Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works to Terrible Estate Agent Photos@feddit.uk · edit-29 months agoThis is what peak slavcore looks like (extra images in the comments)sh.itjust.worksexternal-linkmessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThis 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-29 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoThere’s a rug on the wall. I didn’t think they know what a tapestry is.
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoBut I bet the acoustics are amazing
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 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-up0·9 months agoWalls made of rugs are a nomad thing.
minus-squareOmniraptor@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·edit-29 months agoThere were a fair amount of formerly nomadic people in the Soviet Union and I’m guessing there was some cultural exchange
minus-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·9 months agoSoundproofing and insulation.
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 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.
There’s a rug on the wall. I didn’t think they know what a tapestry is.
But I bet the acoustics are amazing
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
Soundproofing and insulation.
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.