If your instructions were to install carpet, no one should have installed any other material without checking with you first. The flashing or weather stripping, depending on what was there, can always be removed from a door. Doors can also be shaved a little bit with leaving a large gap. Bottom line though, there should not have been any deviation from the expected installation without client consent.

My husband was there and when all the professionals turned to him and said we have to go with wood there, he went with it. He had never had carpet installed before and didn't know. The decorator, however, had clear absolute instructions from me NOT to put wood at the doors. That was something she wanted to do that was in her original design concept and I told her no. I feel like they went behind my back while I was unavailable today and took advantage of my husband's lack of experience. I am very angry. I guess I can have the wood ripped up, the cut out carpet put back at rhe doors, and the doors shaved at my own additional expense later.

I agree completely that no one should have installed anything not previously agreed upon. But I can't agree that "trimming the door" would have been appropriate without your permission either. If I had come home and found someone had trimmed my door without my permission I would be furious, as that might not be the solution I wanted. Taking off the flashing would have been more reasonable, since that is easily repaired if not what you wanted. But the real solution is that they should have contacted you and explained the dilemma as soon as it arose, letting you choose between different options. If you didn't leave a number or weren't available at the time of the installation, then I have some sympathy for the situation of the installers and designer, even though I don't agree with their going ahead without your consent.

The decorator and the installers got the OK from the husband so they thought they were off the hook for changing the plan, BUT the decorator knew that was not what you wanted and if you made that clear, I would take issue with the decorator.