Post #719232 by AceExplorer on Wed, Jun 4, 2014 12:33 PM

Sounds like you're getting started decorating the way YOU want to decorate, so you have a great "out" you can use on them:

"Soon I'm buying some X for my bar, and I can't wait to get it and start putting it up."

This will allow you to introduce them to the concept that YOU are designing and decorating, and that YOU are prioritizing. Once they understand that YOU are working on a certain look and feel, they may quickly come to make the connection that they need to learn from YOU what it is you're doing and that THEIR stuff may not fit in. After all, they must realize that they're not going to decorate YOUR bar for you.

You can also say things like, "What I envision is X and Y..." and then help them catch on to YOUR enthusiasm and vision.

We all suffer from some of this problem at various times. It's like someone giving me a bottle of Bacardi or Cuervo when you know it's going to be hard to use. (Unless you have floor wax somewhere to strip.)