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@edmund-lloyd-fletcher One great piece of description advice I was once given (which has changed my life) is to go through each of the five senses in each new setting.

It doesn’t have to be all five in every place, but sight, sound, smell are good ones for a room. If it’s something touchable, describing the texture is also good.

It’s particularly important to remember to describe the lighting in every new setting, so the readers know if they should imagine the scene as dim and hazy, or as bright, happy sunlight.

Other ways to draw the reader further into the setting is by describing the small details. e.g. don’t describe the whole shop window, just the fairy lights strung above it. Mention the spiderweb-like cracks in the pavement. The soggy autumn leaves in the puddles. Little details can really be so so effective in bringing a scene to life.

Does that help a little?