A mirror on the wall reflects the light from a red lamp hanging from the ceiling. In painting, as in architecture, we hardly ever consider the finished product until the labor of adornment has been completed. But in the design of the house, so far as it is to be a mirror of the interior, labor may be the effect, and perhaps even the cause, of great alteration in the exterior.

Ultimately, interior views of houses reflect the character of the activity inside them.