Bone blocks are very cool and very impractical (in survival) to build with.

Hi, when I'm building my stadia I primarily use standard stone blocks, and then try to use blocks that are more resembling of their real life counterparts

For houses I mainly use Spruce wood, and to add some detail Oak fences or Spruce Trapdoors. When im building modern houses / buildings I prefer to use White concrete, mixed with black stained glass. When I build things like ruines I like to mix different blocks like mossy cobblestone, stone brick walls and cobblestone slabs. When im making paths when im terraforming I mix blocks like coarse dirt, grass path blocks and other blocks like gravel and andesite. I think it really depends on what style you are building with, and what size your building is going to be. Sometimes you need to do some expirimenting to find out what works best for you :)

I hope this helped, good luck!

Idk well in my opinion unpolished Diorite looks good for a floor, and spruce wood would be good for cottages as well

I love the darker woods and stones myself. The colors just mesh really well for me.



But remember EVERY block has a different texture (aside from monster stone and stone :P).

For example, you could make a checkered floor out of stone slabs and a smithing tables. It doesn't have to be the first thing you think of, or even the most main stream. If it looks good, and the textures work then go for it. There's no wrong way to play the game.



If were talking about detailing though then stairs, item frames, and armor stands are AWESOME!



Here is a photo I pulled from the Official Minecraft Wiki to help you with deciding on some color palettes and texture combinations.

Good Luck! (Just start building is the best practice.)