Hi Larry, the noise in the photo must have something to do with how ActiveRain is pulling it in. I noticed on my computer it opens with what appears to be noise then sharpens promptly. I went back to Lightroom 5 and zoomed in with minimal noise. This was shot with a Canon T5i with a $650 10-22 mm lens at 10mm, 800 ISO, f13, at 1/60 sec with a Gary Fung difuser on a Canon 580 speedlight behind me, and a Canon 430 speedlight bouncing light off the nearest wall in the living room to catch the opposite wall. The higher f-stop allows detail from the window instead of a white blown out window. Intentionally under exposed to pull out color in editing.

Thanks for the comments. When photographing there is a rule of thirds. In this photo intention was to see how the kitchen relates the dining area and living room. When using a wide angle lens attention must be paid to distortion. Notice the booth style table is slightly distorted in the original and edited photo. Having objects too close will create this problem. Moving away helps to reduce it. The walls in the original are warped, while straightened in the edited photo. Also the lighting is better balanced in the edited photo. The living room matches the lighting in the kitchen and dining area, rather than being dark and gloomy. This is where remote speed lights make a difference. The front window in the living room comes into play as well without being blown out white. Stainless steel appliances tend to reflect light from flashes, positioning of the off camera flash can reduce that or eliminate it all together as in this case.