13. Victorian Glass and Copper Root Cellar
Introduction
Root cellars keep your vegetables fresh underground, but a Victorian-styled surface entrance elevates it into a work of architectural art.
What This Idea Means
This concept highlights subsurface storage with an ornate above-ground glasshouse pavilion. It combines polished copper domes with deepslate retaining walls.
How to Make It
Build stone retaining walls built into a hillside, featuring a heavy iron door. Above the underground vault, construct a domed glass pavilion framed with oxidized copper blocks and iron bars. Inside the cellar, stack barrels and chests along stone-lined corridors.
Tips and Variations
- Allow copper blocks to weather naturally to an oxidized turquoise green for an aged Victorian look.
- Plant ferns and moss on the hillside surrounding the cellar entrance.
Needs to Make That Thing
- Copper Blocks (Weathered/Oxidized)
- Iron Doors and Iron Bars
- Stone Bricks and Deepslate
- Barrels and Chests