United Colors of Laundry

90% of all laundry is purchased as white. But somehow, manufacturers have turned the most pedestrian of appliances into a design statement. Perhaps, the trend to second and third installations may be the reason.


It may be hard, however, to design a room around fire engine red or seafoam green:


Have a look:





Ironically, one of the best values for laundry currently is Frigidaires' best set ATF8000/AEQ8000, which is priced at $1199 after a ponderous amount of rebates





The other being the Maytag MFW9800 set at $1599 after rebate...ironic, because the price is for white only