As per request, I've decided to make another house-building tutorial; this one is on a Gothic-inspired house, which is recognizable from the stonework and buttresses, as well as the steep incline on the roof and the ornamentation on the tips of the roof. So let's begin.
Materials: You'll need Logs, Cobblestone, Stone Brick Block, Stairs and Slabs, Wooden Planks, and White Wool, as seen below.
Step 1: Create the base of the house using logs. All of the spaces between logs are 1 block.
Step 2: Raise all of the logs by two, for a total of three blocks high.
Step 3: Add the cobblestone.
Step 4: Create in the front what will later become a recessive roof. Also line the top of the rest of the walls with logs; please note the missing logs on the left side. Keep to that.
Step 5: Over on the left side, create a 2-block overhang, as seen below.
Step 6: On the main part of the house, raise the logs where shown by two blocks.
Step 7: Add the White Wool.
Step 8: On the side with the overhang, create supports, as shown below.
Step 9: As seen, add logs onto the house (that's on the third block above ground level), going around the entire house.
Step 10: Start working on the recessive front roof, using stone brick blocks and stairs.
Step 11: Keep following the contour of the roof.
Step 12: Keep going, and finish using stone brick slabs.
Step 13: Destroy the front slab, and place a full stone brick block there.
Step 14: Add a stone brick stair to complete the ornamentation.
Step 15: On the inside of the house, add the row of logs behind the recessive roof as shown.
Step 16: Add logs and white wool.
Step 17: Add the pattern in the front with logs as shown.
Step 18: Fill in the gaps with white wool.
Step 19: Create the separating stonework where shown, using stone brick stairs and stone brick slabs for the corners. Go all the way around the house.
Step 20: Add the second floor using wooden planks.
Step 21: Place stone brick stairs where shown. We're creating flying buttresses.
Step 22: Place columns of stone brick blocks under the stairs.
Step 23: Finally, place stone brick stairs at the base of those columns.
Step 24: Do the same at the back of the house. Your flying buttresses should look like those below.
Step 25: Top your second floor walls with a line of logs.
Step 26: Create this pattern on the end of the house, and do the same on the other side. We're creating the dominant roof.
Step 27: Place a log in the bottom middle, and add white wool. Do the same on the other side.
Step 28: Create the dominant roof exactly the same way you created the recessive roof.
Step 29: If you did everything correctly, then you'll encounter this at the joint of the dominant and recessive roof.
Step 30: Fix it by replacing the stone brick stairs with full blocks.
This is your completed house. Now onto interior decorating and touch-ups.
Add a door.
Put in your first floor using wooden planks.
Light the place with torches.
Create a kitchen using stone brick blocks, a furnace, and a cauldron with water.
Add shelving using wooden planks and wooden stairs.
Create the dining table by digging two blocks down and placing redstone torches.
Place your pistons. They should pop up forming a table.
Add seating.
Add more seating by placing wooden stairs, and adding signs to both ends of the stairs, creating seats.
Create your stairs. They should be l-shaped.
On the second floor, create a railing using wooden fences.
Add lighting.
Create bunk beds by placing two wooden blocks. Place a bed on top.
Replace the wooden blocks with a lower bed.
Add a support to the bunk beds using logs.
Create two more of the exact same thing.
Add chests. The chests in the picture are for looks, but the bottom chests are not accessible.
Add more chests to give enough storage to the people that would live there.
Add two crafting benches as an island in the middle.
If you want to, go back to the overhang on the left of the house and replace the buttresses with the same structural support as you had originally created.
Then add flying buttresses to all of the new supports.
And you've finished building a Gothic-style house! Have fun with it! Customize it however you want, and use some of the features to create an entire village in this style! If you have any questions or comments, feel free to leave them here or PM me. I encourage you to post pictures of your own buildings inspired by this tutorial!
I made one! I also died horribly because when I went to add the staircase and decorate the second floor there was an army of skeleton archers waiting for me. ;_; I forgot that no windows means lots of baddies. Torch up your floors ASAP if you're building in survival mode like me.
I also just wanted to say these guides of yours are awesome. I'm not brilliant at Minecraft just yet, so it's great to be able to learn how to make pretty houses block by block.
Nice house you got there, may use it as an example for my next one. And finally a texture pack that makes me want to use cobblestone as a building material
Thanks for posting!
Thanks mate! The texture pack is Grimpack by Croco15.
Very nice, but it reminds me more of a medevel Cottage.
Well, it may remind you of that because this style of building originated in the 1200's, right near the end of the Crusades, and right in the middle of the Dark Ages.
I made one! I also died horribly because when I went to add the staircase and decorate the second floor there was an army of skeleton archers waiting for me. ;_; I forgot that no windows means lots of baddies. Torch up your floors ASAP if you're building in survival mode like me.
I also just wanted to say these guides of yours are awesome. I'm not brilliant at Minecraft just yet, so it's great to be able to learn how to make pretty houses block by block.
Bravo! Nice flower pots on the outside as well! And I guess I should have mentioned the lighting part for those of you playing in Survival. And it's not at all a problem; I love doing tutorials, so as long as there's someone who enjoys watching, I'll keep doing them!
As per request, I've decided to make another house-building tutorial; this one is on a Gothic-inspired house, which is recognizable from the stonework and buttresses, as well as the steep incline on the roof and the ornamentation on the tips of the roof. So let's begin.
Materials: You'll need Logs, Cobblestone, Stone Brick Block, Stairs and Slabs, Wooden Planks, and White Wool, as seen below.
Step 1: Create the base of the house using logs. All of the spaces between logs are 1 block.
Step 2: Raise all of the logs by two, for a total of three blocks high.
Step 3: Add the cobblestone.
Step 4: Create in the front what will later become a recessive roof. Also line the top of the rest of the walls with logs; please note the missing logs on the left side. Keep to that.
Step 5: Over on the left side, create a 2-block overhang, as seen below.
Step 6: On the main part of the house, raise the logs where shown by two blocks.
Step 7: Add the White Wool.
Step 8: On the side with the overhang, create supports, as shown below.
Step 9: As seen, add logs onto the house (that's on the third block above ground level), going around the entire house.
Step 10: Start working on the recessive front roof, using stone brick blocks and stairs.
Step 11: Keep following the contour of the roof.
Step 12: Keep going, and finish using stone brick slabs.
Step 13: Destroy the front slab, and place a full stone brick block there.
Step 14: Add a stone brick stair to complete the ornamentation.
Step 15: On the inside of the house, add the row of logs behind the recessive roof as shown.
Step 16: Add logs and white wool.
Step 17: Add the pattern in the front with logs as shown.
Step 18: Fill in the gaps with white wool.
Step 19: Create the separating stonework where shown, using stone brick stairs and stone brick slabs for the corners. Go all the way around the house.
Step 20: Add the second floor using wooden planks.
Step 21: Place stone brick stairs where shown. We're creating flying buttresses.
Step 22: Place columns of stone brick blocks under the stairs.
Step 23: Finally, place stone brick stairs at the base of those columns.
Step 24: Do the same at the back of the house. Your flying buttresses should look like those below.
Step 25: Top your second floor walls with a line of logs.
Step 26: Create this pattern on the end of the house, and do the same on the other side. We're creating the dominant roof.
Step 27: Place a log in the bottom middle, and add white wool. Do the same on the other side.
Step 28: Create the dominant roof exactly the same way you created the recessive roof.
Step 29: If you did everything correctly, then you'll encounter this at the joint of the dominant and recessive roof.
Step 30: Fix it by replacing the stone brick stairs with full blocks.
Add a door.
Put in your first floor using wooden planks.
Light the place with torches.
Create a kitchen using stone brick blocks, a furnace, and a cauldron with water.
Add shelving using wooden planks and wooden stairs.
Create the dining table by digging two blocks down and placing redstone torches.
Place your pistons. They should pop up forming a table.
Add seating.
Add more seating by placing wooden stairs, and adding signs to both ends of the stairs, creating seats.
Create your stairs. They should be l-shaped.
On the second floor, create a railing using wooden fences.
Add lighting.
Create bunk beds by placing two wooden blocks. Place a bed on top.
Replace the wooden blocks with a lower bed.
Add a support to the bunk beds using logs.
Create two more of the exact same thing.
Add chests. The chests in the picture are for looks, but the bottom chests are not accessible.
Add more chests to give enough storage to the people that would live there.
Add two crafting benches as an island in the middle.
If you want to, go back to the overhang on the left of the house and replace the buttresses with the same structural support as you had originally created.
Then add flying buttresses to all of the new supports.
Texture pack used: GrimPack by Croco15
http://redwallminecraft.enjin.com
I also just wanted to say these guides of yours are awesome. I'm not brilliant at Minecraft just yet, so it's great to be able to learn how to make pretty houses block by block.
you just got 5 diamonds and a notch
Thanks mate! The texture pack is Grimpack by Croco15.
Well, it may remind you of that because this style of building originated in the 1200's, right near the end of the Crusades, and right in the middle of the Dark Ages.
Bravo! Nice flower pots on the outside as well! And I guess I should have mentioned the lighting part for those of you playing in Survival. And it's not at all a problem; I love doing tutorials, so as long as there's someone who enjoys watching, I'll keep doing them!
The bunk beds are a nice detail .. I haven't seen that before.
use quartz
You do realize that this was made in January of 2012, right?