interior vs photo

[Newgate]

i took an image from an apartment i really liked and produced a render based on it using vray for sketchup, these are my results.

[andybot_cg]

hmm - are you sure the reference image is from an actual place or is that a render too :P
I like your materials, but the light filter is really distracting, and the back wall just feels a little out of place - too bright maybe with your materials

[holmes1977]

Nice image.
The mat look great, but the wooden floor texture looks repeated, but overall nice image........have to agree with Andy that the reference image looks like a render.

[peerman]

Looking nice already. I see you couch is facetted, did you soften/smooth the surfaces/edges? As said above, I would use brighter materials and use less repetitive textures.
Keep us posted!

[Newgate]

Thx for the suggestions friends, i'll keep them in mind for future , and i think you guys are right, the reference image might be a rendering itself, it was a good use as a reference and for excercise thou, the couch was a downloaded component 3ds, but i think you can achieve same soft and round edges in sketchup (using plugin called "round corner", and "sculpt tools").