homely
adj.adj. describing a place or person that feels warm and comfortable, even if it is not fancy. It can also describe someone who is plain-looking or not attractive.
adj. characterised by a warm, cosy, and welcoming atmosphere; alternatively, lacking in physical beauty or sophistication. Often used to describe domestic environments or personal appearance.
The old farmhouse has a very homely feel.
Despite the lack of modern furniture, the small cottage felt homely because of the warm lighting and the smell of fresh bread.
The protagonist's homely appearance was often a source of embarrassment, yet it was precisely this lack of refinement that made him feel most at ease in the working-class community he called home.
From Middle English homly, hoomly, hamely (“domestic, familiar, plain, unattractive”), from Old English hāmlīċ (“of the home, domestic”), from Proto-West Germanic haimalīk (“of or characteristic of home”), equivalent to home + -ly. Cognate with Scots hamely (“familiar, personal, private”), West Frisian heimelik, Dutch heimelijk (“secret, secretive, clandestine”), German heimlich (“secret, secretive, clandestine, undercover”), Danish hemmelig (“secret”), Swedish hemlig (“secret, concealed, privy, covert”), Faroese heimligur (“homelike, homey”), Icelandic heimlegur (“homely; worldly”).