 Ellis depicted furniture in the interior perspectives and elevations of his "Craftsman" residential designs, just as he had done in other situations, years earlier for Buffington for example.His intention was to demonstrate total aesthetic harmony between architecture and appropriate furnishings.There has never been a suggestion, then or now, that he designed the furniture he depicted for Buffington; however, long after their publication, his "Craftsman" renderings began to be interpreted to mean that he designed the furniture as well as drew it.