I love the chiaroscuro (semi-darkness) atmosphere of candlelight! 
To simulate indoor daylight, you can use light spheres or light panels.
To simulate indoor daylight, you can use light spheres or light panels.
Thanks! I found that the visual contrast provided by dim lighting made the place look more realistic and 3-dimensional, as well as warmer, which is largely why so many of the pictures are nighttime shots. I simulated candlelight by stacking Fireglow & Incandescent light sources (both at 10% intensity) on the same point. But 10% is probably too powerful; it works well when there's just a single candle, but 3 such candles together looks too bright--see the "parlor" area of Room 7 for an example. In most of the other pictures, I turned the other triple-candles down to just 5% Fireglow and 5% Incandescent each. Once I download the current version of SweetHome 3D (I'm only using v5.3 at the moment), I'm going to try to create a Candle Flame item, which could be placed atop existing candles. Right now, my candles are just white sticks with disembodied glows hovering above them, and being able to see an actual flame would be a real improvement.
What is a "Light panel"? A regular light source, but stretched out flat instead of being round? Does it shine in only 1 direction?
