The Gustavian furniture in the living room or drawing room of Anderson’s home includes a table, sofa, two armchairs and 14 small chairs from Svartå Manor in Western Uusimaa. Anderson probably bought them at a forced auction held on 5 July 1929, when the manor, built in 1792, became the property of the municipality of Karis (Karjaa) and the rest of its property was sold. At that time, Anderson furnished the drawing room of his home with these pieces and two large paintings by Swedish artist G.W. Palm, bought from the same place.

Some of the furniture is signed “J.E.H.” for Johan Erik Höglander, a Stockholm master of the 18th and early 19th centuries and bear an inspection stamp from the 1790s. It was part of the original grey furnishings of Svartå's large salon. The unmarked furniture may have been made at Svartå in the 1820s.

Later, the room was called the “red salon,” probably because the groups of seats were gilded and reupholstered with red fabric in the 1840s. This is how they looked in Anderson’s home during his lifetime. The gilding was removed in the early 1980s from those pieces of furniture that had originally been grey. The seating group has since been re-upholstered in more muted tones. The crystal chandelier is not from Svartå, nor are the drawing room rococo panels.