Every trader is entitled to the benefit of the relevant threshold. So if your husband and yourself, each, individually were operating as sole-traders then you would, each, be entitled to trade to the relevant threshold before registering for VAT. Each business would, of course, have it's own separate and distinct registration, bank account, set of books and end-of-year accounts.
However, if he is a full-time employee, when would he get the time to trade? Any situation where he was just a "figurehead" and the work and trading was all being done by you might be construed by Revenue as a tax avoidance or evasion mechanism and could be contested.
You say you would be providing goods, would this be to the general public or to other VAT registered persons? Remember if your sales are VATable then your purchases carry VAT too so it's VAT on your margin that is at issue, not on the sales.