In the July Minecraft session, I wanted to continue working on the building from June. I had one floor of an L-shaped building, unfurnished except for a placeholder carpet; so the current questions were how I wanted to furnish it, and how to add a second story.
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In one half of the room, I put a dining table
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/where-to-place-the-stairs-435x240.png)
I don’t really see a good place for some stairs, though
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/empty-roof-435x246.png)
The view up top
I didn’t see any place where stairs would really fit. So I decided to go with a sort of military theme, with a sort of watchpost on top instead of a full second floor, and with an idea that maybe a ladder would make more sense in that situation? (Because, of course, it’s really easy to carry armor and weapons up a ladder?)
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Notches around the roof edge; conveniently, all the sides were of an odd length
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Trying to figure out if I want the corner notches to match the corner pillars or the other notches; dark was clearly better
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Placing an arch, at sunset
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I extended that into an entire covered area; it looks a little odd with only pillars at the corners, though
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/adding-a-middle-pillar-435x242.png)
The balance is better with a pillar in the middle
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/view-from-roof-435x243.png)
Here’s what it looks like from the roof
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Adding a second one for the other half of the roof
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Here’s what it looks like from farther away
So now the building is pretty much in place; I needed to add more military decorations up top, and fill out the other half of the downstairs.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/putting-up-armor-435x240.png)
Here’s some armor
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Anvils and a chest for supplies / repairs
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A first stab at the other half upstairs
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Putting in a ladder
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The top of the ladder
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Making a research area downstairs
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Here’s the view towards the table
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/red-under-the-chest-435x242.png)
A compressed red carpet under the chest
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/music-box-435x244.png)
Adding in a record player
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/record-supply-435x244.png)
A stack of records next to it
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/all-of-downstairs-435x244.png)
A broader view of downstairs
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/other-half-upstairs-435x245.png)
The magic table fit better downstairs than upstairs, so let’s put a furnace upstairs instead
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/adding-snow-upstairs-435x243.png)
There’s some snow nearby on the mountains, so let’s add some on the building, too
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/more-snow-435x244.png)
Some more snow
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/snow-on-roofs-435x242.png)
Snow on the rooftops
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The building with snow
That was a good stopping point for the building; the questions for next time are what to do with the garden on the back, and what about the chasm in the middle.
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Here’s the garden and the house
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/water-in-the-back-435x240.png)
There’s water behind the garden
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/view-from-the-middle-435x244.png)
Here’s the view of the house over the chasm
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/view-at-night-435x243.png)
A nighttime view
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Setting sun
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Further away at night
Next I went to visit Dan; he’d built a modern art museum
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/art-gallery-435x243.png)
The museum
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/blue-and-green-435x244.png)
Blue and green works
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/green-and-white-435x245.png)
Green and white
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/close-view-of-white-435x244.png)
A closer view of the white statue
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/blue-and-purple-435x242.png)
Blue and purple
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/top-view-of-blue-435x244.png)
A top view of the blue statue
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/top-view-435x244.png)
A view from higher up
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Trees nearby
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/more-distant-view-435x245.png)
A view from a little farther away
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/tower-further-away-435x245.png)
There’s a tower further away; you can barely see the museum
Pat was adding another building to his floating city, a sort of sandstone and clay building with a large courtyard.
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/courtyard-435x246.png)
Inside the courtyard
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A higher up view
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/around-the-side-435x246.png)
A room around the edge
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/across-the-middle-435x245.png)
Looking into the middle of the courtyard
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/looking-up-at-roof-435x244.png)
Looking up at the roof
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/the-whole-city-435x246.png)
The current state of the entire city
And Miranda was taking another swing at the Howl’s Moving Castle-inspired building. (It’s on a pretty small island, so it’s a little abstract.)
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/mushrooms-435x242.png)
A mushroom island nearby
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/working-on-the-moving-castle-435x245.png)
The back of the castle
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The front of the castle. (Still in progress)
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/closer-view-435x246.png)
A side view
![](http://scenes.malvasiabianca.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/octopi-through-reeds-435x244.png)
Looking at octopi through some reeds
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Looking at the castle from the mushroom island