Partner killing my vibe

We moved in with my parents a while back. They turned their front living room into our bedroom. They had 2 men come out and build walls to close it off and make it an official room. Once they were finished, my dad told me if I wanna paint the room to do it before we start moving in furniture. I told my partner I wanted to paint the room the colors I had previously picked out for our old place plus we already have the paint. I would do it and my dad would most likely help me. He told me no that I’m doing too much. I got discouraged and never painted the room. I now want to paint our dresser because I just want something lighter and more cozy. It’s a grey ikea dresser. Once again he told me no that I’m doing too much. I told him I need a project. I’m stuck at home with our daughter all day every day and would like a project to keep myself busy. He completely ignored me. So I told him that one of these days I would like to go to IKEA with my mom and pick out some cheap faux plants and go thrifting for picture frames to spruce up the walls since they’re empty and boring. Can you guess what he told? Yup. I’m “doing too much”. I just want to make our space cozy and a spot where I’d actually like to be in and not feel depressed when I look at our bare walls.