Justas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works to Terrible Estate Agent Photos · edit-26 months agoThis is what peak slavcore looks like (extra images in the comments)sh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square31fedilinkarrow-up1264arrow-down112
arrow-up1252arrow-down1imageThis is what peak slavcore looks like (extra images in the comments)sh.itjust.worksJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.works to Terrible Estate Agent Photos · edit-26 months agomessage-square31fedilink
minus-squareNeato@ttrpg.networklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·6 months agoThere’s a rug on the wall. I didn’t think they know what a tapestry is.
minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up25·6 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-up10·6 months agoWalls made of rugs are a nomad thing.
minus-squareOmniraptor@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up8·edit-26 months agoThere were a fair amount of formerly nomadic people in the Soviet Union and I’m guessing there was some cultural exchange
minus-squareThe Pantser@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·6 months agoBut I bet the acoustics are amazing
minus-squareNum10ck@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·6 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-squareThunderclapSasquatch@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·6 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
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.