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   Your own valet launders clothes, too
It's not the laundry room anymore. It's the Family Studio. And it's not the washer and dryer -- Whirlpool calls it the Personal Valet clothes vitalizing system.


INTERIORS  

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Lighting
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Painting and Wall Coverings
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EXTERIORS  

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