Based on this excerpt, what inference can be made about the Buchanans?

They are people of exquisite taste and refinement, who have spent a fortune on the decorations of their home.
The image of luxury and elegance that they project is unstable like the wind blowing through the room.
The Buchanans have fallen on desperate times and are trying to mask their financial collapse from friends.
Like the open windows of their house, the Buchanans openly embrace new people and new ideas.