This is basically a ready-made melee defense base. It just needs a couple of modifications to make it perfect. The new challenges system in 7 Days To Die 1.0 acts as an extended tutorial for the game.

To improve the weapon variety in the mid to late game, Josefpatch has added 22 additional melee weapons to 7 Days to Die with their Weapons ... Getting back to your base after a loot run usually ...