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Interesting topic! My husband and I have a pretty balanced understanding which works for us. We broke it down by room. I have a room that is all mine; it's like a change room essentially so I make all the decisions there. And he has an office which is all his as well as a poker room; so he gets the final say there. He uses the basement the most so has a lot of pull on the decor downstairs but I still have quite a bit of input as he values my judgement and I am more interested in interior design than he is. I have the final say in the kitchen and living room but I run most ideas past him. If one of us absolutely HATES something then we respect that. Luckily we have found a balance in our differing design styles and have wound up with a mix between mid century/vintage and modern with minimal clutter and lots of neutrals (like various wood stains, whites and greys).

When we first started living together we discussed things that were an absolute no go in terms of decor. We also looked at pictures together (magazines and online) and took note of the things we saw that we both liked. From there our mutual design style naturally developed. Now we LOVE decorating together and our house feels like it is both of ours.

Hmm, you could you paint the scallops the same colour as the trim that it is pasted against. Right now there is a big contrast between the white of the underneath trim and the brown of the scallops so it's quite noticeable. Maybe you could paint it all white? Or what might look nice is painting all of the white on the house plus the scallops a dark muddy grey (with brown undertones).

Kendra