N'hyras Fancy Things
by NhyraVirakah
N'hyras Fancy Things is a NeoForge storage and decoration mod that adds painted wooden planks, picket fences, half-height stairs and a workbench-style crafting block.
What it does
Colored paintbrushes turn wooden planks into six variants when a player right-clicks a block with one, and some variants can only be reached by repainting a block that already has a different color. Painted walls can be built from patterned tiles, so the mod approaches block painting as a matter of pattern and layout rather than simple color choice.
The mod also introduces a picket fence block in white, and a stair block that rises four steps per block at about half the height of vanilla stairs, which the author notes walk up more comfortably in VR. A dedicated crafting block replaces the larger grid with a more involved recipe layout, and the author describes it as a version of a real workbench.
The mod runs only on the client, so servers do not need it. It is built for NeoForge and has files for 1.21.1 and 26.1.2, with 0.1.2 for 26.1.2 as the latest file, released in the alpha channel. The code is covered by All rights reserved, so the mod is not open source, and the first version was published on 2025-02-21.
Key features
Six painted plank variants
Wooden planks take on six color variants through a colored paintbrush, some reachable only by repainting an already colored block.
Patterned painted walls
Different styles and tile patterns can be combined to build custom-painted walls.
White picket fences
A new fence block is styled as a white picket fence, while the vanilla fence remains a plain lumber fence.
Half-height stairs
A stair variant gives four steps per block, with a height about 50% lower than vanilla stairs.
Workbench-style crafting block
A crafting block based on a real workbench supports recipes that need a larger grid than the standard one.
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Compatibility
Latest build for each game version and loader.
Only full game releases are shown. This mod publishes no snapshot builds.
Use cases
Decorating a builds
Players who want more colors in their builds can paint planks and walls with the paintbrush.
VR and easier stairs
The shorter stair steps suit players who walk up stairs in VR.
Who it’s for: Builders and decorators who want colored planks, patterned walls and a picket fence style for a single-player or multiplayer client. Servers need nothing, because the mod is client-side only.
Questions
Does the server need N'hyras Fancy Things?
Which loader and versions does the mod support?
Is the source code available?
In the catalog
N'hyras Fancy Things is one of 4,058 Storage mods on ModsFinder, and one of 1,794 Storage mods for NeoForge. 15,189 mods support Minecraft 26.1.2.
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What the author says
Back in 2013 I created a mod that allowed you to craft colored wooden planks by putting a Paintbrush into a crafting table, surrounded with the vanilla blocks! But that was LAME! So I'm taking an entirely different, and more immersive approach to painting blocks. But don't worry, this isn't all about painting things…
Official listing
- Modrinth page
- modrinth.com/mod/nhyras-fancy-things
- Owner
- NhyraVirakah
- Published
- 2025-02-21
- Updated on Modrinth
- 2026-10-14
- Facts verified
- 2026-10-15