How to build Central Perk in Minecraft

The coffee house where six friends spent ten years on one couch. A red-brick front with a dark green CENTRAL sign and PERK lettered in green across the big window, and right behind the glass the famous orange couch with its coffee table, two armchairs and a floor lamp. Gunther is behind the counter, as always. Out front is the fountain from the opening credits, with six little friends dancing in the water under red, yellow, blue, green, pink and orange umbrellas, while a duck and a chick wander past.

Open the interactive 3D plan above to build it one layer at a time: every layer has a numbered top-down plan, a block list and full-screen step-by-step instructions you can tick off as you go. You can also download it for Litematica, WorldEdit or Minecraft Bedrock, or view it in your room in AR.

Materials list

BlockAmountStacks
Bricks82112 stacks + 53
Dark Oak Planks5548 stacks + 42
Smooth Stone4727 stacks + 24
Stone Bricks2123 stacks + 20
Green Concrete1121 stack + 48
Oak Leaves1101 stack + 46
Water991 stack + 35
Glass921 stack + 28
White Concrete641 stack
Stone Brick Slab63
Light Gray Concrete54
Orange Wool35
Smooth Quartz Block21
Bookshelf18
Dark Oak Slab17
Lantern13
Oak Log12
Polished Blackstone12
Orange Carpet9
Smooth Quartz Slab8
Blue Concrete7
White Terracotta7
Yellow Wool7
Blue Wool6
Brown Wool6
Green Wool6
Lime Wool6
Magenta Wool6
Red Wool6
Quartz Pillar5
Spruce Slab5
Yellow Carpet5
Blue Carpet4
Lime Carpet4
Magenta Carpet4
Red Carpet4
White Wool4
Oak Fence3
Black Carpet2
Black Concrete2
Block of Iron2
Brown Carpet2
Spruce Door2
White Carpet2
Gray Concrete1
Light Blue Concrete1
Orange Terracotta1
Pink Concrete1
Purple Concrete1

Building tips

  1. Build the front wall first and leave one wide window on the right, 19 blocks across and 7 tall. The couch has to be visible through it, so do not put anything tall between the couch and the glass.
  2. The couch is easy: a row of orange wool for the seat, a taller row behind for the back and one block on each end for the arms. Face it toward the window.
  3. Swap glass blocks for green concrete to spell PERK on the window. Count from the middle so the word is centred.
  4. The fountain is a ring of stone bricks with water inside, plus a stack in the middle with a small bowl on top. Stand the friends in the water and hold each umbrella up on a fence post.
  5. Hang lanterns inside and put lamp posts by the fountain, then switch to Night mood. A lit coffee house window at night is very cosy.

Step-by-step: all 16 layers

  1. Layer 1 Dark Oak Planks ×270, Smooth Stone ×202, Stone Bricks ×176, Light Gray Concrete ×54
  2. Layer 2 Water ×90, Bricks ×48, Stone Bricks ×36, Dark Oak Planks ×30, Orange Wool ×18, Blue Concrete ×6, Dark Oak Slab ×6, Spruce Slab ×5, Brown Wool ×4, Green Wool ×4, Polished Blackstone ×3, Oak Log ×2, Spruce Door ×2, White Wool ×2, Black Concrete ×1, Oak Fence ×1, Orange Carpet ×1, Quartz Pillar ×1, Yellow Wool ×1
  3. Layer 3 Bricks ×46, Stone Brick Slab ×36, Glass ×21, Dark Oak Slab ×11, Orange Wool ×11, Orange Carpet ×3, Polished Blackstone ×3, Brown Wool ×2, Green Wool ×2, Oak Log ×2, White Carpet ×2, Black Concrete ×1, Blue Concrete ×1, Gray Concrete ×1, Light Blue Concrete ×1, Oak Fence ×1, Orange Terracotta ×1, Pink Concrete ×1, Purple Concrete ×1, Quartz Pillar ×1, White Concrete ×1, White Wool ×1
  4. Layer 4 Bricks ×46, Glass ×17, Green Concrete ×8, White Terracotta ×7, Polished Blackstone ×3, Block of Iron ×2, Lantern ×2, Oak Log ×2, Oak Fence ×1, Quartz Pillar ×1
  5. Layer 5 Bricks ×46, Smooth Quartz Block ×21, Glass ×15, Green Concrete ×6, Polished Blackstone ×3, Black Carpet ×2, Brown Carpet ×2, Oak Log ×2, Lantern ×1, Orange Carpet ×1, White Wool ×1, Yellow Carpet ×1
  6. Layer 6 Bricks ×47, Oak Leaves ×42, Glass ×14, Bookshelf ×9, Green Concrete ×9, Smooth Quartz Slab ×8, Water ×8, Blue Wool ×5, Lime Wool ×5, Magenta Wool ×5, Orange Wool ×5, Red Wool ×5, Yellow Wool ×5, Blue Carpet ×4, Lime Carpet ×4, Magenta Carpet ×4, Orange Carpet ×4, Red Carpet ×4, Yellow Carpet ×4, Lantern ×3, Oak Log ×2, Quartz Pillar ×1
  7. Layer 7 Bricks ×47, Oak Leaves ×43, Glass ×16, Bookshelf ×9, Green Concrete ×7, Oak Log ×2, Blue Wool ×1, Lime Wool ×1, Magenta Wool ×1, Orange Wool ×1, Quartz Pillar ×1, Red Wool ×1, Yellow Wool ×1
  8. Layer 8 Bricks ×51, Oak Leaves ×12, Green Concrete ×10, Glass ×9, Lantern ×7, Water ×1
  9. Layer 9 Dark Oak Planks ×227, Bricks ×70, Oak Leaves ×13
  10. Layer 10 Bricks ×70, White Concrete ×16, Green Concrete ×11
  11. Layer 11 Bricks ×70, Green Concrete ×17, White Concrete ×10
  12. Layer 12 Bricks ×70, Green Concrete ×15, White Concrete ×12
  13. Layer 13 Bricks ×70, Green Concrete ×17, White Concrete ×10
  14. Layer 14 Bricks ×70, White Concrete ×15, Green Concrete ×12
  15. Layer 15 Bricks ×70, Dark Oak Planks ×27
  16. Layer 16 Smooth Stone ×270, Stone Brick Slab ×27

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