To decorate it how I want it?

[Mamabear1475]

And stick with it.
We are planning to move home this year. Dd will be getting her own room when we do. She is only 8 month so is still in with us for now.
I want to decorate her room and keep it like that. Just a modern grey and pink. Something that will last a long time. Dh disagrees. He says she will want to pick her own room design when she gets bigger. Princess, peppa pig, paw patrol.
AIBU to not want to do this. I remember my little sister changing her mind every few months and my parents spending loads to change it everytime. It just seems like a waste of money and time. How does everyone else do it?

Room décor fairly neutral, duvet theme got changed periodically

I used to go with plain colours and let them choose curtains, duvet covers, pillow cases, rugs, lampshades, posters etc of whatever characters they were into.

Would that be a compromise?

I agree, neutral decor then she can choose her duvet cover and put up pictures.

Neutral walls/flooring.
Accessorise with bedding /curtains appropriate to age... easilychanged as she grows up.

That's what i want. Just to change accessories. But dh is thinking the whole room. Wallpaper, wall stickers that ruin the paint when you rip them off the horrible borders you get to put round the middle

You might be lucky. When DC were 4 and 7 we were able to give them separate rooms and decorated to their tastes. DC4 changed his twice before moving out permanently (2nd change he did himself); DC7 stayed with the original. Not all DC want to change frequently; some like the security of surroundings staying the same.

These stickers did not ruin the paint when removed. We exchanged them for Monster High ones. The room has been painted like this for around 8 years. Now she is 12, she wants it repainted, it will get done eventually!

If they are like my dc they will hate your choice of colour and campaigns for their own. Wall stickers and duvets are our saviour. Wall stickers only damaged Darrow and ball paint, but touching it does that too 🤔😣

I let my dd paint her room somewhere around age 10 or 11. I paid for the paint and she and her friends did the painting. They actually did an excellent job and she was very proud of her work, but definitely was not going to change her mind about the color again after she realized how much work it was to paint it. Otherwise....what everyone else said. Neutral walls (I am partial to white) and put the color in with removable decals, duvet covers, pillows and area rugs.

"If you don't like your bedroom there's always boarding school you know."

My childhood bedroom was neutral and I changed posters/duvet. I had a big decoration change at around 12 to make it more teen/adult.

I did rows of frames and would print off whatever was their latest fad. DS1 has gone from Thomas the tank engine to at 17 Star Wars and football. DD has gone from Dora to lots of photos of her friends.