What metaphors are used in Moments of Being by Virginia Woolf?

In Part II, Virginia Woolf develops a metaphoric description of 22 Hyde Park Gate. Earlier in the book, Virginia commented that after her mother's death, her father (Leslie) lived in the upper stories of the house. The metaphor developed here, therefore, functions on several levels. First, the stucco (a newer form of exterior decoration) of the lower level of the house parallels the fact that the younger generations lived there while the older generation (Leslie) lived upstairs, in the part of the house constructed of the more old-fashioned brick. Second, she describes the house as "rickety," a term that might also apply to the spiritual/emotional state of the family in the years following the deaths of both Julia and Stella. Third, when she makes the point that at the time of the encounter with George, Virginia was upstairs and her father down, she's suggesting that at that point in her life she was as emotionally and spiritually isolated as Leslie had once been, that she too was bricked up. She also might be suggesting that Leslie's ultimately fatal illness was, almost literally, bringing him down to earth — to reality. Finally, the oppressive darkness of the house's decoration is quite vividly juxtaposed with the airy brightness of Bloomsbury, a juxtaposition that defines the way that for Virginia, moving from Hyde Park Gate to Bloomsbury was arguably the greatest "moment of being" in her life.