The ancestral pictures in the model are framed photographs of real pictures in a similar building. The smaller monochrome pictures on the lower floor are laser printed miniatures of my family members. The central crystal chandelier took two weeks to build and has miniature wire ended filament lamps wired into the construction and 1600 glass beads. The chandelier hangs from a circular skylight made of Perspex with an etched rococo pattern in brass sheet glued to it. The furniture was made with iron wood and burr pipy oak tops with fruit wood and mahogany laminations for the lower construction and legs.
Chairs are dense mahogany with silk seat panels.
The stair carpet is cobalt blue velvet and looks so completely like miniature carpet that you could walk on it. The stair rods are brass wire with model boat stanchion post tops to represent the fasteners. The model is completed by fluorescent back-lighting built into the case for the skylight and the vista widows revealing a Capability Brown scene. The illuminated lantern and the chandelier complete the effect.