Main Room

In the Latysh household, as in most contemporary households, there are also couches that fold out at night and are used as beds.

There are also regular beds. These, as in the Latysh household, are usually in the rooms for the children's families, not in the main room.

Pictures and embroideries:

A very important part of the home is family pictures and embroideries. Most are small pictures mounted together in large frames.

Some pictures are of the large portrait type. These, like the icons are draped in rushnyky. Rushnyky are the typical embroidered item.

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People who particularly like to embroider also make embroidered pictures. Favorite subjects are famous paintings and motifs from rushnyky, such as flowers and birds.