How to Set Up the Another Furniture Mod on a Minecraft Server

What Another Furniture Adds to the Game

Decorating in vanilla Minecraft is a polite way of saying placing the same brown block in twelve different orientations. Sooner or later you start looking at mods, and Another Furniture is one of the cleaner picks for the job. It works on both Forge and Fabric and brings in proper chairs, tables, drawers, curtains, shelves, shutters and a small pile of other decorative blocks. Most of them are functional too, so players can actually sit on benches and stools instead of just looking at them.

Getting it running for a group of friends only takes a few minutes once the server is on the right loader. The instructions below walk through downloading the files, installing the mod on your launcher, uploading it to the server, and a quick tour of what the mod actually gives you.

Downloading the Mod Files

The mod is hosted on CurseForge, which keeps versions cleanly separated and lets you grab the exact build that matches your server.

1. Open the Another Furniture page on CurseForge and click Files near the top.

1. Scroll down to find the Minecraft version that matches your server. Pay attention to the Forge or Fabric tag, since the wrong loader will refuse to load the mod.

1. Click the version, then press the Download button on the right.

Save the `.jar` file somewhere you can find again, like your Desktop or a dedicated mods folder on your PC. While you are there, it is worth grabbing JEI (Just Enough Items) for the same Minecraft version. JEI shows in-game crafting recipes, which is genuinely useful when you cannot remember how to build a service bell.

Installing the Mod on Your Launcher

Before the mod can do anything, your Minecraft launcher needs a Forge or Fabric profile for the same version you downloaded. If you have never installed either, run the official Forge or Fabric installer first and let it create the profile.

1. Open the Minecraft launcher and click Installations at the top.

1. Find your modded profile in the list and click the small folder icon next to it. This opens the profile's game directory in your file explorer.

1. Inside that folder, open the `mods` directory. If it does not exist yet, create a new folder called `mods` and step inside.

1. Drag and drop your Another Furniture `.jar` (and JEI, if you grabbed it) into the folder.

1. Go back to the launcher, select the modded profile and press Play. The mod should load with no extra steps.

Uploading the Mod to Your Server

The server side mirrors the client side. You need the matching Forge or Fabric build installed on the server first, which is usually selectable from the version dropdown of your control panel. Once the loader is set and the server has restarted at least once, you are ready to upload the mod.

1. From your server panel, open the FTP file manager from the panel menu.

1. Enter your panel password and log in to view the server files.

1. Open the `mods` directory and click Upload in the top left corner.

1. Drag the Another Furniture `.jar` into the upload area and wait for it to hit 100%.

1. Head back to the main panel and restart the server so the mod is loaded at boot.

The single most common mistake here is mixing loaders or versions. A Forge 1.19.2 build will not work on a Fabric 1.18.2 server, no matter how confidently you upload it.

A Tour of the New Blocks

Almost every block in Another Furniture is crafted from wood, planks, sticks, dyed wool or similar basics, so you can start decorating without grinding for rare materials. There is no config file to fiddle with either. Install it, restart, and the recipes are immediately available. JEI makes the learning curve almost flat: open your inventory, type the block name, and the recipe appears.

The sections below break the blocks into rough categories so you know what to look for.

Seating Options

There are five kinds of sittable blocks: chairs, stools, tall stools, benches and sofas. Some come in wood variations matching every vanilla log type, others use dyed wool for cushions and upholstery. All of them are interactable, so right-clicking actually plants your character on the seat instead of awkwardly hovering near it.

This is where the mod earns its keep for builders. Tavern interiors, living rooms, train carriages, anything that needed a chair before now has one that does not look like a staircase pretending to be a chair.

Surfaces and Decor

For everything that is not for sitting, the mod adds tables, shutters, service bells, flower boxes and curtains. Tables work as flat surfaces for placing decorative items, which is helpful when you want plates, candles or potion bottles to look intentional rather than dropped on the floor. Curtains can act as soft door replacements for interior rooms, and shutters double as window dressing or rustic accents on outer walls.

Many of these blocks have wood and color variants, so a single design idea scales across an entire build. A flower box outside every window of a village house, for example, makes a settlement feel lived in without much effort.

Storage and Display

Another Furniture introduces two storage related blocks: drawers and shelves.

Drawers are essentially a chest with manners. They blend into bedrooms, libraries and kitchens much better than a bare oak chest and store items the same way. Shelves are display blocks. Anything you put on them appears as a model on the wood, so you can show off a netherite sword, line up shulker boxes by color, or stash a row of golden apples for emergencies. The only downside is that retrieving items means breaking the shelf, which is mildly annoying but easy to plan around.

The Hammer

The one unique tool the mod adds is the Hammer. It is a simple item with a surprisingly satisfying job: customizing the appearance of placed furniture. Right-click a bench and you can strip off its back to make a simple seat. Tap a table and you can change how it connects to its neighbors. It is the difference between a row of identical chairs and an actual designed interior.

A quick example: if you are building an outdoor campsite, the hammer lets you turn a row of benches into backless logs around the fire. Same blocks, completely different vibe.

Troubleshooting Common Problems

Players cannot join the server. This is almost always one of two things. Either the IP address, port or subdomain was typed incorrectly, or the player has a broken mod setup. Double-check the connection details match what the panel shows, then confirm the mod file is sitting inside the correct `mods` folder for the profile they are launching.

The mod is not loading. Check that the Minecraft version and the loader match between client and server. Forge clients cannot connect to Fabric servers, and a 1.19.2 jar will not run on 1.18.2. If the mod loads but the game stutters or fails to reach the main menu, your launcher may be running out of memory. Bump the allocated RAM in the installation settings and try again.

Recipes do not show up in JEI. Confirm JEI is installed for the same Minecraft version. Older JEI builds on a newer Minecraft version will silently fail to register recipes.

Useful Follow-Up Reading

• The Another Furniture page on CurseForge
• A general guide to uploading mods on a Minecraft server
• A modded Minecraft server optimization guide
• Instructions for joining a Minecraft server

With the mod installed and the basics out of the way, the rest is up to your imagination, your wood stockpile, and your willingness to spend an afternoon arguing with friends about curtain colors.