Have you ever walked into someone's house and thought that it was so very beautiful?
Well, there are many such homes which are extremely beautiful and a home actually shows
a person's personality. It shows exactly what a person likes. What are their tastes, etc.?
So if you want to describe the beauty of someone's house or if you want to tell someone how beautiful
your house is or what's the theme on which your house has been made, then you stay tuned
to this lesson with me coz today we're going to discuss what's your house like?
Let’s look at the list of words that we have here. The very first one, it says cozy.
Now cozy is a word that can be used for a lot of different things. However, it can also
definitely be used to describe someone's house or home. So at times if you go to a person's
home or their house, you find it very warm, very comfortable. You automatically feel at
home at such a house. So if you get that kind of a feeling, that kind of a positive feeling
from a particular home, you can say that, that particular house is very cozy. It’s
very comfortable and you can say, I feel absolutely at home in that space. Alright, so cosy means
which is very comfortable and it has a warm feeling. Alright, so maybe in a sentence,
you could say that Mary’s house is very cozy, I love visiting her place.
Alright now the next one that we have here, it says rustic. Now what kind of a house could
be called rustic? Rustic could be a house where you know the theme of the house, the
furniture, the layout, it has a very countryside feel to it. Very natural, very simple and
it has a slight old world charm to it. Alright, so it has a countryside theme. What you would
possibly see in a house which has a rustic look is that the furniture looks very old.
Alright, or you will see a lot of wooden furniture in a house like that. It has a very rustic
feel.
The next word that we have here is, vintage, alright. Now vintage is an extremely classy
word. When you say vintage, you think of something old, something which is timeless and yet looks
absolutely elegant and absolutely beautiful. So a lot of people love to have antique furniture
or antique showpieces in their house. These kinds of furniture pieces are very valuable.
They are expensive and they're extremely old as well. They are extremely well maintained.
So if you have a vintage style house that means you have an excellent choice in furniture.
You have some very classy furniture and there's an absolutely beautiful look to your house.
So vintage would mean that your house has possibly old but valuable furniture
and the overall look. The overall styling of your house is very vintage. Alright so
maybe in a sentence you could say, that Peter's house has a vintage look to it because he
loves classy old furniture.
Then we have the next word here, which is minimalistic. Alright, now minimalistic comes
from the word, minimal. Minimal means as less as possible. So nowadays, a lot of people
like to keep their houses very minimalistic. They like to have very basic, very just enough
furniture in their house, they don't like to overcrowd the space. They like to have
their house full of space and less of things. So a house that's minimalistic, has very less
furniture, very open. Alright, and it is minimalistic by the looks of it. So in a sentence, possibly
you could say that I like to keep my house look minimalistic. I don't like it to be overcrowded
with too many things.
Then we have luxurious. Now from the word itself, you can tell, luxurious comes from
the word luxury. Alright so when I say, luxurious, I am talking about a house or you know a beautiful
home which is extremely full of luxurious things. You know the carpets, the furniture,
the walls, they just spell out beauty and they look absolutely marvelous. Everything
looks really very elegant, alright. So luxurious. Luxurious can even be used for a hotel. Not
necessarily only a home. Even if you know you go on a tour or you go on a trip, alright.
You may stay in a luxurious hotel where everything looks just very glamorous, alright. So maybe
in a sentence, you could even say, that we stayed in a luxurious hotel in Spain last
year, okay. So luxurious means something which looks very glamorous or full of luxury, alright.
The next one here is contemporary. Now, this trend is also catching up a lot. Alright if
you have a contemporary house that means it's quite minimalistic in nature. So it's similar
to this kind of a house but a contemporary house will have the latest trends. The latest
colours on the walls, the latest kind of furniture. Everything is absolutely with the new. You
will not find you know antique looking furniture or any kind of old colours on the wall which
have been used a lot. Everything looks absolutely, totally new, very contemporary, very in the
now. Alright, so contemporary means the house has the latest trends. Latest colours, latest
furniture, everything is absolutely new.
Then we have elegant, now elegant is again a word that is an adjective that can be used
to describe a lot of things. you can use elegant to describe people as well and yes, of course,
you can sue elegant to describe your house or someone else's home. So again elegant is
a home which really stands out. Alright, anytime you visit that house, it will always look
very beautiful, irrespective of whenever you visited the house maybe 5 years ago, maybe
5 years down the line. This particular home will always look very elegant and very classy,
alright. So an elegant home is a very classy home. You can say that it is very tastefully
done up. Possibly if you know one of the people who stay in a house like this, an elegant
house may be an artist's also. So someone who is artistic by nature may have a very
tasteful you know choice in colours and furniture and hence their house may look really very
elegant.
Moving on, the next one we have here is, spacious. Now spacious of course comes from space. So
it's very simple to understand when I say that my home or someone else's home is spacious.
It means that there's a lot of space to move about freely. You know maybe if there are
kids in the house, they can play around freely. It’s not cluttered with too much of furniture
and it's probably really huge, really big in size as well. So a spacious house has a
lot of space first, okay will possibly be big in size alright and less of furniture.
So you could say that Maria's house is really spacious and my kids love visiting her home
for this reason.
And then finally we have a word here which is picturesque. So what does this word really
mean? If you notice, it comes from the word picture. So a picturesque home or a place
means that this particular house looks like it's actually part of some kind of a painting.
It’s so beautiful, it looks like it's painted, it's a drawing, and it’s a picture. It’s
a work of art. Alright, that's when you would use the word, picturesque and may be in a
sentence you could say, that John's house is so picturesque, it looks so beautiful,
it looks like it's a painting. Okay, so here it literally means that it looks like a beautiful
painting.
Yes so these are a couple of very interesting words that you can use to say, what's your
house like? Or maybe to describe someone else's house that you recently visited. so stop with
the old nice and beautiful and grand, you can use better words like rustic, minimalistic,
contemporary, spacious and improve your vocabulary when it comes to talking about someone’s
house. Alright well, that brings me to the end of the lesson and I do hope that you enjoyed
watching today. I'll be back with something new, till then you take good care, bye.