Can you start moving non-sewing stuff into the dining room / living room? Leave TV alone and start setting up your end the way you want it. Paint the walls, hang pictures & curtains. Decorate your portion. Maybe he'll like how nice it looks and help finish the rest.
Years & years ago, when wives stayed at home and didn't work outside, I read an article in one of those woman's magazines about getting hubby to fix the broken back of a chair. The suggestion was to fix it with Scotch tape doing a very crude job. Hubby would be too embarrassed to let anyone else see it and would therefore rush to get it done properly.