Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works to Terrible Estate Agent Photos@feddit.uk · edit-210 months agoThis is what peak slavcore looks like (extra images in the comments)sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up1251arrow-down112
arrow-up1239arrow-down1imageThis is what peak slavcore looks like (extra images in the comments)sh.itjust.worksJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works to Terrible Estate Agent Photos@feddit.uk · edit-210 months agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·10 months agoThere’s a rug on the wall. I didn’t think they know what a tapestry is.
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·10 months agoWall rugs are hung for two reasons: Insulation, both for temperature and sound, back when other insulating materials were unavailable. If a rug is particularly expensive, they are hung to prevent them from getting dirty, especially if the owner’s feet get dirty from farmwork.
minus-squareeestileib@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up10·10 months agoWalls made of rugs are a nomad thing.
minus-squareOmniraptor@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·edit-210 months agoThere were a fair amount of formerly nomadic people in the Soviet Union and I’m guessing there was some cultural exchange
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·10 months agothe soviet apartments typically had cinderblock walls with no insulation and drafty mortar gaps. the heating systems were centralized boilers which usually were not operational/operating.
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up11·10 months agoBut I bet the acoustics are amazing
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·10 months agoSoundproofing and insulation.
There’s a rug on the wall. I didn’t think they know what a tapestry is.
Wall rugs are hung for two reasons:
Insulation, both for temperature and sound, back when other insulating materials were unavailable.
If a rug is particularly expensive, they are hung to prevent them from getting dirty, especially if the owner’s feet get dirty from farmwork.
Wall rugs are a slav thing
Walls made of rugs are a nomad thing.
There were a fair amount of formerly nomadic people in the Soviet Union and I’m guessing there was some cultural exchange
VGH the nomad spirit
the soviet apartments typically had cinderblock walls with no insulation and drafty mortar gaps. the heating systems were centralized boilers which usually were not operational/operating.
But I bet the acoustics are amazing
Soundproofing and insulation.