The room contains many portraits of Axel's relatives, such as his great-grandmother Adelaide Gustava Aspasie (Vava) Armfelt-von Essen, portrayed in her later years. On both sides of her are her parents, Wilhelmine, Duchess of Sagan (1781–1839), and Gustaf Mauritz Armfelt.

The hall also features several works by Axel himself. Among them, there is a self-portrait hanging by the tiled stove. Axel's reputation as a frequent pipe smoker is evident in several portraits throughout the home, as many show him with his pipe. To the left of the entrance from the hall, there is a portrait of Axel at the age of 17. It was painted by Hugo Simberg, who became a good friend of Axel's when they studied together at the Finnish Art Society's drawing school in Ateneum in the early 1890s.

Another friend of Axel's, Wäinö Aaltonen, sculpted a portrait of Axel in bronze in 1919. The bronze head stands by the door to the dining room.

On the Rococo bureau, there is a bronze portrait of Hedvig, made by the German sculptor Paul Schulz in 1900, when Hedvig and Axel lived in Rome. They married in the summer of 1898 and traveled to Italy that fall, living there for about a year and a half, in both Florence and Rome.

Axel and Hedvig were married for almost 70 years. Over the years, Axel made many portraits of Hedvig, several of which can be found in Casa Haartman. A portrait from 1957 hangs to the right of the tiled stove.