Justas🇱🇹 to Terrible Estate Agent [email protected] • edit-24 months agoThis is what peak slavcore looks like (extra images in the comments)sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1262arrow-down112
arrow-up1250arrow-down1imageThis is what peak slavcore looks like (extra images in the comments)sh.itjust.worksJustas🇱🇹 to Terrible Estate Agent [email protected] • edit-24 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilinkEnglish15•5 months agoThere’s a rug on the wall. I didn’t think they know what a tapestry is.
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹OPlinkfedilink25•5 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink8•edit-25 months agoThere were a fair amount of formerly nomadic people in the Soviet Union and I’m guessing there was some cultural exchange
minus-square@Num10cklinkEnglish12•5 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.
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
But I bet the acoustics are amazing
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.
Soundproofing and insulation.