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Furniture Categories

The catalogue is grouped into recognizable furniture families:

Seating

  • Chairs and stools you can right-click to sit in.
  • Benches for long seating along walls or tables.
  • Couches and cushions for soft, padded seating.

Tables & Surfaces

  • Dining tables and desks in every wood type.
  • Counters and kitchen units that line up into worktops.
  • Side tables and small surfaces for lamps and decorations.

Storage

  • Drawers, cupboards and wardrobes that open to store items.
  • Shelves and bookshelves for displaying books and clutter.
  • Crates, jars and pots for rustic storage looks.

Lighting

  • Lamps, hanging lamps and standing lamps.
  • Lanterns, candle holders and candles for warm light.

Soft Furnishings & Decor

  • Rugs and carpets to dress floors.
  • Curtains and blinds for windows.
  • Mirrors, clocks and picture-style wall decor.
  • Plates, bowls, cups and tableware for set dining tables.
  • Plant pots and decorative pots for greenery.
  • Trophies, statues and pillars for grand interiors.

Functional Furniture

Several pieces do more than decorate:

  • Sitting - right-click a chair, stool, bench or couch to sit down. Your character lowers onto the seat; move or sneak to stand back up. Great for taverns, dining rooms and waiting areas.
  • Storage - drawers, cupboards and wardrobes open an inventory when right-clicked, so they double as hidden chests that fit a room's style.
  • Display - shelves and bookshelves hold books and small items; plates and bowls dress a table for a meal.

The rest of the catalogue is purely cosmetic - rugs, curtains, lamps, pots, trophies and statues exist to make a space look finished.

Furnishing Rooms

Use the families together to build complete spaces:

  • Kitchen - line up counters and kitchen units along a wall, add a cupboard for storage and a table with plates to dine at.
  • Dining room - a dining table ringed with chairs or benches, set with plates, bowls and cups, lit by a hanging lamp.
  • Bedroom - a fancy bed flanked by side tables, a wardrobe for storage, a rug on the floor and curtains at the window.
  • Living room - a couch with cushions facing a shelf of books, warmed by lamps and candles, with a clock and mirror on the wall.
  • Office / study - a desk and chair, bookshelves behind, and a standing lamp for light.

Tips

  • Match the wood type to your build - craft furniture from the same planks you used for the structure so it blends in.
  • Right-click to sit in any chair, stool, bench or couch - useful for roleplay scenes and screenshots.
  • Place units side by side to form long counters and dining tables; adjacent matching pieces connect into a single surface.
  • Layer the decor - a rug under a table, plates on top, a lamp beside it and a trophy on a shelf turns a plain box into a believable room.
  • Use storage furniture as disguised chests - drawers, cupboards and wardrobes keep a room tidy while hiding your items.

Crafting & Placement

Furniture is made the same way as any other block:

  • Craft at the crafting table using common materials - mostly planks of the wood type you want, with wool, string, iron, glass or dye for specific pieces (cushions, lamps, mirrors, and so on).
  • The wood type you craft with decides the finish - craft a chair from spruce planks and you get a spruce chair; the same recipe with birch planks gives a birch chair.
  • Place furniture like any block. Most pieces rotate to face you when placed, so chairs, desks and benches line up naturally with the room.
  • Larger sets (dining tables, counters, kitchen units) are built by placing several matching pieces next to each other - adjacent units connect visually into one continuous surface.