import my "lion Server- altered' stuff back from aLion-server Time Machine disk image, seamlessly, into a Lion OS environment?  Sorry to be so concrete, but my wife will kill me if I %$@ the bed on this.  I appreciatre your help.

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