Does your Husband care how you decorate?

[The Nester]

I had a friend once who said it took an act of congress just to buy a lamp in her house. Her loving husband REALLY wanted to be involved in every decorating decision! How sweet! And I think a little frustrating for her!

My husband doesn't really care what I do as long as I stick to the budget. Actually, I think he really likes for me to do stuff because it makes me so happy and when he comes home I'm all in a good mood!

When Mama's happy everyone is happy!

How does it work in your house?

[Darla]

For the most part, my husband could care less as long as I'm happy.

There are a few items that he will be skeptical about or mention something about (but NEVER a small item). Most of the time he acts really impressed that things look so good (he almost acts surprised --- like he can't believe I could pull it all together -- bwahhahahah -- after 16 years of being together and he still has the "oh ye of little faith" syndrome).

I have a friend who can't even move the couch AWAY FROM THE WALL because her husband makes such a stink about it. I'm like - ummm your living room is 24 x 24 -- -get the furniture away from the wall!!!!!!!!!!! Nope. It'd make him too mad.

[Cara]

LOL!!! Boy oh boy.. can I relate to this! Luckilly, for now, hubs has his own office at work. With 4 walls and a door (very uncommon in the military!) We have all of his "collectibles" there!! It looks great in his office, but I dread when he retires in a couple of years and we have all of that stuff back at home!!

[Kerry]

My husband definitely has opinions as to what he likes and dislikes. I would never purchase a major item without his input. We actually do much of our shopping together because he enjoys it. I know his taste fairly well and I want our home to be a place where we both feel comfortable. I'd love to go all toile and fluffy but DD and I are outnumbered by a husband and 3 boys, they need to feel like it is their home too.

[The Nester]

I love that you shop for your house together! My husband actually found the toile pattern for our sofa when we were out sofa shopping--I would have never guessed that he could tolerate it! Its' just me and him and 3 boys but he cared more that it was comfy so we both got what we wanted!

[Happy Mommy]

My husband could careless how we decorate our home and he rarely notices when I make changes.

[Alicia]

Funny story; when we first got together, my husband and I went couch shopping. I was longing for the flowery couches, but looking at beige ones, thinking of my 4 year old and future children...he wanted a bright red navajo print couch. That was it, that was the one. I said no. 9 years later, I am still accused of "not liking color" because of that couch. We were just talking about that story last night, and he laughed, and said "Well, you like color, but not garish color; all your colors are muted and not-quite old lady." I told him I'm going to paint the ceiling pink today to make him feel more at home. :)

[Tracey]

When we first got married I thought the job was all mine and was shocked when my husband had such strong opinions about the house decor. Well, it turns out he is AMAZING at choosing paint colors (and I am not so amazing at it because I just can't visualize what it will look like beyond the 2x2 paint chip.) So all I have to do is give him a ballpark of the color I want and he does the rest. Picks the color and does all the work. God blessed me good with him!

As far as furniture decisions, we make them together and tend to like the same things. Beyond paint and furniture he really doesn't care how I decorate the rest, like Nester, as long as I stay within our spending plan. (I can't bring myself to say the "B" word.)

[The Nester]

Picking the right paint color is SO much harder than it seems! What a great team you are!

[Rhoda]

About the same for me. I thought my hubby was going to get into it more when we first got married, but he has wisely turned it over to me to make most of the decisions. If there is something big to pick out (like a light fixture) he will want to OK it first and luckily, he likes what I pick out, so no problems there either. Of course, I have to stick to a budget too, so he appreciate my dedication to finding a bargain! And I do always find a bargain out there.

[Kate]

When we had our old house that we were remodeling, I found that we were pretty much in sync on what we liked and didn't like. Now we're getting starting building a new house so it'll be interesting to see how our tastes compare in stuff like flooring and cabinets. I think we agree for the most part on the basic "feel" for our home - not too cluttered or busy, but warm & inviting.

[Michelle Smiles]

My husband cares about most things. Some of the details he will say he doesn't care but most things he wants to weigh in on. If I really press the issue, he will usually let me have my way but I like that he cares about our home so I don't want to discourage it completely. It can be frustrating though when I have a vision and he isn't on board or can't see it. Choosing paint colors takes forever! Thankfully we have similar tastes but still makes it harder.

[Georgetta]

My dh has such good taste, and we have pretty much identical taste, so we work together on this sort of thing.