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This tutorial is to give aesthetic advice for your home or building.


Basic things

Note: You can install the Furniture Mod and thus have furniture even more realistic!

Floor

I recommend that it shouldn't be grass, that looks bad. It is better to put a wood (beware fire), sandstone, or stone floor. Smooth stone slabs look good as tiles. Wool is decorative, but again, keep it away from fire hazards. Carpet is a much better alternative to wool, as it is not flammable.

Windows

Do not use glass blocks, as you're missing an opportunity to save materials. Use glass panes. If windows are at two blocks above the ground, it is easy to see out them.

Roof

If your roof is 2 blocks high, it's not good because people can't jump. Break the roof and adjust it so that it measures at least 4 blocks high. So your home will have a more spacious feel.

Stairs

If you have staircases that require jumping instead of stair blocks, you better change them. It is much easier to walk. If you want long stairs, use slabs.

Hall

Make a hallway if you have multiple rooms. They should be three or four blocks wide. Use carpets for this part. Recommended also leave a space for a window, so will look brighter.

Exterior

Include a garden of shrubs, flowers, a few trees, and some potted plants. If your garden is large enough, Why not add a Tree-house

Others

Keep lots of open spaces and do not use too many doors, so your house will look more than "Designer". Also you can put pictures on the walls that look empty.

Rooms (for houses)

Kitchen

Include table(s), a sink, a furnace, a crafting table, and chests to hold food.

Living Room

Include chairs and couches, and something decorative or something to do. You can Also be a fireplace, but beware of the wood! You can make stone brick fireplace, but do not recommend wood!

Bedroom(s)

Include a bed, paintings, a jukebox, and a dresser made by stacking chests.

Bathroom

Toilet, sink, shower, bathtub. Ideas for these are in some designs.

Some Designs

These are some realistic designs.

Furniture

Chair

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Note that you can make a couch by adding more stairs.

Table

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A village-style table can be made from a pressure plate atop a fence post. As of 1.6, carpets can be used the same way, and often look better. Connecting more than one table when using carpets will look better also.

Appliances

Sink

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Large Building Decorations

Fountain

Side View

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Top View

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