Make yourself at home
This is common way of welcoming people into your house.
You might also say:
Hello, come in. Make yourself at home.

That means the guests should relax and enjoy themselves just like they would in their own home.


I’ll put the kettle on
She’s inviting them to have drink of tea or coffee.

It's a common way of welcoming people.
Hello. Come in. I’ll put the kettle on.


lounge room
The lounge room is also called the living room.

It’s usually a large room in the house where you relax, sit around and have visitors


well-lit
the lighting in the room is very good

Lit is the past participle of the verb light.

We use past participles with forms of have and the verb to be.

more information: light : irregular verb

The word light is in today's spotlight.

We use well- before past participles to mean that something has been very good or correct.


natural light
light from outside; sunlight


well-ventilated
having a good flow of air

Find out about using well- in tomorrow's spotlight.


louvres
windows made up of many thin pieces of glass that can be opened to let in a lot of air


air conditioning
He calls the air conditioner air conditioning.

Using the -ing form for nouns referring to groups of household appliances is quite common.

In this story they talk about cooling and lighting.


whatsoever
Whatsoever is a word used to give emphasis. It means not at all, none at all.


skylights
windows cut in the ceiling


barely
hardly
There's barely any coffee left.


pelmet lighting
A pelmet is a strip of wood put above a window or doorway, usually to hide the top of curtains.

But here, it hides the fluorescent tubes


fluorescent lamps
Here, fluorescent lamps are lights that use fluorescent tubes instead of light globes


artificial lighting
Artificial means the opposite of natural.

It means any light that doesn’t come from the sun


power
electricity


solar light
natural light; sunlight