Modern tuff house
Grey-green polished tuff with sharp quartz edges, a dark deepslate roof, and oak for the floor and cladding. Tuff is easy to mine in bulk and polished tuff has stairs, slabs and walls.
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Open in Blockroll
All six blocks open locked. Press Space to roll new rules, or unlock a block to swap it.
- 11 × 11 footprint
- 10 blocks high
- Java 1.21+ or Bedrock 1.21+
The blocks
- DetailLight Gray Stained Glass
minecraft:light_gray_stained_glassSmall touches: windows, lights, greenery.
How to build with it
- Mark out 11 × 11 blocks and lay the Oak Planks floor first.
- Put Smooth Quartz Block on every corner and every 4 or 5 blocks along long walls, then fill between them with Polished Tuff.
- Roof it with Deepslate Tiles stairs and slabs. Keep the whole build within 10 blocks of height, roof included.
- Give Stripped Oak Log one job, such as a band under the roof or frames around doors and windows, and repeat it.
- Add Light Gray Stained Glass last and use less of it than you think.
Rules for this build
- Walls sit on at least 2 different depths.
- A path leads up to the door.
- Put something on the roof: a garden, a lookout, a flag.
Rules keep a build from turning into a box. Follow all three, or roll others in Blockroll.
Related palettes
Wizard towerA white calcite tower with polished deepslate edges and a pointed roof of teal warped planks. Purple terracotta bands and purple glass in the narrow windows set it apart from a church tower.Cherry cottagePale calcite walls let the pink cherry roof carry the colour, and dark cherry logs keep the corners crisp. Built for a small house in a cherry grove.Snowy cabinSpruce planks and logs read warm against snow, and a deepslate tile roof stays dark enough to see from far away. Cobblestone for the chimney and the base.