Moving in together

I have been with my husband for 8 years in August. We lived together in rented accomodation for about 6 years (1 year before we lived seperate and this past year we have lived with my Mum saving up for a mortgage for a house). 2 years ago his mother passed away and I am happy with having pictures in our home but he wants massive canvas pictures put up in our home of her they were super close. He also wants a really ugly lamp from his Dads house in our home i have joked and said it is really not our style and wouldnt be nice in what i envision for our home but he is adament he wants it. I am not a sentimental person, thibgs matter to me that are there or at least good looking. How would you compromise? In our old houses we never really had much else because it was rented we never decorated really.