I used most of the materials that were provided with the kit, but I did make a few changes. Instead of 3 'elf' beds in the loft, I built my own 'regular' sized bed. I made a new round table, since the one in the kit was too small. I placed the table and the chair in the loft since the downstairs area seemed too crowded. The lamp on the table was from a kit I purchased from Anita McNary-Haynes.
I added wainscoating to the walls in the downstairs area. The green paper that was provided with the kit looked too boring to me, so I wanted to add my own striped wallpaper. With the curve of the corners of the tin, the stripes did not look right, so I added the wainscoating, which not only squared the corners, but created a little shelf on either side of the room. I had purchased a tiny metal train and engine, intending to put it around the base of the Christmas tree. But having overdone it, when making 1/4th inch scale Christmas presents, I decided to put the train engine and cars on the shelves.