How do I avoid a generic template-feed look?

The feed stops looking like a template when the light, the crockery, and the floor are yours, and they repeat. Changing the typeface does not fix photos that still come from a stock library. Take off next month anything that was not shot at your door. At Rifugio the room is recognisable because the crop comes back. On a template feed, the neighbour could be in any place on the street. The month uses only frames from the place and one way of setting type on them.