Critique huh? Well, as your texturing is better than anything I can do at the moment, I think it could be better. With better, more realistic texturing, I'd go with the brighter lit room. With the texturing as it is, I'd go for the low lit room. Don't know how you direct the wood grain flow but right off the bat, I noticed that the outside verticle boards have the grain running horizontally instead of vertically. Both lighting renders are awesome to me.

But, there's something about the lights that isn't quite right...gotta think a few...