Deloria Lakeside Cottage
Few things dress up a shoreline faster than a proper medieval house, and the Deloria Lakeside Cottage is exactly that: white plaster walls crossed with dark oak timber framing, a cobblestone foundation, and a steep spruce roof crowned by a jettied dormer. It is a decorative build from the Spaleforce collection, released as a free download, and it slots neatly into survival worlds, creative showcases, and roleplay servers alike.
The cottage is not a tiny starter hut. It measures 33 x 34 x 27 blocks (width x height x length) and uses 8,335 blocks in total. The main materials are grass block, stone bricks, bone block, stone, and stripped spruce log, a palette that keeps the build grounded in vanilla resources while still reading as a hand-crafted medieval home rather than a boxy schematic.
What You Get in the Download
The package is refreshingly straightforward. Inside you will find a flat creative world with the build already placed, so you spawn directly in front of the cottage and can walk around it immediately. The same structure ships as a Sponge .schem file named deloria-lakeside-cottage.schem, ready for WorldEdit or FastAsyncWorldEdit, plus a README.txt with the same instructions summarised below.
One thing worth knowing before you download Deloria Lakeside Cottage: the render images labelled "AI-enhanced preview" place the build in a decorative setting with landscape, water, ships, and props. That scenery is not part of the download. The schematic contains the cottage itself, and the render images show exactly what the schematic contains.
Supported Versions and Loaders
Java Edition
The build targets Java Edition 26.1.2 or newer, and the schematic file follows the same version requirement. Because it is a Sponge schematic, it works with both WorldEdit and FastAsyncWorldEdit. On Paper or Spigot servers, schematics live in plugins/WorldEdit/schematics/. On Fabric or NeoForge, including singleplayer, they go in config/worldedit/schematics/.
If you would rather skip manual file management entirely, the foxygame.net launcher keeps Deloria Lakeside Cottage in its add-on catalog and handles the version matching for you, so the schematic lands in the right folder without any guesswork.
Bedrock and Console
There is no Bedrock port in this release. The world save and the .schem file are Java Edition assets, so console players and mobile players will need to rebuild from reference images or wait for a conversion.
How to Install
There are two routes, depending on whether you want to play the world as-is or paste the cottage into an existing project.
- Play the world: install it with the CurseForge app, or copy the folder from the zip into .minecraft/saves/. Open Minecraft, choose Singleplayer, and load the creative world with cheats on.
- Paste the schematic: install WorldEdit or FastAsyncWorldEdit, then copy the .schem file into plugins/WorldEdit/schematics/ (Paper or Spigot) or config/worldedit/schematics/ (Fabric or NeoForge, singleplayer).
- Place the build: in game, run //schem load deloria-lakeside-cottage, stand where you want the cottage to appear, and run //paste.
That is the whole process. No mods beyond the WorldEdit family are required, and no resource pack is needed because every block in the palette is vanilla.
Where the Cottage Fits Best
The lakeside theme is baked into the design: the jettied dormer and steep roof give it a tall, top-heavy silhouette that looks intentional next to water, and the cobblestone foundation hides terrain seams when you paste it on uneven ground. It suits a fishing village, a trader outpost, or a lone hunter's retreat at the edge of a forest.
Because the footprint is roughly 33 by 34 blocks, leave a little breathing room around the walls if you plan to add a dock, a garden, or a small stable. The build also works well as a template: swap the stripped spruce for dark oak or jungle logs and the cottage shifts character without losing its proportions.
Final Thoughts
Deloria Lakeside Cottage is a polished, well-proportioned medieval build that respects vanilla materials and comes with clear, no-nonsense installation instructions. Whether you are filling a lakefront plot or studying timber-framing techniques for your own designs, it earns its place in your schematic folder. Grab the free download, load it up, and give your world a shoreline worth sailing past.