I just wanted to note that I am having the same problem with the black recolors link. All of the other links work fine though.

Are you questioning your answer? Or that I know what that means... Well I suppose I will just ride it out, I can't trash the neighborhood just yet, I'm doing a legacy in it and am only half way. It is still playable, no problems that I know of. I was mostly just curious because I've done it a few (several) times.

So, what happens if you regularly use aging cheats to age up sims?

It seems as if the game thinks the "quartertileplacement" cheat is being used when you place the rug. Selecting it in buy mode, the rug appears fine and normal, until it is actually placed on the floor. Then it moves over just a bit, borks the texture and loses the fringe on one side.