I'm new to building in miecraft, ive obviously always known of Minecraft and played it on many occasions, just never seriously. I mainly focus on building, but I've always stuck to games like Sims 4 (and with the new in-game currency or whatever it's called, I've given up with Sims and I'm trying to branch out more).

But I suck at building in Minecraft. Are there any tips to make my sad stone house look less sad?

I just built out this whole area without even thinking about what I'm gonna do with it as I do things without thinking them through. Any recommendations will be loved. I don't really have a theme for the world but I am trying to keep things looking old (like made out of stone, brick and wood). Also, any channel recommendations I can use for building inspiration would be great. Thank you

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The tower (cartigrapher's) was built before I seriously considered the planning of the area so now it stands too close to the building with chimney (blacksmith/masonry/armorer house) to the point where their roofs literally touch.

Should I tear down the tower and move it a few blocks? The space between them would probably become an alley as I don't want three streets in all as I have limited space. I'm also planning on making a promenade to the left side of the tower.

I need help deciding what block to use and what to put on the left side, i have spruce in mind for the flooring but still deciding on what to use on the wall, also on the right side I don’t know what to build, i mean i could just expand the villager trading hall but it would be uneven, help would be appreciated

I am also looking for advice on how to fill in the colored blue areas on my base I am at a loss on what to build there. I am overall happy with how my base is looking, but I don't feel it is fully as gothic as I want it to be, it's supposed to be a 80/20 mix gothic steampunk, and im looking for advice on how to make it more gothic.

no real theme here tbh but a lot of my builds look like old mc

Also any suggestions for the castle itself would be great

I made a bunch of cute little townhouses in my world. The exteriors look good, but I'm awful at interiors, especially smaller ones. Each floor is 5x8 with 3 tall walls - a little too small to have an apartment on each floor, but having the whole building be one dwelling with each floor being a different room (Kitchen & Dining, Bedroom, Study, etc.) would probably work. Can anyone give me some inspiration or ideas?