• Neato
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    157 months ago

    There’s a rug on the wall. I didn’t think they know what a tapestry is.

    • Justas🇱🇹OP
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      257 months ago

      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.

    • The Pantser
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      147 months ago

      But I bet the acoustics are amazing

    • @Num10ck
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      127 months ago

      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.