The ugly truth about compromise.....I don't like it...

not one little bit. At least I'm grown up enough to admit that about myself. Sunday afternoon dh was working in the living room and I walked in......he said, "At some point I'd like to talk to you about this room." I said, "How about right now, what's up?" He informed me that he has been less than happy with the migratory nature of items that had been in my studio but that had made their way (escaped, if you will) into other areas of the house.
Now, I try to be very judicial in what I allow out of my studio....taking care to pick items that I hope he won't hate....guess I haven't done a very good job of it. So I started to de-clutter our living room. No more hat boxes and suitcases on top of the armoire (ouch, that one hurt).

Out went some of my antique book collection from the mantel (another hurt). I did refuse to take out my stacks of luggage though, because I love them so.
It's hard when one of you is a collector of "stuff" and the other isn't, but then I know I don't need to tell most of you this! My dh loves antiques, just not always the same ones I do...but I must admit in this case I am enjoying the de-clutter and am even getting rid of a few things that I don't absolutely love.
I guess it's called editing your decor, and it's something I hope to enjoy more of in the future.