Thanks for the tip on the ambience. I didn't like the table texture either but didn't know which variable to adjust. One of these days I'll have to actually finish Susan Kitchen's book and learn about the material editor. I really have to thank the forum for this image. alvinylaya inspired this image and also pointed me to the rounded cube in Bryce 5's imported objects which enabled me to model the sofa and the table tops. ocddoug's tutorial on lighting and the forum's discussion on ranged falloff helped me with lighting this room. I used two radials with ranged falloff and soft shadows. Rochr is indirectly invovled. He posted a tutorial on 3dtotal.com which the forumites mentioned. This led me to a new site (to me) which had the wonderful cloth, brick, and wood floor textures in this image. Other details on the image ... Flowers made in Plant Studio. Vase and endtable legs made in Gigahedron's Oxygen. Everything else modeled in Bryce. Vase texture and mug texture are Bryce defaults. Table texture is by Jonathan Allen.