# Spruce Family House: Minecraft Blueprint

> An 11 by 13 two-storey spruce house with a stone base, a real staircase and a dark oak roof.

Source: https://minebuildr.com/blueprints/spruce-family-house

## Quick facts

- Category: Houses
- Style: Nordic
- Size: 13 wide, 15 long, 16 tall (blocks)
- Total blocks: 871
- Difficulty: Intermediate
- Editions: Java and Bedrock 1.16+
- Biomes: Taiga, Snowy, Forest
- Download: Free .schem file (Java Edition WorldEdit format) on the page

## Description

A comfortable main base for an ongoing survival world. The ground floor holds your workstations and storage, an indoor staircase leads to a second floor with a reading corner, and every room gets daylight from 2-tall windows.

## Materials

| Block | Count |
| --- | ---: |
| Spruce Planks | 458 |
| Dark Oak Stairs | 180 |
| Cobblestone | 83 |
| Spruce Log | 72 |
| Glass | 46 |
| Dark Oak Planks | 15 |
| Bookshelf | 6 |
| Spruce Stairs | 5 |
| Lantern | 2 |
| Chest | 1 |
| Crafting Table | 1 |
| Furnace | 1 |
| Spruce Door | 1 |

## Build steps

1. Foundation and stone base: Lay an 11 by 13 cobblestone rectangle, fill the inside with spruce planks and add a one-block cobblestone ring on top of the outer edge.
2. Frame and walls: Raise spruce log corners to 8 blocks above the foundation. Fill the walls with spruce planks and run a ring of spruce logs around the wall at the fifth level as a floor beam.
3. Second floor: Fill the inside at the beam level with spruce planks, leaving a 1 by 4 opening along the east wall for the stairs.
4. Staircase: Inside the east wall, place five spruce stairs climbing north, one block up and one block forward each time, ending level with the upper floor.
5. Windows and door: Add 2-tall glass windows on both floors: two at the front, three at the back and three on each side, plus one above the door. Hang a spruce door in the middle of the front wall.
6. Roof: Build a north to south gable from dark oak stairs, starting one block outside the walls above the top of the walls. Climb six layers and finish with a dark oak plank ridge. Fill the gable ends with spruce planks.
7. Furnish: Place the crafting table, furnace and chest in the back corner downstairs and three bookshelves upstairs. Lanterns light both floors.

## Tips

- Spruce trees are common in taiga, so build near one to keep wood trips short.
- Stairs placed while facing north will climb northward automatically.
- Add carpets and a bed upstairs to finish the bedroom.

## Related MineBuildr tools

- [House Planner](https://minebuildr.com/tools/house-planner): Sketch floor plans on a grid, place blocks and get a live material list for your next build.
- [Roof Designer](https://minebuildr.com/tools/roof-designer): Pick a roof style and pitch and get a stair/slab placement guide that fits your build footprint.
- [Wall Pattern Generator](https://minebuildr.com/tools/wall-pattern-generator): Generate randomized wall patterns from any palette — stone, wood, deepslate or custom mixes.
- [Interior Designer](https://minebuildr.com/tools/interior-designer): Pick a room style and get furniture, lighting and decor layouts with block-by-block placement.

Preview image: https://minebuildr.com/__l5e/assets-v1/a4698f95-4fef-418b-9b5f-60e28d82b597/minecraft-blueprint-spruce-family-house-iso.jpg