Originally Posted by
BellaBoo
I would tell him you are the one that will be in the room most of the time and you need it to fit your likes. Tell him your idea may not be practical at all to him but is the way you will feel most comfortable. If it is to be your room then you want it your room with his help to make it your room.
Good luck. Its pitiful how we have to dance around these guys. If I said this to mine he would just most likely go off in a huff and that woud be the end of it. I do agree with the reply about talking to a friend within his hearing about what I would like and make it look like his idea.