Home & living
feel lived-in
comfortably used
To seem comfortably used and personal rather than perfectly new or empty.
Hear it in real life
Is the new apartment too plain?
A little, but some pictures will make it feel lived-in.
A few books and plants make the room feel lived-in.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: My flat feels living-in.
Say: My flat feels lived-in.
The expression uses the past participle “lived-in,” not “living-in.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
feel lived-in; feels lived-in; make a room feel lived-in
Your turn: say it out loud
A few books and plants make the room feel lived-in.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
feel lived-in
comfortably used
“A few books and plants make the room feel lived-in.”
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