Minecraft house ideas - 70 cool designs

We've all buried ourselves in the ground on our first Minecraft night. We may not want to admit it, but we've also all built a dirt house at one point or another, too. But there comes a time when you want to build a proper, cool Minecraft house that you can truly call a home.

To give you inspiration we've picked out a list of 70 Minecraft houses and made them easy to sort. We've also supplied full tutorials to take you from blueprints to finished structures. Whether you want to use the latest materials, erect a simple-but-useful starter house, or move into a stylish modern home, our favorite Minecraft houses are sure to inspire your next build.

Here are the best Minecraft house ideas to build in 1.21.11:

Easy Minecraft starter houses

Small starter cottage

If you're new to Minecraft, you may be looking for a relatively simple starter house: small, made from basic resources, and easy to build. This cute wooden cottage design meets all of those requirements, and it looks amazing, too. Take special note of the interior design from the video, as it will help you make efficient use of the limited space.

Easy Minecraft house

Sometimes all you need is an easy Minecraft base. No complex designs, no rare materials, and just enough room to fulfill its purpose. As this easy house idea only requires wood, you should be up and running right away once you start a new Minecraft world. Despite its simplicity, the house still looks stylish, and you can use the creator's easy decoration suggestions if you wish to add a little flair.

Large starter house

Try this handy beginner cabin if you want to build a large starter house instead of the more basic one above. The video includes every practical space you could need, such as a library for enchantments, a bedroom with a magnificent view, a massive farm, and even a secret treasure chamber. It's mostly made from wood, so you can start building right away.

Minecraft survival house ideas

Easy survival house

A great Minecraft survival house is easy to build, safe, and stylish. Not only does this wooden structure offer enough room for the necessary survival utilities and storage, but it also incorporates a small space for farming, utilizing a highly efficient irrigation system. None of the features in this simple Minecraft house are very difficult or time-consuming to create, leaving you with plenty of time to explore.

Day one survival house

Here's another easy Minecraft house build to use on day one. This cave design is quite simple but very efficient, as you only need to remove some dirt and stones to create the main space. Note that this requires the use of a pickaxe, so it may be a bit harder to complete this house on day one if you're a new player. Additionally, you may save the glass wall design for later.

Modular starter base

The main thing that makes a base a starter base is the ability to be able to build it quickly, preferably within a Minecraft day or two. We think this starter base from Smithers Boss on YouTube is the perfect starter base for that reason - it could be built with any wood type, and the simple shape means it's easy to add to. It's hard to make a simple box home look nice, but Smithers Bros does it. Add more rooms above or beside your home, and you can expand in time, as your needs grow greater. We also love the simple farm design and massive storage capacity.

Multiplayer survival house

We love this incredible "ultimate" survival house by Bradmall almost as much as we love his easy-to-follow tutorial on how to build it. Bradmall has a smooth talking style, great editing, and even shows you how to add depth to your builds in a way you can take to future designs.

However, the main thing we love about this build is the symmetrical L-shape, and while Brad's interior is fantastic, this build actually gave us inspiration for an easy two-player build perfect for teaming up with a friend on a server. Put anything you want to share in the middle there, then take a wing each for your living quarters! What's more, both of you will be protected by this build's "ultimate defence system". Just watch the video.

Cute Minecraft houses

Cherry blossom house

Now 1.20 and the Minecraft Cherry Grove biome aren't brand-new anymore; there are loads of cherry wood house ideas out there to learn from. We just had to put a couple of different ones on this list as they are all too cute, but this cherry blossom starter house from Polar Cat on YouTube might just be our favorite.

It's worth noting that Polar Cat is using Complimentary shaders in the video, as is our replica build above. While this makes it look a little more eye-catching, it's still a stunning design in vanilla Minecraft, too. What's more, Polar Cat's easy-to-follow tutorial makes this house super simple to build in your own world.

Cute bunny house

We've searched for the cutest Minecraft house, and we've got a winner: this adorable bunny-shaped cabin. Doesn't need much explaining, does it? It even comes with carrot-shaped decorations! As you might expect from a cute house, it's very small, so you won't need many resources. Furthermore, most of the materials consist of wood and wool, which shouldn't be hard to find.

Mushroom house

When we say "Minecraft mushroom house", we literally mean a house inside a giant mushroom. Creating a realistic-looking mushroom is very challenging, but luckily for us, YouTuber BlueNerd made an incredibly handy step-by-step tutorial. As mentioned in the video, you might want to swap the white terracotta blocks for white concrete if it looks too pink.

House with a mine entrance

When building our own Minecraft houses, we're always thinking about where our mine entrance should be and what it should look like. We're always a little worried about mobs, so we've never considered incorporating it into our Minecraft house design, but seeing this build from Foxel, we think we might have missed a trick.

Strawberry cottagecore house

With the best shaders installed, Minecraft can look truly idyllic, especially when surrounded by mushrooms, meadows, or flowers. That's why the cottage and fairycore themes are among the most popular to build in Minecraft, giving you a cute and cozy place to live. There are so many cottagecore builds we could have chosen, with some surrounded by flowers and others with mossy roofing like the one below, but we just can't get enough of this strawberry cottage by Arichoo.

Fairy house

If fairies were to take up residence in your Minecraft world, they would surely want to live in a cute pink cottage with flowers growing on the rooftop, right? This pretty fairy house design made by sillyblocks is highly detailed yet very beginner-friendly thanks to its use of basic resources. Let's plant some more flowers!

Fantasy house

A pointy tower, bright orange roof, balconies, red roses… Yes, this is definitely a fantasy house. While it doesn't take magical powers to build it yourself, note that this Minecraft house uses a great variety of materials, which would require you to visit several biomes in survival mode. Gathering quartz may be especially time-consuming, but you can always swap it for a more standard material like diorite.

Wooden houses

Warped wood house

As we mention below, the two Nether wood types can seem pretty garish on first glance. However, pair them with the right color palette, like IT-TVGaming here, and you can make something beautiful. This dark Warped wood and Deepslate combo might not be for everyone, but we love the gothic look, especially on the ice-white backdrop you can see above. That said, we also think a house like this would look pretty awesome in a swamp, a taiga, or, of course, The Nether - just don't put a bed in it there.

Crimson wood house

Given their bright coloring, the Crimson and Warped wood of the Nether are among the hardest blocks to build with, but we can't get enough of this Crimson house by Enchanted Architecture. Using a combination seen in most crimson wood builds, this cute, color-pop cabin uses Blackstone to tone down the crimson wood. Pop this in the Nether or the overworld, or perhaps even have one in both.

Pale Garden fantasy house

If you want to set up home in the Pale Garden biome, you might be wondering where to start. This biome might be intriguing, but it's also terrifying, and its muted gray color palette may not be immediately inspiring. There are a couple of other ideas in this guide, including a resin house, but we love this cute fantasy house from Paterkid on YouTube with its cute curved roof and pumpkin details that perfectly match the biome's orange Eyeblossom flowers and resin blocks.

Acacia wood house

In our opinion, Acacia is one of the most difficult wood types to build with, thanks to its bright orange tone. However, it does go very nicely with gray stone blocks, and Stevler on YouTube has put together this beautiful Savanna house using acacia planks, logs, and stone bricks. The natural, low design with its surrounding fences also gives this Minecraft house the perfect style for the surrounding savanna biome.

Mangrove starter house

Mangrove wood might at first appear a difficult color to build with, but its beetroot red hue actually fits into a range of Minecraft block palettes. You can find an array of Mangrove wood house tutorials with a quick search, but we've chosen to highlight this cute one from Dio Rods, not just because the tutorial itself is pretty cool, but because the house build is small and simple - a great place to start with this wood and biome. This also gives us an idea to try out more houses from this guide, why not place a simple starter base in each biome?

Bamboo wood house

Okay, so bamboo planks might not be the best-looking wood variant Minecraft has ever seen, but it's pretty unique - and bamboo rafts are awesome. If you're struggling to work bamboo into your next build, take some inspiration from Linard, who has a few YouTube shorts making use of the unique wood set.

Since these are shorts, they aren't as easy to follow as tutorials, which is why we've chosen to showcase the simpler small house above, but whether you follow it block-for-block or use it as inspiration, you'll hopefully wind up with a pretty cute bamboo Minecraft house.

Build your bamboo house in a jungle full of the stuff and against the coast so you can place some bamboo rafts around your jetty and sail off at will.

Dark oak starter house

Depending on which biome you spawn or decide to build your starter base, you might have to build with different wood, and the Dark Forest is a great pick thanks to its gorgeous Dark Oak wood type and giant fairycore toadstools.

This gorgeous and simple little starter base blends in perfectly with both, as YouTuber Dio Rods even helps to make the outside of your new home look perfect, by placing little red mushrooms around to match the biome around it.

Cherry wood house

As soon as the pink cherry wood variant was announced as part of Minecraft 1.20, it was obvious that the best Minecraft builders would create some stunning houses with cherry logs. Cute Minecraft builds and cottagecore styles are among the most popular Minecraft houses, so what better than a pink wood family to build your pastel dream house with?

Of an ever-increasing selection of pink houses following the Trails and Tales update, the above build by Marloe is just one great pick of an incredibly fruitful selection. We particularly love how surprisingly well that deepslate base matches the pink tones.

Spruce Taiga House

Spruce is objectively one of the best-looking wood types in Minecraft, so if you find yourself in a Taiga biome, it's only natural to want to build your house from the dark wood. The hard part is deciding on the rest of the color palette - i.e. the best blocks to pair with your planks.

This cute Taiga starter house is absolutely perfect, and solves the block palette problem by incorporating cobblestone and mossy cobblestone into the build, perfectly matching with the mossy cobblestone patches found naturally in Old Growth Taigas. Even if you don't find the larger Taiga variant and thus haven't got a building plot surrounded with podzol and cobblestone, this house still looks gorgeous in any biome, taiga or otherwise, has everything you need in a starter base, and is easy to build.

Birch house

Like a few of the wood types in Minecraft, birch is not always a top pick. While crimson and warped wood can be a little garish, birch is the opposite, with its pallid color often overlooked in favor of dark oak or spruce.

However, Julious manages to make the simplest (and easiest to find) wood planks look pretty with their L-shaped birch build above. If you're short on materials, you could also swap out the roof materials for oak or another darker wood type.

Wooden Starter House

While you can get fancy with a lot of the options on this list, if you're looking for something straightforward and practical to build in survival mode, this Wooden Starter House by Base Tutorials will get you ready. Wood is by far the easiest material to acquire in survival mode, and you're going to be stuck with a lot of it if you end up clearing a forest. This is the perfect opportunity to build something that is both cozy and simple enough that you won't have to spend hours dedicating your life to constructing.

Minecraft wooden house

Your wooden house in Minecraft can be as big or small as you like, from wood-panelled palatial mansions to cozy log cabins positioned on the outskirts of a Minecraft village. You can let your imagination run riot as long as you have the supplies. Wooden houses are extremely versatile, easy to gather materials for, and can be created to suit your Minecraft needs.

If you fancy extending it later on to create more rooms, then the relative ease with which you can gather materials makes a wooden house an attractive proposition. Also, this sweet wooden cabin comes with a porch, so you can relax and take it easy before setting off on an adventure. If you feel like changing it up, you can replace wooden house designs with any of the ten Minecraft wood types, including Tales and Trails bamboo planks.

Stone houses

Rustic stone and wood house

Stone may not always be the most beautiful block to build with, but it is one of the most common, especially when you want to build an early-game base. Luckily, when you put different textures and blocks together, aiming for a natural, rustic look like TheMythicalSausage with this stone Minecraft house, the result can be something truly homely.

Dark stone house

We rarely see a fully stone house that actually works, but this grey and black build by daxar123_builds on YouTube somehow avoids looking too dark and gloomy. Instead, the textured stone walls look kind of cozy, and the wooden details and chimney further add to the stone cottage vibe. You could change the blocks if you wanted a lighter color roof or walls, but we think this stone Minecraft house is perfect as it is.

Spanish villa

Okay, we're starting off with a lie here; this cute Spanish-style villa is actually built from sandstone, but that's technically a type of stone, right? It's worth including, though, as this cute Minecraft house is perfect for that Mediterranean getaway, with vines growing up the side of the house and a gentle breeze blowing through the railings. Okay, you've got to use your imagination for that last part.

Mediterranean villa

If you want to relax by the pool with a cool drink in hand, but need something a little bigger than the villa above, you'll need a multi-tiered Mediterranean mansion like this one. With three floors and an adjoining tower, this design is certainly intricate, so we suggest adapting the main structures and patterns to fit your specifications.

You'll need a lot of terracotta, smooth sandstone, bricks, and concrete to get the foundations laid, but once you get the bare bones built, you can fill it with these luxury Minecraft kitchen ideas. You can also make it into a rustic villa by adding some of our Minecraft farm designs.

Underground base ideas

Underground base

A more recent trend for Minecraft houses is to construct a basement property, with stairs leading to the entrance to your underground base. To make these unique living quarters, you'll need to hollow out the area in which you want to construct your base. Then, when you've built up the walls, stairs, and everything else your property needs, you can stick some glass on the roof to allow some sunlight to shine through. If you're particularly keen on keeping plants indoors, this is a great option.

This can be tough to keep efficiently lit at night, but that's nothing a few torches or glowstone blocks can't fix. Do you want to know the best part? Because this is in Minecraft, you won't ever need to worry about mold forming on the walls. Just be sure to have sufficient fencing surrounding your house, otherwise, you could have a rather rude knock at your door at night.

Cave house

The great benefit of a Minecraft cave house is that you can build it anywhere as long as there's solid ground. That said, turning a cave into a good-looking home can be tricky due to the uneven floors and walls. This handy cave house tutorial by TheMythicalSausage offers some great tips on how to create a practical layout and make it look natural at the same time. Try using slabs and upside-down stairs, and you'll have an amazing underground base in no time.

Ravine base

You might not technically be able to call this a "house", but it's certainly still a home - and a pretty awesome one at that. In the video above, watch SmallishBeans turn an entire ravine into a beautiful base, complete with its own villager trade market. The beauty of this base is that you can start off small with somewhere safe to spend the night and expand on it as much or as little as you want, adding more and more rooms and environments as you see fit.

Underwater house

While it's arguably easier to go for a half-submerged house, let's go for the real deal and build ourselves a fully submerged underwater base. This glass igloo design by Random Steve Guy offers an amazing view of Minecraft's underwater world, and it doesn't even require any rare building materials. As mobs aren't fond of swimming, this underwater house is well-suited for survival mode. The main difficulty is finding some sponges, as you'll need them to drain the water.

Minecraft copper houses

Natural copper house

Unless you're super creative, Minecraft copper blocks are among the hardest materials to build with. Things were made much easier with the additional blocks released with the Copper Age update, but if you're still struggling with this palette, thankfully, there are plenty of content creators who aren't.

Most often, you'll see the garish orange and green blocks paired with others, like stone or wood blocks, to tone things down. This build from Folli on YouTube is the perfect example of that, somehow making these industrial blocks look stunning, even in a natural build.

Shubble's whimsical steampunk cottage

After the Minecraft Live broadcast of September 2025, two Minecraft YouTubers were invited to show off their Copper Age builds, and we just love Shelby, AKA Shubble's, cute "mushroom-themed meets Steampunk" build, complete with a water wheel, pipes, and a windmill! Get a better look at her build above, where you can also see an incredible copper-themed creation from Mogswamp.

Japanese copper house

If you're a fan of Japanese architecture, you might wonder how on earth you can incorporate copper blocks into the style, but Linard proves it's possible with this build. Using lots of the earlier copper blocks that were added with Trial Chambers, such as grates and copper doors, Linard mimics the ornate, detail-oriented feel so often associated with this style.

Round copper house

Also using some of the copper blocks from Minecraft 1.21, as well as chains, iron gates, and more, this spectacular round Minecraft house from IT-TCGaming is quite the marvel. The good thing about this build is that we think it would look equally good in nature as it would in a more built-up or industrial area in your Minecraft world.

This build was created before the Copper Age update, but you could now even try swapping out some of those chains and lanterns for their copper counterparts.

Japanese house designs

Japanese Cherry house

Images of Japan and Sakura - cherry blossom - go hand in hand, so it's only natural that creative builders have been making some stunning Japanese-inspired Minecraft builds from the beautiful pink cherry wood. Just look at how truly incredible this Japanese Cherry House from Stevler is.

From the images, you'd think this building would be quite tough, especially for a beginner builder, but don't be put off - Stevler's easy-to-follow, step-by-step video makes this dream build doable for even those of us who don't know our floors from our ceilings. OK, we're not quite that bad.

Japanese house

If you're after a tranquil home, intricately built using vibrant and traditional colors, this Minecraft Japanese house build by Zaypixel is a doddle to build. The main materials for crafting this are cobblestone, dark oak, spruce, Prismarine, and sandstone - and you can surround it with blossom trees using pink wool. Our favorite detail is the prismarine roof, which contrasts nicely against all the dark oak.

As long as you have the materials to hand, you can have a peaceful Japanese house up and running in Minecraft in no time. Plus, a lot of the extra details, not to mention the interior, can be designed to your preference. When you've finished constructing the Japanese house, maybe you can create a garden complete with ornate bridges running over a pond filled with fish (brought over with a bucket).

Modern Minecraft houses

Circular modern house

Minecraft might be all blocks and straight edges, but somehow that makes it more fun to try and build curved shapes. That's why we love this cool, circular, tree stump house from Claire593, which is simple but oh so stylish - just don't expect much privacy from prying zombies.

Small modern house

If the prospect of building the large modern mansion above is a little too intimidating, here's a smaller Minecraft modern house for you to try first. If the cute combination of gray concrete and stone is still a little too rustic-looking for you, this super simple tutorial can be tweaked to your own personal preferences, like white or even colored concrete and other alternative materials and shapes.

Large modern house

If a rustic abode isn't your style, there are plenty of modern Minecraft house designs to choose from. Materials needed are a little harder to come by. They include stone, slabs, and clay to mold your modern crib, complete with large glass windows and a balcony to soak up the views. As such, modern houses take more time to plan and build, so you will need to be dedicated and have everything prepared in advance. We love the modern house design in the video above, with its floor-to-ceiling glass walls and stunning landscaped garden, complete with grass hedges and a meandering lake.

Modern mansion

This modern mansion design by Rizzial instantly appealed to us thanks to those twin staircases wrapping around the exterior of the house. They just make it look so grand. We also love the swimming pool out front, and the floor-to-ceiling windows looking out onto it. You might want to make some changes to the privacy of this build, unless perhaps you're living in such an exclusive area that it doesn't matter.

Suburban Minecraft house

If you're looking for something simple, practical, and perhaps familiar, Rizzial also built this suburban Minecraft house that might be more to your liking. It's got all the features of a typical suburban home: two stories, a garage, and a porch. Despite its humble nature, it's still a good-looking build made up of concrete, stone, and quartz. You're also free to make the rooms a little bigger if you so wish, but keep in mind that you'll have to scale everything up in order to keep it looking homely.

Another suburban house

This suburban house is slightly bigger than the one above and perhaps even more suitable for your new residential area. It simply rocks the pastel-gray color, garage door, slick pavement, and well-trimmed hedges. As would be expected, you'll find an equally contemporary interior design behind the front door.

Minecraft treehouses

Jungle tree house

A proper Minecraft jungle house should always involve a tree in its design, right? This little jungle base created by MegRae uses a rather simple wooden structure that fits around any large jungle tree, making it very easy to recreate in your own Minecraft world. You don't need more than a few stacks of jungle wood, jungle leaves, and torches, leaving you more than enough time to explore this dense biome.

Large treehouse

These Minecraft houses aren't for vertigo sufferers, but Minecraft treehouses are a great way to escape the creepers that come out at night to save you time repairing your Minecraft shield. Treehouses are also a simple way to get a great view of the local area or a vantage point to shoot arrows at Minecraft mobs.

You can build your new home perched atop a tree or build a brand-new tree from scratch. Getting the base right is essential in the construction of your Minecraft treehouse, whether you want a tree that functions as a house or a house at the top of a tree.

This incredible treehouse build from DiddiHD is vast and is a bit daunting, but their fantastic tutorial makes it a manageable build for anyone, and it's possibly the most beautiful treehouse we've ever seen.

Minecraft treehouse village

If that's still not quite challenging enough for you, you've got time on your hands, or you want to house more than just yourself, we love the idea of building a village of small treehouses and connecting them with bridges.

That's just what prominent Minecraft builder GeminiTay did with this cosy jungle treehouse village, building a series of varied homes around the jungle, and linking them all together with staircases and bridges.

Medieval houses

Small medieval Minecraft house

Medieval houses in Minecraft come in all shapes and sizes. You may want a sturdy Minecraft castle built of stone, host to gothic cobblestone features, eerie fireplaces, and a hidden lair - especially stunning since the addition of Cobbled Darkstone. Maybe you're looking for a simple rustic village dwelling fashioned from oak, encompassed by a canopy of trees, or placed in a rural green hideaway. Our favorite of the bunch has to be this combination of the two, with all the grand stonework of a castle paired with barn-like features. This cozy, simple build means you won't get too bogged down in the design aspect, saving you time to explore.

On the other hand, if complex constructions are in your wheelhouse, check out our rundown of the very best Minecraft builds if you're thinking of turning your house into a palace.

Large medieval Minecraft house

If the previous Minecraft medieval house idea is not quite up to your standard, try this epic medieval mansion. True, it will take a lot of time to build it (see 0:14 for an overview of the resources needed), but every noble lord in the neighborhood shall be green with envy.

Cool Minecraft houses

Floating Minecraft house

You might say the two houses below this one are floating too, just in a different way, but we also can't help but think a little house raft would be a peaceful and refreshing way to live. More importantly, it's a great way to keep those pesky creepers at bay.

This simple house is just like any other you might find on land, but its little floating base, small deck, and boat transportation turn a regular Minecraft home into something truly unique. For an even better effect, just add some pretty Minecraft shaders and watch the sun rise and set on the horizon or just look at the rippling reflection of your home in the water as you're chilling - in safety - outside your front door.

Minecraft Up house

Is there a more iconic house than Carl's colorful floating house from the Disney Pixar movie Up? We don't think so. And just look how magnificent it looks, built from bricks. We love a floating house in Minecraft and have built a few of our own, but this Up house by Smithers Boss on YouTube is definitely our favorite. Thanks to their simple-to-follow block-by-block tutorial, it's easy to get your own Up house in your Minecraft world… You've just got to work out how to get in and out of it.

Floating island house

Okay, we promise this is the last 'floating' house here, but we just can't decide which of these three we love most. This one has a modest base atop a floating island. Like the Up house above, it's neither the easiest home to build nor particularly easy to get in and out of, but this one is arguably better for the latter if you want to stay on brand. Simply create either a ladder of vines or a water elevator and drop from this island to get up and down.

Building the floating island itself in survival mode is not easy, we've done it ourselves on our multiplayer Minecraft server, but it is doable - and made easier with some scaffolding, crafted from string and bamboo.

Tiny Minecraft house

You really don't need more than two square meters of living space in your Minecraft house. No, really, we're not exaggerating; this tiny house is only three by four meters, but it has everything you need, including a bed, workbench, furnaces, and storage space. Oh, and let's not forget about the tiny rooftop farm. Yup, the creator of this small Minecraft house truly thought of everything.

Teeny Minecraft house

Let's take that a bit further, shall we? Who needs two square meters if you can live on one? This teeny, tiny, ridiculously small Minecraft house created by BigTonyMC is only three by three meters, including the walls. It's just as efficient and adorable as the previous design, but it looks completely different. If you prefer sturdy, stone walls, this piece of bite-sized brilliance may be the best small house for you.

Beach house

Perhaps your starting location is somewhere close to the coast, and you want something a little more fitting for the local area. Whether your idea of a beach house is a ramshackle hut nestled on the water's edge or a serene three-tiered mansion complete with a swimming pool, there are tonnes to choose from. Our favorite is the unassuming, easy-to-build villa above. It has a clever use of trap doors as decorations, but takes quite a lot of quartz blocks to construct. It has a small pool to tip your tootsies in, fitting for a relaxing end to a hard day's adventuring.

Hobbit hole house

The Minecraft hobbit hole house is quite a popular build, but this interpretation absolutely nails the original Bag End look. As seen in the Lord of the Rings movies, the hobbit house is situated inside a small green hill behind a round, green door opening with adjacent round windows. It has a similar wooden interior, complete with more round entryways, plus a lovely little flower garden and chimney outside. The secret greenhouse at the end is optional.

Log cabin house

Most wood cabins in Minecraft are made from processed wood, or, as we usually call them, planks. Nothing beats the coziness of a true log cabin, though, especially when it's placed in a snowy winter wonderland. This little log cabin design predominantly uses oak logs, spruce logs, and stripped spruce logs as building materials to recreate that authentic look. Top that off with some decorative cookies, cakes, and snowberries, and your perfect winter cabin is finished. Is it Christmas yet?

Country farmhouse

This Minecraft farmhouse is one of the most beautiful and accurate designs out there, complete with farmland, storage buildings, and a barn for your animals. The farmhouse itself has a large porch and tons of decorative details. It'll undoubtedly take some time to recreate this farm, but that's mostly because of its size. The important resources, wood, and brick (clay), aren't too hard to come by.

Desert house

With its use of sandstone, wooden details, and layered style, this Minecraft desert house will be a true eyecatcher in an otherwise barren landscape. The most important building material is smooth sandstone, which is made by smelting normal sandstone, so it shouldn't be hard to get. Despite the modest size of this desert house, the result looks like a tiny palace that wouldn't be out of place in a thousand-and-one-night fairytale.

Viking house

A typical Viking house is made of wood, has a triangular shape, and uses crossed wooden beams at the top of its roof. We understand that time is short in between raids, so here's a relatively simple Minecraft Viking house tutorial from TheWalkingWhale that looks awesome, is 100% historically accurate (sort of), and explains exactly how to create those typical Viking features. Skal!

Brick house

This small brick house by Tanol Games uses classic red brick blocks combined with gray stone bricks, which creates a nice color pattern. It comes with several classic details, such as a small porch, roof windows, and a chimney. Most importantly, however, it doesn't require an enormous stack of bricks to build this house, saving the survival mode players a lot of time.

Lake house

You can build a Minecraft house near a lake, a Minecraft house in the middle of a lake, or, and that's the one we prefer, a Minecraft house on a lake yet still connected to the land. This particular lake house design uses only wood and glass, making it fairly easy to build. It starts with a wooden pier leading onto a larger wooden platform, then details the structure of the house. Make sure you don't miss the handy layout at 01:36.

Cliff house

Minecraft cliff houses that defy the laws of gravity always look super impressive, so naturally, we want one, too. This cliff house, which is made from wood and stone, rocks the 'overhanging' front design, complete with decorative support beams. What's especially handy though, is that the creator is actually walking and climbing instead of flying, showing us how to recreate this cliff house in survival mode without falling to our deaths.

Victorian house

This Victorian house design by WBC Builds nails the tall, pointy, gothic look of the nineteenth century's architecture. Even more impressively, it's based on a real-life Victorian gatehouse. The archways, high windows, and brick walls are exceptionally accurate, and not too difficult to recreate. If you're a survival player, however, you might want to use wood instead of bricks, as it's much easier to collect.

Witch house

This Minecraft witch house in the shape of a witch's hat is by far the spookiest place to live. As you might expect, it's full of odd decorations such as candles, pumpkins, mushrooms, and amethyst, so be prepared to do a ton of material gathering if you wish to create it in survival mode. If you do, however, we're pretty sure that even the zombies will give your house a wide berth.

Haunted house

This haunted mansion won't be easy to replicate, but its creepiness and spooky details make it worth the time investment. After all, you can't have a Minecraft haunted house without a multitude of mysterious rooms to haunt. If you're attempting a similar haunted house build in survival mode, you might want to swap the blackstone for another type of stone or dark oak wood, as blackstone will be hard to gather. Another tip: don't hold back on the lanterns and cobwebs once you're done with the main structure.

Nether house

This Minecraft nether house tutorial by Reimiho is complex yet easy to understand, all thanks to the creator's top-down layouts and use of overworld examples. As you might expect from a true nether house design, it's predominantly built from resources found in Minecraft's nether underworld, such as

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