this is my house now and this is my
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now the first step in taking this wooden
cube up a notch is going to be adding
some pillars like so that way they look
more supportive when we start to get to
the roof and such and as any builder
will tell you that's not the only kind
of depth that we can add to our walls
because next we gotta talk about a wall
facade which is really just a fancy way
of saying that we're adding in stairs
and slabs so that the walls start to pop
a little bit more from the supports even
now that we've got these new pillars in
wall facade it's still just a cube so to
fix that the easiest way to make your
house into a complex shape is to add on
more simple shapes like so even if we're
just mixing together more rectangles and
squares as the base when you combine
them all together that'll make the house
look a lot more like a unique shape
without making it any more difficult to
build now that we're adding in more
walls and parts to the house we want to
avoid using the same blocks for each one
of the walls because if you zoom out it
really starts to look samey from out
here so instead let's take this idea of
using a linear pattern like so to break
up the texture let's take our attention
from the walls of the house down to the
floor because while we could use a
standard carpet i think that by adding
in other blocks that are the same color
as the carpet blocks we start to get a
new texture to it you could even use a
mix of carpet and wool blocks to add in
different height levels to the carpet
now that we've cleaned up level one
let's take it up a level where that is
to level two of the house but to even
get there we're gonna need a new set of
stairs and while a standard two wide
staircase is iconic i think this user's
design looks a lot nicer than that and
it's the same cost because by just
placing these stairs on the outside
facing inward we get a natural railing
to the stairs which lets us get up to
the second floor so we can start on our
roof we're going to want to do something
a little bit more unique than just the
standard staircase design and the
easiest way to avoid your building
looking like a triangle is to mix in a
use of hole blocks and slabs instead of
just regular stair steps and speaking of
which now that we've got the roof done
this house is really starting to come
together but a house isn't all that good
if you're not able to sleep in it so
let's deal with that next and as you can
probably guess i'm not a fan of just
placing your bed out in the open so
instead let's take our standard bed and
add some function to it by using this
user's design we can place our bed up
here have it look like a bunk bed but
then still have all the space
consolidated for a crafting table barrel
storage and even a lectern if you want
oh and don't worry this lantern that
we're adding here isn't the only light
source that we plan to add and luckily
if we craft a few more lanterns we can
use these as a unique way to light up
the base by just using a mix of levers
item frames and chains we can make it
look like the lancers are held up by the
wall instead of hanging in midair and
once we place in the last lantern our
base is really starting to look like
something from the inside but there's
still work to be done on the outside of
the base the best way to do that will be
adding in vegetation blocks and we could
do this with a mix of vines leaves or
flowers but let's not make these with
bone meal and saplings but rather let's
break down those bone meal trees and use
the materials to make a few custom ones
of our own by using oak wood instead of
oak logs we can keep the bark texture on
all sides and have our tree look a lot
more realistic when we make a unique
trunk like so and then if we add in
different slabs and fences like this
user does we can mix in plenty of
variety to our branches which lets us
make a nice looking custom tree at
basically any size that you want and for
an extra bonus tip you can go even
further and use your custom trees with
walls instead no joke from a distance
direct walls look like birch logs and
that'll let us create these extra thin
trees to line up the base and i think
the last bit of vegetation that we
should add to our house is a pretty long
outside of the base we can break up this
monotony by using moss blocks and grass
blocks in tandem since with a mix of
these we can make it look as if we mowed
the lawn in nice stripes this is what
our house looked like at the beginning
of the video and this is what it looks
like now but the other parts of our base
are severely lacking so let's head over
to our mine first and get that fixed up
and to even get over there in the first
place let's start to build out a nice
looking path that'll take us right from
our lawn over to what's gonna be our
quarry we gotta make this look as good
as our house does and first to do that
we're gonna need to clean up the
staircase so as we widen the staircase
to dig down into the mines we can choose
to mix up the staircase blocks with
extra details that line the actual
stairs such as slabs candles or even
upside down stairs like this for an
alternating pattern and once we've made
that staircase down to the bottom of the
branch mine let's start to clean up this
tunnel because with just a few support
beams like this we can make it look as
if the roof isn't about to cave in
anytime soon and now that we've
completely changed the underground let's
head up to the surface because there's
still one change left that i want to
make because while our stairs look great
we do still need to house them in
something otherwise they're just going
to look out of place and the best way to
do that is by adding in a biome specific
entrance to the mine that way we're not
just leaving an open tunnel or quarry
but instead it looks like we dug into
the ground with a purpose and after
digging all those blocks down in the
mine we can put those materials to use
and start to upgrade our farm as well
but by this point i think we deserve a
better way across the water than just
swimming over there so let's give
ourselves a simple bridge to connect the
path and for that i think this design
used an extinguished campfire should do
the trick we could even turn them around
and add some different orientation to
their wood planks which definitely looks
nicer than having a one wide spruce
plank bridge over the water even though
our new bridge looks great it doesn't
lead to that pretty of a farm and while
it looks awkward if our farmland out and
about like this if we add in trap doors
around the plots then we can make it
look like planter's boxes and that even
gives us a way to compartmentalize our
different crops which is functional but
it's still too clean for the farm so to
add in some extra realism let's plant
our crops in a row like this that way we
use the dirt on either end of the
farming roast to look like the walking
lanes that you use to tend to the crops
we still need a place to hold our
farming tools and seeds and for that i
think adding in a little storage shed
like this will make it look a lot nicer
than just having our chests and barrels
out in the open and personally i like
this idea of using signs for an extra
depth off the back and all the while
having it look like wooden planks are
holding together the back of the barrel
and now for the centerpiece of this
whole farm let's build ourselves a nice
big windmill which will not only give us
a place to sleep for some safety out
there but it can also give us a proper
spot to house the different animals that
we'll need in the farm and after adding
our cows into a farm on their own let's
go one step further and place down this
design for an industrial sized milk tank
which will not only fit in with the
different kind of redstone farmers that
we might build but it also gives us a
use for any of the copper that we might
have grabbed while we were digging out
the mine but with all of that built
we're still gonna need a place to store
our stuff so let's build out a new
warehouse building to keep all of the
items that we've been collecting and
then once we've got our exterior done we
can go inside and add in this new
expandable storage system now what we've
got here uses redstone comparators to
give an indication of the chest capacity
so whether we're storing a bunch of
cobblestone from our mindy trip or a
load of wheat from the new farm this
will give us an indicator of how many of
the chests that we've filled up and to
make it even more clear what we've got
inside let's dig a couple of these in by
mixing an item frame with a sign we can
choose to label our chests with both
text and a visual indicator of the block
inside almost giving ourselves a pop-up
book effect and make sure to save a few
more of those item frames because if we
choose to put those in between the
chests like this it'll look as if
they're glued together and when you've
got a big row of chests like we got here
that'll make those tiny gaps in between
them a lot less noticeable and while
that all helps to make our bulk storage
look the best what about our valuables
let's step outside and i'll show you
this new trap door which if we flip like
so can grant us access into a new secret
basement that way we can still keep all
of our goods within the storage building
but we don't have to be too obvious
about it and that'll give us the perfect
place to keep all this nether right
they're crafting up or rather the
netherright that we would craft if we
had a nether portal so let's fix that
problem and to do that we're going to
need two things to show off a
super-sized nether portal and a
super-sized hallway to get us to that
nether portal and as we dig out the
tunnel to build this new nether portal
we can line the walls of the cave with
all the different tips that we learned
from earlier pillars for support hanging
lanterns the whole nine yards and once
we reach the end it's finally time to
build out our new centerpiece the nether
portal now personally i like the idea of
blending in the nether portal with
facade and once we've blended it in i
know the portal really looks like
something to see but we can't just have
it look good on the overworld side so
let's head through and teleport over to
the nether as well and if we're gonna
pretty up the other dimension i love
this idea of having the nether side
mirror what we built in the overworld
almost as if we're walking into a
parallel dimension and while that is
gonna double the amount of blocks that
we're using here the results are clearly
worth it and once we've done that we can
head out of our new nether portal grab
ourselves the ancient debris and then
finally craft it for the nether right
that we needed in the valuables room oh
and maybe save a few extra ingots for
your netherright tools because this next
step is going to be our biggest yet
because we're going to take what we
learned and make this house even bigger
as any worthwhile builder will tell you
having an impressive spectacle is just
as important as the little details so
that's why we can take these new skills
and start to supersize our base which is
not only going to be useful for wow and
your friends but it also makes for a
better before and after on your building
tutorial here's how our base looked at
the start and here's how it looks today
and with that folks youtube thinks that
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alright