Cottage Wizard
A wizard's nook for homely adventures in Azeroth and beyond
DISSECTING WoW HOUSING STYLES
Here I share my notes on what sets the architecture and interior design of Warcraft's playable races apart from each other. These are just a fan's observations based on the in-game visuals, not rules. They're meant to spark ideas, help people with racial housing builds by analyzing aesthetics, and offer some keywords for searching further inspiration!The sheets may be revisited as time goes on, you can find the latest versions here on my Carrd.I plan to eventually cover all the playable races. If you'd like to get email notifications about style sheet updates, please join my free Patreon membership
ELWYNN
GILNEAS
BRONZEBEARD DWARF
NIGHT ELF
DRAENEI
GNOME & MECHAGNOME
GOBLIN
FORSAKEN
BLOOD ELF
NIGHTBORNE
ORC
TAUREN
HARANIR
Some examples of my WoW housing builds. For more, please visit my YouTube channel or WoWDB Housing Hub!
BLUEPRINTS
Here you can find my available blueprints! If you use them, please credit me for the base template if you show the build around, given these took me a lot of time to create. Do not sell or make profit off of these blueprints. I'd love to see how you decorated and customized my templates, so feel free to tag me on social media!If you'd like to receive email notifications when new blueprints become available, join the free membership on my Patreon!For shopping lists, I encourage you to check out an AddOn called BlueprintBazaar, which provides the shopping list for any active code.
Recolorable 2-Floor Home Template
Notes: Only uses Neighborhood vendor decor. Budget about 2250, two floors built inside a single medium square room + entrance closet. Blueprint type: Interior. Due to using hundreds of precisely placed columns, tiles, and rugs, this build may be subject to the ongoing rotation bug, slightly off-setting some decor from their original axis. Sometimes relogging/leaving the house fixes this without correcting the rotation manually.Code: AgMhm3IwqPtLDKH4s6fFfr78
DREAMY ELVEN VILLA
Blueprint Options:
- Full Interior; replaces your current home interior. This includes the entrance closet, Square Room (Large) and Evening Circle Room.- Room Blueprint; contains the Evening Circle Room with the waterfall and 3 floors.Both blueprint options require the Evening Circle Room unlocked at house level 5. The evening circle portion looks particularly good with Hearthlight Armillary: Midnight setting, unlocked at house level 6. The blueprints are unfurnished. Because these contain decor locked behind quests, expansion reputation and expansion currencies, I've provided shopping lists for both with some notes.If you see this design or blueprint for sale anywhere, I have not authorized it. Do not sell or make profit off of my blueprints. If you use my blueprint, please credit me if you showcase the build around!Full Interior Code: AgNZhJo9CXRA67VVclxP2l3R
Evening Circle Room Code: AgIY81vkUklGmI9oIzN32Gh7
Dreamy Elven Villa Full Interior Shopping ListDecor: 1670
Decor Budget: 3520Arakkoan Alchemist's Concoction 13
Ardenweald Hanging Baskets 1
Azsharan Firespear Tree 10
Barrens Hosta Bush 6
Blightfire Candle 1
Brumewood Hollow Large Garden Cluster 4
Cartel Collector's Cage 6 - Used for waterfall effect
Charming Laurel Tree 5
Circular Elven Table 2
Circular Woolen Rug 13
Cozy Lightbloom Lilypad 3
Curved Karabor Hedge 2
Draenei Crystal Chandelier 1
Draenei Holo-Path 19
Draenethyst Sconce 2
Dragon's Elixir Bottle 9
Duskberry Bush 2
Duskwood Shadebrush 46
Duskwood Sycamore Shrub 8
Elaborate Karabor Hedge 1
Elegant Curved Table 130
Elegant Elven Barrel 3
Elegant Elven Bathtub 1
Elegant Elven Canopy Bed 20
Elegant Elven Chandelier 1
Elegant Elven Washbasin 10
Elegant Tied Curtain 4
Elven Floral Window 7
Elven Temple Brazier 7 - Waterfall foam effects
Elwynn Grass Patch 1
Filigree Moon Lamp 5 - Part of the waterfall bottom room chandelier
Filigree Moon Sconce 9 - Sparkles emerging from the pond water
Flat Boulder 4
Founder's Point Blooming Grass Patch
Founder's Point Front Door
Fresh Canvas 20 - Used for structural work with the pillars where I couldn't conveniently use beams
Gemmed Elven Chest 2
Gloomrose 8
Goldshire Window 26
Grand Drape of the Exiles 24
Grand Elven Bench 5
Grand Elven Wall Curtain 2
Hanging Wildgrove Ivy 1
Hilltop Boulder 11
Kalandrios Lily 3 - Plants in the waterfall pond
Karabor Hedge 11
Kirin Tor Skyline Banner 11
Large Brazier of Elune 1 - Bathroom ceiling lamp
Large Founder's Point Gravestone 1
Leaning Wildgrove Tree 1 - Nature prop part of the grand hall window landscape
Lunarfall Beech Tree 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room landscape
Lush Celestial Moonbough 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room landscape
Lush Wildgrove Fern 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room landscape
Mature Spiritwood Oak 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room landscape
Mechagon Miniature Artificial Sun 5
Mushan Dumpling Stack 5
Nagrand Heart Ivy 1
Nathrian Sinstain Ivy Cluster 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room landscape
Nathrian Thicket Hedge 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room by the steps to water
Old Moonbrook Creeping Ivy 53
Open Elegant Elven Barrel 11
Outer Banks Large Garden Cluster 1
Ornate Kyrian Glass Platform - 1 - Central ceiling piece in the grand hall
Pale Shadowmoon Willow 11 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room and grand hall window landscapes
Razorwind Blooms Large Garden Cluster 4
Razorwind Fountain 18
Razorwind Gobtree 6
Round-Top Boulder 15
Runetotem's Bounty Large Garden Cluster 1
Sea Glass Bauble 1
Sentinel Tree Root 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room landscape
Shadow Lily Bloom 18 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room and grand hall window landscapes
Short Square Wooden Column 7
Silvermoon Beam Platform 615
Silvermoon Dragonhawk Incubator 22 - Used for warm bloom effects; can get in the way of decorating so I removed a few of these around the villa.
Silvermoon Larrge Platform 35
Silvermoon Round Paltform 20
Silvermoon Small Platform 22
Slate Cobblestone 1
Small Boxwood Bush 19
Small Decorative Dornogal Opal 1
Small Shimmering Moonvine 7 - Nature prop part of the ceiling lamps in grand hall + 1 in the waterfall landscape
Small Wooden Stool 7
Sparse Elysian Pondweed 1 - Nature prop on the pond
Spiritbloom Flower 12
Square Woolen Rug 159
Starry Scrying Pool 1
Stonework Fountain 1
Suramar Fencepost 7
Tall Square Wooden Column 1
Valdrakken Fence 5
Verdant Shadowmoon Willow 15 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room and grand hall window landscapes
War Creche Teaching Crystal 3 - Water stream effects in the pond
Wide Wooden Staircase 10
Wild Violet Bellflowers 1
Wooden Chamberstick 51DYES:
Black Housing Dye 37
Blue Housing Dye 43
Brown Housing Dye 84
Green Housing Dye 5
Orange Housing Dye 1
Purple Housing Dye 40
Red Housing Dye 41
White Housing Dye 207
Yellow Housing Dye 1
Dreamy Elven Villa Evening Circle Room Shopping ListDecor: 1066
Decor Budget: 2204Arakkoan Alchemist's Concoction 8
Ardenweald Hanging Baskets 1
Azsharan Firespear Tree 5
Barrens Hosta Bush 6
Brumewood Hollow Large Garden Cluster 4
Cartel Collector's Cage 6 - Used for waterfall effect
Charming Laurel Tree 2
Circular Elven Table 2
Circular Woolen Rug 8
Cozy Lightbloom Lilypad 3
Curved Karabor Hedge 1
Draenei Holo-Path 7
Draenethyst Sconce 2
Duskberry Bush 2
Duskwood Shadebrush 18
Duskwood Sycamore Shrub 8
Elaborate Karabor Hedge 1
Elegant Curved Table 58
Elegant Elven Barrel 3
Elegant Elven Chandelier 1
Elegant Tied Curtain 2
Elven Floral Window 2
Elven Temple Brazier 7 - Waterfall foam effects
Elwynn Grass Patch 1
Filigree Moon Lamp 5 - Part of the waterfall bottom room chandelier
Filigree Moon Sconce 9 - Sparkles emerging from the pond water
Flat Boulder 4
Fresh Canvas 20 - Used for structural work with the pillars where I couldn't conveniently use beams
Gloomrose 8
Goldshire Window 18
Grand Drape of the Exiles 6
Grand Elven Bench 5
Grand Elven Wall Curtain 1
Hanging Wildgrove Ivy 1
Hilltop Boulder 11
Kalandrios Lily 3 - Plants on the waterfall pond
Karabor Hedge 4
Kirin Tor Skyline Banner 11
Large Brazier of Elune 1 - Bathroom ceiling lamp
Large Founder's Point Gravestone 1
Lunarfall Beech Tree 1 - Nature prop part of the landscape
Lush Celestial Moonbough 1 - Nature prop part of the landscape
Lush Wildgrove Fern 1 - Nature prop part of the landscape
Mature Spiritwood Oak 1 - Nature prop part of the landscape
Mechagon Miniature Artificial Sun 2
Mushan Dumpling Stack 5
Nathrian Sinstain Ivy Cluster 1 - Nature prop part of the landscape
Nathrian Thicket Hedge 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room by the steps to water
Old Moonbrook Creeping Ivy 53
Open Elegant Elven Barrel 2
Outer Banks Large Garden Cluster 1
Ornate Kyrian Glass Platform - Central ceiling piece in the grand hall
Pale Shadowmoon Willow 11 - Nature prop part of the landscape
Razorwind Blooms Large Garden Cluster 4
Razorwind Fountain 7
Razorwind Gobtree 3
Round-Top Boulder 15
Runetotem's Bounty Large Garden Cluster 1
Sentinel Tree Root 1 - Nature prop part of the landscape
Short Square Wooden Column 7
Silvermoon Beam Platform 419
Silvermoon Dragonhawk Incubator 12 - Used for warm bloom effects; can get in the way of decorating so I removed a few of these around the villa.
Silvermoon Large Platform 35
Silvermoon Round Paltform 16
Silvermoon Small Platform 21
Slate Cobblestone 1
Small Boxwood Bush 2
Small Shimmering Moonvine 1 - Nature prop part of the waterfall landscape, minor detail
Small Wooden Stool 7
Sparse Elysian Pondweed 1 - Nature prop on the pond
Spiritbloom Flower 12
Square Woolen Rug 101
Suramar Fencepost 1
Valdrakken Fence 5
Verdant Shadowmoon Willow 10 - Nature prop part of the waterfall room and grand hall window landscapes
War Creche Teaching Crystal 3 - Water stream effects in the pond
Wide Wooden Staircase 10
Wild Violet Bellflowers 1
Wooden Chamberstick 29DYES:
Black Housing Dye 15
Blue Housing Dye 10
Brown Housing Dye 41
Green Housing Dye 5
Purple Housing Dye 17
Red Housing Dye 19
White Housing Dye 140
Yellow Housing Dye 1
World Tree Deck View
Notes: Uses only Neighborhood vendor decor and items that can be crafted or bought from the Auction House. Budget 500 placement points. Blueprint type: Room. Requires the Evening Circle Room unlocked at house level 5. This design looks best with Hearthlight Armillary: Midnight setting, unlocked at house level 6.If you wish to spice up the design further with additional light effects, check out my World Tree Speedbuild video!We're also getting new tree decor soon; might be fun to explore how the world tree looks swapped to the other tree models!Code: AgJu6TZ+TQ5Ce7kpD6L1joqt
Aren't wizards male only?
The origin of the word is gender neutralWhere do you play?
On the EU, though I'm able to make alts on the US servers to tour other people's houses there if needed!Do you roleplay the cottage wizard?
While storytelling is something I enjoy through my builds, I don't roleplay the character on any serverWhat inspired you to do housing guides?
I've played WoW since Vanilla, and in many of my housing builds I draw inspiration from the aesthetic styles found in the Warcraft setting - creating spaces you could imagine existing on Azeroth. I'm a big fan of creating highly customized builds through kitbashing, and thought I might be able to help others capture these aesthetics when they don't yet have their own interior or exterior presets in-game.Furthermore, I've enjoyed player housing in some other MMORPGs such as Ultima Online and FF14. When I initially got into housing in FF14, I found it super helpful others had posted housing videos and tips online, which inspired me to do likewise for the WoW community.Do you take housing commissions?
I'm not open to commissions at this time