home-made
Not store-bought
Home-made describes something produced in a private residence rather than commercially manufactured or professionally prepared.
Home-made bread, home-made jam, home-made soap.
The term suggests personal effort, traditional methods, and often superior quality to store-bought alternatives: Nothing beats home-made pie.
A home-made bomb or weapon is improvised from available materials.
Also spelled as one word: homemade.
Made manually, not machined
- DIYAmateur home projects
- hand-sewnMade with needle manually
- handwovenMade manually on looms
- knittedMade by looping yarn
sewn · quilted · embroidered · crocheted · woven · stitched · beaded · carved
Dwelling on agricultural land
- countrySovereign state or territory
- cottageSmall rural home
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
- traditionalFollowing long-held customs
simple · wooden · vintage · primitive · pastoral · provincial · pioneer · folk
handcrafted
Made manually, not machined
knitted · sewn · quilted · embroidered · crocheted · woven · stitched · beaded · carved · whittled
farmhouse
Dwelling on agricultural land
- countrySovereign state or territory
- cottageSmall rural home
- old-fashionedBelonging to earlier times
traditional · simple · wooden · vintage · primitive · pastoral · provincial · pioneer · folk · artisanal
kitchen
Food preparation room
- bakedCooked by dry heat
- recipeCooking preparation instructions
- ingredientsParts of a mixture
preserves · jam · pickles · bread · pie · cookies · soup · broth · pasta · sauces
comfort
Ease or soothing relief
inviting · familiar · nurturing · family · tradition · nostalgia · love · care · personal · intimate
home-mademass-produced
Made in large quantities
store-bought · manufactured · industrial · machine-made · shop-bought
home-madegeneric
Not brand-name
standardized · processed · mass-market · off-the-shelf · cookie-cutter
home-madestore-bought
Commercially produced, not homemade
shop-bought · bought · purchased · ready-made · takeaway