Learn­ing how to apply mate­ri­als to objects in 3ds max.  My first attempt was using most of the mate­ri­als the pro­gram pro­vides.  Even­tu­ally, I got a lit­tle wiser and start­ing going around the house tak­ing pic­tures of var­i­ous wood sur­faces and some of the walls.  I don’t think I’ll ever use the wood mate­r­ial in the pro­gram again.  It just looks very, very fake.  Here’s the end result.  I’m still work­ing on more objects for the room, but it’s look­ing pretty good thus far.