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- Size
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- Difficulty
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- Style
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Desert Sandstone House
A 9 by 9 flat-roof sandstone house with a rooftop terrace reached by ladder.
Built almost entirely from sand you can collect on the spot. Smooth sandstone bands, terracotta corners and an awning over the door give it character, and the ladder leads to a walled roof terrace with lanterns.
- Size (W × L × H)
- 11 × 11 × 7
- Blocks to place
- 333
- Layers
- 7
- Difficulty
- Beginner
- Best biomes
- Desert, Badlands
- Works in
- Java and Bedrock 1.16+
The .schem file is a Sponge schematic for WorldEdit and similar tools on Java 1.21 or newer. Preview it first in the Schematic Viewer. Bedrock players can follow the layer plan below.
How to build the Desert Sandstone House
- 1
Floor
Place a 9 by 9 square of smooth sandstone.
- 2
Walls
Build sandstone walls 3 blocks high, then add a fourth ring of smooth sandstone as a decorative band.
- 3
Openings
Leave a door gap in the middle of the front, two 2-tall windows at the front and one window on each other side. Place an oak door.
- 4
Roof terrace
Cover the top with smooth sandstone, then add a one-block sandstone parapet around the edge with orange terracotta on the four corners.
- 5
Ladder
Inside the back right corner, place a ladder against the east wall from the floor up through the roof.
- 6
Awning and lights
Add three orange terracotta blocks above the door as an awning, then lanterns inside and on the roof terrace.
Builder tips
- Smelt sandstone into smooth sandstone in a furnace.
- Desert nights are dangerous: light the terrace before sunset.
- Badlands terracotta can replace the orange accents.
Materials
Exact counts for every block in the build. Stacks are 64.
| Block | Count | Stacks |
|---|---|---|
| Smooth Sandstone | 193 | 3 × 64 + 1 |
| Sandstone | 112 | 1 × 64 + 48 |
| Glass | 10 | 10 |
| Orange Terracotta | 7 | 7 |
| Ladder | 5 | 5 |
| Lantern | 3 | 3 |
| Chest | 1 | 1 |
| Crafting Table | 1 | 1 |
| Oak Door | 1 | 1 |
Gathering estimate
Planks, stairs, slabs, bricks and glass converted back to what you collect, using standard recipes. Rounded up.
- Sand1230
- Orange Terracotta7
- Oak Log5
- Lantern3
Layer-by-layer plan
Build from the bottom up. Each layer shows exactly which block goes where, with the layer below shown faintly for alignment.
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