blogwatch: where we were clicking this week

Did you covet Amelie’s bedroom when you saw the movie? Casa Sugar will help you get the look (including some splendid wallpaper).
Want more looks for less? Check out this huge list (with photos!) of ways to go designer without the prices, at Decorpad.
This is a great tool that will help you find specific plants for your yard — groundcover or grasses, for instance — according to region, so you know they’ll grow. It’s Sunset’s plant finder tool (via AT).
You like the Dry Soda, but nevertheless, soda sales have been declining for four years, says Treehugger.
Check out Holly Becker’s inventive home at Cookie.
Are there a lot of ugly condos going up in your town? Now there’s a place you can vent. (We’re too dainty to print the name of the site here, so be warned — NSFW applies.)
Besides new buildings, what can you stop spending money on? The Wall Street Journal has a list of seven things.
Here’s a teakettle that only gets more gorgeous when the water comes to a boil, at MoCo Loco.




I will be first in line for the MoCo Loco Hello Kitty (back, left) teakettle! Fantastic concept.