Thanks for the feedback.
I'm definitely going to have to invest some brain cells into getting lighting into the model.I've tried previously in the bathroom, but I could never get enough brightness from the light sources (I need more practice). I'm also going to look into post processing to get the look we're all after.
The moulding was done for a lesson in getting the "follow me" tool under control - many times I ended up having to reverse all the faces generated and I could not determine a reason why sometimes it was right way around and other times it wasn't. I suppose it was also a lesson in patience.
When I started, I was aware of groups. It wasn't until late in the game that I discovered components. The windows and doors are components (because they're standard sketchup components). All the trees are a single component. Without the scenery and furniture, the model comes in just under 1,000,000 edges.
It's been a fun journey, my wife and I have argued a lot about the placement of kitchen appliances (I've lost count of the number of times I've moved the oven) as well as furniture, colours, the width of the front steps, the type of railing on the deck. None of which would have been as easily possible without being able to model and see the changes.
I've also made attempts to get grass to look a bit more realising (without having to resort to models).
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With 6 months of Sketchup, I would never remember the molding ceiling.