So my theory is this: when he was human he had furniture. Not like it disappeared so maybe the staff was turned into the item their position are in the castle and in doing so any real object (non human) they were identical to or used in their job they could control. Like the maid could control other dusters or lumiere and other candles. I doubt every single little item was alive. I would hate to be the toilet. Plus what happen to the other cups why did only chip turn human?
So there had to be non human items everywhere.
Also not everything had a face even though it appeared alive maybe it was just an object being controlled.
So there had to be non human items everywhere.
Also not everything had a face even though it appeared alive maybe it was just an object being controlled.