I have the Whirlpool Cabrio HE and it has halved the amount of laundry I do. Actually I should say the number of loads I do, I still do the same amount! I washes really well, rinses great (no rabbit hair left in the washer even after washing my bunny's bed), and does not have any vibration problems. It is very quite when washing. I have the 6600 model, I know there is a 6700 model now that uses less water, I would be a bit concered how well this would rinse, esp. if you are worried about getting pet hair out of bedding. I had a FLer briefly (it was a 3.8 cf, the Cabrio HE is 4.5 cf) and it held barely more than my old Kenmore TLer (which was top of the line and largest capacity 12 years ago), it did not get all the hair off of stuff, it did not rinse well, and even after several times being leveled it vibrated. My laundry room is on the first floor between the kitchen and dinning rooms, near the family room, and above a finished basement. From the basement, most of the noise the Cabrio makes comes from the water entering and leaving the machine, not much you can do about that sound. I did not get the matching dryer because I did not like it, I got the Whirlpool Duet dryer which I love. I did use the Cabrio washer with my old dryer for the first nine months and the amount of water removed by the high speed spin made an obvious difference in drying time. I do wash my husbands work cloths (he is an executive director in an investment group so that means lots of dress shirts and slacks) and it does a better job than my old TLer with these, less wrinkles coming out of the dryer. There are some other washers similar to the Cabrio, though you might want to steer clear of the Oasis, sounds like a lot of people are unhappy with it, plus Sears can be very difficult to deal with. I would reccomend Lowes or Home Depot if you have them by you. They both have good return policies (got my washer at Lowes and they exchanged twice before I got the Cabrio) and have good customer service. The extended warranties are also reasonable, and if you get an HE machine you should get the warranty just to be safe. Be careful with Best Buy, they charge a restocking fee on appliances, although you may be able to talk your way out of that. Hope I was able to help. Joanne

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bumping back up because I am making progress!! scooped up two of these lumbar pillows last night at TJ Maxx, I'm kinda debating.... it seems like none of the throw pillows I am picking out are working!!! GAH!!! close up of pillow pattern. I had grabbed this light gray herringbone flannel to make a pillow cover myself, but I'm still not sure how I feel about it. Was thinking of making the cover and then doing a large applique monogram in navy on the front to match the blue pillow cording around the edge... Thoughts? or just go with the blue herringbone pillow? This is a pain in the butt. haha.

My husband hates to get rid of things. The rug was in our living room and seemed to be the only one that would work with our bedding. I have an idea to put our bedding in another bedroom and getting something that would look better with the current rug. I do like the rug, just not how it looks with the current bedding.