Surviving records indicate that 18th century townhouses, especially those of the more prosperous burghers, were well furnished with paintings, mirrors, carpets, curtains, gold and silver objects. Porcelain from China and Japan was much in evidence, as well as Dutch Delftware. Pewter was used extensively, particularly in the early part of the century, but very little has survived. Copper and brass kitchenware and other domestic articles were the rule. Furniture was made out of the indigenous woods, especially stinkwood, as well as from imported woods. Batavia, in Java, being the headquarters of the Dutch East India Company, and the Cape being the important halfway house, it was natural that eastern woods, furniture and goods would be brought to the Cape. It is possible that other colonial furniture such as Portuguese and French could have reached the Cape.

Most of the interior woodwork, the doors and shutters, are made of deal. The jambs and posts of the doors as well as the floors and beams are made of teak. Four rooms downstairs, namely the dining and drawing rooms, entrance and lower halls are tiled with red quarry imported from Batavia.