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I live in a flat and play pretty quiet at home, I use a Carr Skylark which has an amazing built in attenuator and I'm very happy with that.
Before this, I tried any number of attentuators and quiet amp solutions and this is the best for me. For headphone practice I have a Two Notes Torpedo cab at the end of my pedal chain and that works very, very well.
IF you're having to get really quiet - honestly, headphones is the only option for me - once you get very sensitive to the noise, I always find the need to get over the natural guitar string volume an issue.
Also - don't forget to experiment with lifting your amp off the floor - a lot of bass will be transmitted that way.
Getting down to bedroom levels is a completely different thing. As others have said, I'd go for some kind of modelling solution.
I've always found that the best approach is to combine several methods so each is doing the least, as hywelg said - small cab, attenuation, master volume, and if necessary add a bit more dirt with a pedal. I'm sure power scaling would be a useful extra stage if you're really trying to get down to a whisper too.
"Take these three items, some WD-40, a vise grip, and a roll of duct tape. Any man worth his salt can fix almost any problem with this stuff alone." - Walt Kowalski
"Only two things are infinite - the universe, and human stupidity. And I'm not sure about the universe." - Albert Einstein
Having said that though, there's no substitute for sheer volume.
EDIT: I should also add I've never tried an attenuator head-to-head with my VVR, so it may well work even better.