we are still working on our house.. .circa 1738... we still have rooms with 1 outlet, we have a couple bedrooms upstairs & my sewing room that have no heat... we got a couple space heaters up there & use them only when we need them..
we recently replaced our washer & dryer... washer died & we switched frm electric to propane when we redid that part of the house..
we got the bosch set w/frontloading washer. since we are on a septic system, and do a lot of wash.. we wanted to use less water.. it works really well, and spins put just about dry.. as long as you have a full load... ddil washed 2 pairs of jeans & not enough wgt to spin right..
we try to reuse what we can, and have been really careful about getting something because it is "green" the greenest thing to do is be an old yankee and reuse, repurpose, and do without!