Tutorials/Furniture

This article describes different pieces of furniture you can construct in minecraft. Note that these have little to no function and are just for decoration.

Introduction

I really hope anyone reading this knows what furniture is. In minecraft, excluding beds, furniture is merely decorative. It is generally used as a way to make a home more comfortable. This tutorial focuses on as many types of furniture as possible, ranging from chairs to ovens to closets.

Bedroom furniture

The most essential piece to a bedroom is the bed. you can make a 'fake' bed using wool, But this article isn't about that kind of thing. This is about decorative furniture (for the most part). Lets start with some basics: Dressers, desks, and bookshelves.

Dressers

A dresser is literally a stack of double chests. (An idea for a more interesting home is to have themed chests with only certain things: i.e. Only store armor in the dresser.)

This is no longer possible as anything on top of a chest prevents the chest from opening.

Bookshelves

Bookshelves are even easier. Just stack as many bookshelf blocks as you desire. It's also a good idea to add a crafting table to your bedroom, and possibly a jukebox. You could even program an alarm clock that plays sound and makes a redstone torch flash.

Desks

To make a desk, take your choice of support (Fence or fence gate are best) and place 2 for a freestanding desk, 1 for a desk attached to the wall. Then make a surface (wooden slabs work well. But, with the beta 1.8 update, pressure plates can be placed on fences, creating a much flatter surface. Additionally, if three fence blocks are placed in a row, two could be covered in pressure plates, and one with glowstone on top, making a "lamp".

Lamps

Maybe add a lamp somewhere. To make a slightly more decorative lamp, place a fence block and put a torch on top (or some glowstone)

Living room furniture

The living room is your house's heart, where you can gather with friends (if you're on a server) and waste your time, if you want to.

T.V.

There are 2 real roads with minecraft TV's. You can make a decorative TV That is really just black wool or obsidian decoratively in or on the wall or floor. You could also just use a 2x1 painting starting from left to right to imitate a flat screen TV.

Sofas and Chairs

The sofa is, quite possibly, the easiest piece of furniture to make in minecraft, second only to chairs. A sofa is literally, 2-4 stair blocks with a sign attached to either side as "arms". Chairs are precisely this, only they are 1 stair block. There are many more variations to the chair, so experiment! Also some people use slabs with signs on sides and blocks behind to create chairs and sofas.

More Interesting Seating

A step up into the modern world of interior design is the "lounge Bench". Essentially, you make an extra long "sofa" with a 90 degree angle in it somewhere, no sign "arms", and possibly using slabs and blocks, instead of stair pieces. If in a corner, a bookshelf looks appealing in the corner, and blends in with the wood's texture.

Fireplaces

Fireplaces give your living room a more "homey" feel. A fireplace can literally be a little hole in the wall with netherrack in it. Or it can be a sleek, ultra-modern piece of contemporary minecraft art. A nice design is a brick outline in the wall and floor (as of 1.8, brick slabs can make the area around it on the floor elevated). Then make a 1x2x1 hole in the wall inside the brick outline and put in netherrack. Light the netherrack, and add a chimney for all the smoke to go out through (and outside decoration!) A more contemporary and "sleek" design is to make the same brick outline, but then, add lava instead of netherrack, and put glass in front of the lava, making for an ultra-modern, "artificial fireplace" feel. Also with the 1.8 update add iron bars around the fire to look like a fire guard for a more realstic look.

AlbinoMcGee's Fireplace

Pick a spot away from any flammable material. Next, dig a 2 block deep hole and put netherrack in it, then light the netherrack with flint and steel. Next you should place a glass block on top of the fire, not the netherrack, so you wont burn yourself (you will have to put a block adjacent to the hole to place the glass block then later remove it). Put chairs and/or couches surrounding this and you have yourself a fire pit and lounge.

Coffee Tables

This writer recommends making one's coffee table shorter than a regular table. It could literally be a couple of wooden slabs, fence posts with pressure plates on top, or maybe something more fancy.

Corner Tables

Have a fence with a wooden pressure plate on top for a good looking table. Another option, is to place a piston in the ground with a redstone torch below it. The piston will activate, and will create a nice, one block table.

Ceiling fans

Ceiling fans are an optional add on, but are only recommended for houses with 3 blocks or more between floor or ceiling. A simplistic design is a bunch of slabs arranged on the ceiling like a fan. But another, much cooler design would involve pistons. you should make 4 pistons, pointing outward from a central block of whatever type you choose. then do some fancy wiring in the ceiling of your house to sequence the pistons. The basic idea is as follows: make a 3 clock somewhere in under or on top of your house. Then, attach 2 oppositely facing pistons from the fan directly to the clock. Attach the other 2 through an inverter. The circuit's speed will make the fan alternate quite fast, simulating spinning. Plus, it will create just as much annoying sound as a real fan!

Chess/Checker Board

A chess board is easy to make, you get a Noteblock and place it anywhere. Then you get stairs of any type, and put sign (or any other) arms. Notice how the noteblock sort of looks like a chess/checker board.

Notes

Some other nice things to add would be: A jukebox, chest w/ records, alarm clocks.

Kitchen

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Bathroom

You can make bathrooms with even running water, but this would mainly serve as decorations since you can't actually take a bath or use the toilet.

Toilet

Note: This is synonymous with the garbage disposal chute, but is generally smaller, flatter, and at ground level. All you need is a shovel, trapdoor, a lever, bucket of lava/water, and a stack of dirt or items for disposal.

1.Dig a block or few down. The hole is the bowl, the lever is the flushing lever, and the trapdoor is the lid.

2.Next pour the bucket of lava/water in the hole.

3.Then place the trapdoor on top.

4.Finally put the lever next to the trapdoor

Now you have a little toilet for disposing things or just for decoration.

Shower

You can place slabs on the ground to mark off the edges of the shower. This should usually be built in a corner. Then place a piston at the ceiling or wall and place water behind it. You can use a lever to "turn on and off" the shower.