Itza, I have no idea what the dynamics are in your relationship, but it sounds like your husband is used to getting his way and that the compromise is generally you compromising. This is not unusual, especially for those of us who are old enough to be married for 35 years. We were raised in a generation where our mothers didn't have a lot of options. The men were the major earners and moms stayed home with the kids or may have had a job, but one that paid far less then their husbands. Keeping your man happy was a survival skill, but as divorce became more acceptable, this often back fired. My mother used to say that wives tell their husbands how handsome they are and how smart they are and how hard they work and thank them for the little things they do at the same time wives are also telling their husbands how old they are getting, how many gray hairs they have and how much weight they have gained. Wives go out of their way to take care of their husbands, buying their clothes, planning and preparing the family meals, taking on much of the child rearing and house cleaning tasks. Wives don't expect a thank you for doing this - it is what you do when you love your husband. It is part of being a good wife and mother. 30 years down the line and he expects his clothing to be laundered and his meals to be prepared and looks in the mirror and sees the image you have painted - handsome, brilliant, wonderful in so many ways, and then he looks at his wife and thinks - what am I doing with that old, fat hag. He doesn't even think about saying thank you. You have told him far too often how much you enjoy taking care of his needs. He's doing you a favor letting you pick his dirty laundry off the floor. Of course he will bulk at the idea of marriage counseling - he is perfectly happy with the way things are. He bulks and you bend. You may want to consider going to a counselor or life coach that can help you balance the power in your relationship. You may be lucky to have a good man who works and earns good money and has a been a good father to your children and has stood by you in difficult times. Your husband may also be lucky to have a wife who works a full time job, has birthed and mothered his children, has cooked and cleaned and cared for him and his family and has stood by him in difficult times. From the tiny pieces of information provided you may need help learning ways to negotiate compromise. When you wanted your room painted and he wanted to find a less expensive painter you could have given him a time frame in which to work. " I have scheduled the painters to come 2 weeks from tomorrow. You have 10 days to line up someone else to come in and paint or my painter will be doing the job." If the painted light fixtures and mirror piss you off every time you see them take a sledge hammer to them. Tell him you just couldn't help yourself. It pissed you off and it was either take your frustration out on the light fixture or explode, so you removed the object of your frustration. If he is digging in his heals about decorating the living room give him a choice. I am going to have a space that brings me joy and allows me to relax in the evening. I can decorate the living room and you and I can spend time together in the evenings or I can transform the spare bedroom into a sitting room just for me and you can sit in the living room and I will spend my evenings in my sitting room, but I am not willing to sit in a room that causes me stress and anxiety or makes me unhappy.

If it's any help, I used the real cement stuff in my shower. (but your porcelain will look similar). no you don't seal it. I used black grout w/mine. If you have super hard water, just know that any dark grout that gets repeated water usage will turn lighter due to the minerals. I wouldn't use a vinyl tile. not in a bathroom. use a porcelain hex (this tile is grouted with Driftwood. it's a color from Custom I think) or large format tile 30x30 porcelain tile, above, and below is a Basalt tile this is another type of Italian Porcelain tile w/black grout you could always use something like this on the floor and a neutral tile in the shower. or, if you want to use that multi color blue tile for the window frame, try something like this on the floor using a navy blue and this color for the shower

Precisioneq. I will attempt to simplify. In a shower that is properly waterproofed you can actually use the shower without any tile, grout or caulk / sealant. Vapor / moisture barriers can overlap similar to a roof shingle to shed water or bonded membranes are used similar to a pool liner. You can't rely on caulk as waterproofing. House structures move. Add the weight of a tub full of water plus a person there will be stresses. The detail in question is how will your specific tub tie into proper waterproofing as it is not designed for this application. I believe you intend stone flush with tub. That will be difficult. Perhaps consider stone over tub perimeter. Like a undermount sink. Sorry if I confused matters in my attempt to simplify:) NOTE: attached photos are not in a shower area. Tub is the same as OP. With stone overhang this could work in a wet area. At least it would place the sealed movement joint hidden under the stone. Just a thought.

Okay so the dogs pee but not on the hardwood?IMO you need to do the same hardwood as the rest any fake wood next to real always looks bad so if you want vinyl it will need to look like staone not wood so maybe think about that style. If all the rest of the flooring is wood that would be my suggestion.