Introduction: Minecraft Cottage
This Instructable is about how to build a medium sized Minecraft cottage. It is not very difficult to build.
Step 1: Laying Out the Floor Plan
Begin by getting your materials. The four main materials that you will need are wool, spruce logs, cobblestone, and spruce planks.
Then, set out a floor plan as shown in Picture 2, where floors are filled in with spruce planks and walls are made with wool and divided into panels by spruce logs.
Step 2: The Fireplace
At the edge of the living room furthest from the entry, replace some of the floor with cobblestone as shown in Picture 1. Add cobblestone and dig a hole as shown in Picture 2. Fill in the hole with netherrack. Set it on fire using flint and steel. Build an arch above the flames and put iron bars in front as shown in Picture 5.
Step 3: Building Up the Walls and Ceiling
Next, build the wall shown in Picture 1 around the entrance. Build up walls made of wool and spruce logs with large windows as shown in Picture 2. There should be a border of spruce logs around the top. Then, add a layer of wood and spruce logs as shown in Picture 4 and add a wool ceiling at that height.
Step 4: Furnishings
Each room should have four glowstone lamps, one for each corner. (A glowstone lamp is made by placing a glowstone block, placing and closing trapdoors all around it and then sticking a slab underneath) The kitchen should have a crafting table and furnace with a carpet countertop and cupboards made by chests on top of slabs as in Picture 3. The dining/living room should have a table made out of slabs, stairs, and carpet as shown in Picture 4, and chairs made from stairs. The bedroom should have a bed and some decorations, maybe some flowers.
Step 5: The Roof
Begin the roof by building up gables on the house as shown in Pictures 1-4. Extend the cobblestone of the fireplace upward so that it becomes a chimney as in Pictures 4 and 5, and add a plume of smoke made from cobwebs. Build supports for the roof as shown in Pictures 6 and 7. Then extend those supports out one block from the gables as in Picture 8. Add stairs and slabs on those supports as shown in Pictures 9-14. Then add spruce fence to the gables as shown in Picture 15.
Step 6: Landscaping
Now make a rustic path leading away from the house. Next to the door, build blocks with trapdoors on all sides and flower pots with poppies in them as shown in Picture 4. Then place one sapling on each side of the path (but pretty far apart), and build a ring of slabs around the blocks just above the saplings. (See Picture 7) Then right click with bone meal until the saplings grow into trees. Destroy the rings and place rosebushes along the path. You have now finished building the cottage.

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24 Comments
8 years ago
And the roof, definitely watch grians tutorial for that. It helps a ton! Your roof is a standard, normal roof. The roof makes a much bigger difference to a build than you'd expect. Good luck and whenever you get stuck I'm happy to help!
Reply 3 years ago
WHO EVEN IS GRIAN
Reply 2 years ago
A youtuber, i think.
Reply 2 years ago
Yes, he's a very popular Minecraft youtuber.
Tip 2 years ago
Tip:
If you wanted to make it look vintage u can add fences in the entrance and add lamps!
You could also add the pebbles at the entrance as MOSSY cobble instead, To make it look more old.
Then you can add vines to the outside of the walls, Then add leaves on the roof so that it look like it grew on roof itself. If you have shaders this will rather look Amazing at night! Especially with optifine and Some dynamics, Ofcourse it also will. Then you can add a farm, Get some bone meals and plant some flowers and some nice weed.
Question 3 years ago on Step 4
I rly don't understand like in the first picture we need the dimensions and other things and for the kitchen design I couldn't see where to put the furnace and things like that go It looks cool but needs a lot more directions on what to do
8 years ago
Looks cool! Like I said, watch Grian on YouTube his tips are amazing! Maybe you could bring out the borders like in the previous house. connected textures in Minecraft (2 different textures next to each other) look ugly.
Reply 3 years ago
Actually maybe it’s just constructive cri
Reply 3 years ago
No offense but I think you’re being a little mean
Reply 8 years ago
How does this look?
Reply 3 years ago
I love all your thin
Reply 8 years ago
It's getting better! Apart from the roof. I'm sorry but it doesn't have a very good end to it. Also, try replacing the black wool with dark oak logs to contrast the texture. that will open you up to more opportunity when detailing it :D Also, is there a particular theme to this house?
Reply 8 years ago
I was planning on turning it into a haunted house, but after I finished building it I didn't want to change it.
Reply 8 years ago
Another way to change up the texture is to replace all that grey wool with stone and randomly include gravel and andesite. it breaks up the texture and makes the build more interesting :) You should make a copy of that world, try all my suggestions on that house and compare them. I'm not saying I will always be better, im just trying to help you become a top-end builder!
7 years ago
Awesome!!! I'm gonna try and make it as soon as Minecraft finishes updating. (2 1/2 hours!) THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!
Reply 3 years ago
Oofie boi
Reply 7 years ago
You're welcome! I hope you have fun!
Reply 7 years ago
Mine takes forever to update! Talk about pain in the butt! ;\
4 years ago
Im afraid the kitchen design doesn’t work If you have the lamps in :(
Question 4 years ago
Can you please tell me how many blocks across for each wall?