The narrator wants a room downstairs that doesn't have ugly yellow wallpaper, but once again John doesn't follow any of his advice and takes all decisions. As soon as the narrator sees the wallpaper, she immediately decides that it is absolutely hideous. During the time the narrator spends in this room “healing,” she begins to appreciate the room and its yellow wallpaper. “Despite the wallpaper, I really like this room. Maybe because of the wallpaper” (Stetson 650). This gradual appreciation of the wallpaper is the first sign that the narrator has been in the yellow room too long. She tries to tell John but he thinks she's letting the wallpaper get the better of her and gets rid of it. According to Liselle Sant, John takes control of his wife's daily actions and this prohibits her from doing anything other than looking at the yellow wallpaper all day (Sant). She is constantly told that she must stay in the yellow room to help her.