I have a lovely avocado green fridge if you need it.

our washing machine decided to die

So why haven't you fixed it? of all your household appliances, the washer and dryer are the easiest to do-it-yourself. I've done my washer once (belt), and my dryer twice (heating element, belt).

Go look up the model on-line, and should find plenty of documentation on how to take it apart, replacing the offending part, which part # to order from your parts shop, and how to get it all back together and have no extra (or missing!) screws.

Thanks! I'll give it a shot. But of course I'll only be using this washer/dryer for another few weeks . . .

Tell us what it is doing. Diagnosis is the first step to a cure.

aGH. Maggie beat me to the punch.

Just wondering though, are you going to do at least one room in harvest gold shag carpeting?

Kitchen: has been updated and features Corian sinks. I will, in fact, use some gold and red accents, though they will be brighter than the Harvest Gold of yore.

Dining area/living room: mostly white to reflect maximum amount of light, but with (1) a single wall in the dining room in aqua or turquoise, and (2) the railing around the dining area in cranberry, and (3) a deep shag or fake white "fur" rug in the living room to help define that area.

For the window treatment, I'm considering vertical shades with the sheers in between, if I can find a color I like that won't clash (or that will clash in a clever way).

Master Bedroom: has lots of light, so we can go a bit dark on the furniture, and I'm not committed to white for the walls. I want to get a new headboard, and see if we can get by without bureaus, given the fact that there will be a walk-in closet.

Second Bedroom: less light, so I'll stick with white here as well for the walls.

I still need to find the right computer armoire: it's a bit tricky, since I really want to be able to hide the maximum amount of clutter, but most of those things are too fussy in their styling. It has to be really simple.

If you really want to do up the 70s thing right, you need the definitive reference

http://www.lileks.com/institute/interiors/

You won't believe your eyes. Either that, or you will want to gouge them out.