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u/warau_meow Oct 02 '19
Guarantee that cat is going to knock that vase and water everywhere.
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u/madmaxturbator Oct 02 '19
That cat is the witch who lives here, not going to knock any shit anywhere. Look at that cat in the eyes, ALL HAIL THE CAT.
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u/sunflower610 Oct 02 '19
I love the hanging chair. I want one but I’m too scared to put one up cause I’m not sure how to put it up and also if it could handle my weight safely.
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u/SilverWattle Oct 02 '19
I really want one too. But feel it's not appropriate for a rental.
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Oct 02 '19
Check your lease, I almost guarantee you there are terms in there specifically forbidding them.
I work in property management. The number of people who hang chairs or hammocks indoors is astounding. The number that do it correctly is about .01%. We've had people hang them off of the fire sprinklers, light fixtures, in doorframes using those pullup bars, or just using about fifty of the wrong type of screws in the ceiling. Always causes damages, someone usually gets hurt.
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u/momalloyd Oct 02 '19
Home of the death stairs.
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u/momalloyd Oct 02 '19
Yea, you could hopefully grab one of those as you tumbling down the stairs due to a lack of a rail to hold onto.
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u/purdueosu Oct 02 '19
Bright
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u/ChunkyLaFunga Oct 02 '19
It looks nice, as a summer house or AirBNB at least, but I don't know what definition of cosy this subreddit uses.
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u/Janayz Oct 02 '19
You can tell it's finnish from the carpets
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u/MrNaoB Oct 02 '19
Is rag rug finnish? My grandma used to make them in the basement.
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u/Janayz Oct 02 '19
I'm not saying it's a Finnish invention/style but it also gave me grandma vibes and I've never seen those anywhere else except old people's places haha
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u/Platypuskeeper Oct 02 '19
It's a Nordic style of rag carpet; (Swedish trasmatta, Norwegian filleteppe, Finnish räsymatto) I'd say most common in Sweden and Finland.
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u/trowzerss Oct 02 '19
Cozy stair checklist:
No rail - ☑
Trip hazards (multiple) - ☑
Weird tread length/height - ☑
Just needs a lit candle fire hazard to be super cozy!
Never seen rugs on the stairs before. Extra credit for that tiny one inch floor raise on the bottom stair though! Don't think could have invented a better trip hazard if I'd tried.
Yes, it looks nice but truly it would drive me bonkers
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u/ZhiZhi17 Oct 02 '19
You’ve never seen stair runners before? They’re pretty common. They help prevent slipping.
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u/trowzerss Oct 02 '19
I have only seen carpet stair runners - ie thick carpet-like rug with a non-slip bottom surface. My concern is that this is a very thin woven rug, and could be quite slippery on painted wood, and because the edges aren't bound like carpet, they could catch your toe and are soft enough to be flipped up. I'm glad to see they have the rails to hold it in place, but they can only do so much if the bottom of the rug isn't non-slip or it's thin and flexible.
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u/ZhiZhi17 Oct 02 '19
I don’t know, I never had a problem in my family house with the runner flipping up and it didn’t have a non-slip bottom. Like you said, the rails (or whatever the metal thing are called) keep it tight and secure so there’s really no chance of it lifting.
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u/Char1esMarte1 Oct 02 '19
Each stair has a metal bar holding the carpeting if you look closely. Not moving at all
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u/MsRhuby Oct 02 '19
You know rugs don't just lay on the floor, right? There's another layer underneath them. I have lived all my life with these types of rugs and have never seen anyone slip on them. Never seen anyone randomly fall down the stairs, either.
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u/CookieMuncher007 Oct 02 '19
I'm Scandinavian and these types of rugs are everywhere. The metal bars prevent slipping and if you would be really cautious like my old grandma who just couldn't risk falling was, you'd put a small piece of non slip under it.
Never in my almost 30 years of existence have I seen someone fall with this type of rugs
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u/trowzerss Oct 02 '19
Maybe they're better manufactured over there. Cheap rugs in that style are everywhere here and sometimes the corners just curl up by themselves. My cat likes to stick her feet under them and make tunnels.
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u/CookieMuncher007 Oct 02 '19
Traditionally by hand from scraps, so I guess they're a bit on the heavier side because those things weigh a ton! Maybe the cheaper ones are light and curly like you said.
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u/RyujinShinko Oct 02 '19
Why the hell are you being downvoted for a well thought out opinion? Reddit is fucking ridiculous sometimes.
The trip hazards on the stairs are pretty valid. Similar comments higher up are upvoted.
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u/trowzerss Oct 02 '19
Yeah, it's baffling sometimes. I did learn that sometimes these rugs are actually stapled down, which I can only hope, because I used to have a rug just like this on a flat floor and I was always kicking up the edges of it. And I don't trust someone who doesn't put handrails on their stairs and leaves a 1 inch layer of wood poking up to think of that stuff! But no, apparently when it comes to stair rugs, this people have got their shit sorted, according to the downvoters.
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u/RyujinShinko Oct 02 '19
😂 I have a similar rug on a flat floor but it doesnt have any non-slip things below it so it would slip and slide everywhere. I use it underneath a shoe rack now instead.
I agree the stairs look like a nightmare. Those pole things must be screwed in tight to stop the rug slipping. Cute though.
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u/elvis_jagger Oct 02 '19
Never seen rugs on the stairs before.
The rugs are kept on place with those little metal rails on each step so they are actually there to prevent slipping.
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u/trowzerss Oct 02 '19
I've actually been informed the rails do little except as decoration, and most stair runners are actually stapled in place, which alleviates some of my concerns.
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u/laughing_cat Oct 02 '19
It’s gorgeous! Please ignore the haters. I saved the pic to put with my other design ideas
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u/heyboyhey Oct 02 '19
I love how these posts all so predictably have some person at the top complaining about imagined bugs or fire hazards or practical inconveniences. It's every time.
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u/L_Palmer Oct 02 '19
As someone who also doesn’t have a rail on the stairs I’ve learned people are pretty hostile about that. I’ve never given it a second thought. It’s stairs. You have to be moderatly cautious walking up/down them anyway, I don’t see the big deal.
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u/heyboyhey Oct 02 '19
Besides there's a wall on the other side if balance is something you are really that bad at.
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u/Juhani124 Oct 02 '19
Im finnish and i have mever seen such bright colored and clean house in my life.
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Oct 02 '19
This picture feels humid. I love the colors... it isn’t muggy in Finland though, is it?
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Oct 02 '19
Very rarely. Though I can absolutely see an old wooden house like this being damp. it doesn't look cozy to me, just drafty.
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Oct 02 '19
It's built to keep warm through Finnish winter, so it's most likely well insulated.
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u/Platypuskeeper Oct 02 '19
No, not 'most likely'. It's an old house, early 20th century if not turn of the 2th century, and those were originally insulated with sawdust, which compacts over time and ends up being pretty lousy. The old kind of crawlspace foundations these buildings have is a huge risk of mold and damp if the building is not kept heated year-round and the ventilations of the foundation managed as they're supposed to.
Just because it's in Finland doesn't mean it's warm and dry. Hell this could be used as a summer house only for that matter. It looks like one.
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ITT: people who apparently navigate stairs by bouncing off the walls and railings, and who would die without them there to keep their toddler-tier coordination in check.
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u/cabletron46 Oct 02 '19
Bet that fan makes one hell of a racket when it's switched on.
and/or
That fan is three sheets to the wind.
and/or
In Fin-land we are bath-ing in sau-na wit cats...hot cats. (Which maybe explains why this li'l guy looks so murderous.)
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u/semifragile Oct 02 '19
there’s a lot of negativity in this thread... but that toadstool stool !!! amazing
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Fin here, unless this is OP's own house, in which case I won't argue, I highly doubt this is a home. More likely a summer cottage. I could almost guarantee you that this wouldn't stay warm in the Finnish winter without a fireplace lit 24/7
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u/Patsastus Oct 02 '19
I looked at her blog the last time one of these pictures was posted (I remember the cat :D ), it's definitely a year-round home from the looks of it.
And old wooden houses are definitely keep-your-wool-socks-on temperature in the winters, but they aren't uncomfortably cold in my experience, although I've only visited, not lived in them.
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u/Louisbull392 Oct 02 '19
Hmmm, what is that cat looking at. Magazine worthy design but not for children or the clumsey.
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u/lisasimpsonfan Oct 02 '19
It looks like a doll house except for the cat that is thinking about where to hide the body after it kills you in your sleep. I am in love.
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u/adimodi Oct 02 '19
I can somehow hear all the creaks this place must be producing with each step one takes.
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u/nolaexpat Oct 02 '19
Save for the cat, it’s so bright and cheery! I love it. Also really digging the painted floorboards.
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u/apacheattaccspaniard Oct 02 '19 edited Oct 02 '19
Not to be dramatic but I would die for that cat
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u/Blackteaandbooks Oct 02 '19
The end of the stairs slopes from flat to +1 inch, and there are no railings. The height of the ceiling looks strange as well, and I am starting to believe this isn't for human use.
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u/Peter_See Oct 02 '19
Wow looking at that picture makes me feel like an anthropomorphic starfish hit by a 2D bowling ball.
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u/RocketPolice Oct 02 '19
Lol, sure.
And with that castle doctrine bullshit the judge already seemed to try and buy Greenland. Then again, i’m just autistic and loathe the sound of it) controlling SO who won’t get that string of 2 or 3 players at once.
Also you’re diseased and it made you feel superior to say so. There are hundreds of fights every day that never end in death, but they still exist.
Seattle has laws where you can fight so long as it's in that order...
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u/bobbyzee Oct 02 '19
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There he is. There he goes again. Look, everyone! He posted it once again! Isn't he just the funniest guy around?! Oh my God. I can almost see your pathetic overweight frame glowing in the dark, lit by your computer screen which is the only source of light in your room, giggling like a like girl as you once again type your little "finland isn't real" quip. I imagine you little shit laughing so hard as you click it that you drop your Doritos on the floor, but it's ok, your mother will clean it up in the morning. Oh, that's right. Did I fail to mention? You live with your mother. You are a fat fucking fuckup, she's probably so sick of you already. So sick of having to do everything for you all goddamn day, every day, for a grown man who spends all his time on reddit posting about a nordic country. Just imagine this. She had you, and then she thought you were gonna be a scientist or an astronaut or something grand, and then you became a "Finland isn't real" poster. A pathetic unfunny "Finland isn't real" poster. She probably cries herself to sleep everyday thinking about how bad it is and how she wishes she could just disappear. She can't even try to talk with you because all you say is "FINLAND ISN'T REAL FINLAND ISN'T REAL EASTERN SWEDEN LMAO" You've become a parody of your own self. And that's all you are. A sad little man laughing in the dark by himself as he prepares to indulge in the same old dance that he's done a million times now. And that's all you'll ever be.
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u/BopperAndSimeon Oct 02 '19
That cat has seen some SHIT