Home decor... don't just leave it to your partner!

[merryone]

My friend has been sick of the cream coloured carpet in her living room for years as it's definitely seen better days, she's sick of the curtains, sick of the rather tired wooden floor in the kitchen and has been suggesting for years that they get laminate flooring throughout and replace the curtains and nets with blinds, hubby has always been indifferent to the idea and has said yes, but never put the wheels into motion. Recently hubby got an inheritance so of course my friend suggested that they went ahead with the home improvements, to cut a long story short he told he was happy to bankroll these improvements that she wanted on the condition that he could spend some of the money on a boy's trip to Vegas for a couple of weeks. To cut a long story short, he went on the holiday and she got the workmen in. The knackered carpet was replaced with laminate which extended into the kitchen, the curtains and nets were jettisoned and blinds were fitted. Not only that she's been working at home for 3 days a week using a laptop whilst sitting on her sofa which has caused her all manner of pain, headaches etc etc. She decided to take up her employers offer of a free desk/chair delivered to her home, she ran this past her hubby and he blindly said ok. He was still away when she messaged me and said she'd got all the work done and she was thrilled. She sent me some pics...Oh dear - The laminate flooring she chose was pale grey, the blinds she's had fitted are vertical and a strange shade of red, the desk and chair are massive and very "officey"...."whaddya think she said" My honest response would've been - It looks like a waiting room in some kind of clinic, it's awful!" I just said "very smart" He has returned from his holiday and has literally freaked out! She has called me in tears as he's furious because he said it looked like the waiting room in a dental surgery! (It does to be fair). I don't know what shocks me the most, my friend's serious lack of taste or her husband letting giving her free rein to decorate the place without any consultation or interest. Had she chosen a warm honey coloured laminate and bought a rug or two, some venetian blinds and a chosen a less obtrusive desk it would've looked like a home. They are barely speaking to one another at the moment! I'd say it was his fault for being so indifferent - The kitchen floor which was actually nice could've been restored. It's good to talk!