Fresh ideas for your home These sharp shooti' spray bottles are must-haves in any housecleaning arsenal. Perfect for your home-made cleaning concoctions, mix up two teaspoons of tea tree oil with two cups of water to make mould and mildew history. Fire away with this awesome antifungal agent and don't worry about rinsing – the strong scent of the oil will dissipate in a day or so. Vildbar spray bottles, assorted colours, $1.50 each, IKEA, 866-866-4532 or ikea.ca for stores and to order.Has your car been muscled out of the garage by a growing collection of clutter? Strong enough to support up to 100 kilograms, and resistant to damp, IKEA's heavy-duty Broder storage system optimizes organization – even outdoors. Starting from $11 per post, IKEA, 866-866-4532 or ikea.ca for stores and to order.Give soft furnishings a spring update with crisply-striped slipcovers inspired by retro Swedish style. For a perfect fit, try Bemz – the company that manufactures washable slipcovers specifically for IKEA's most popular armchairs and sofas. 100 per cent cotton Prisma stripe in Moss Green for IKEA's Jennylund armchair, Metropolis Collection, $99.20, Bemz, bemz.com to order.Banish a bland wall in a matter of minutes with Blik's peel-and-stick decals. It's a no-commitment colour fix that you can rearrange or remove at any time. Blik Bamboo wall graphics, $43 per pack of 22 decals, The Home Depot, 800-628-0525 or homedepot.ca for stores and to order.Informal table settings are on the menu for spring's more relaxed approach to entertaining. Lose heavy tablecloths for casual placemats, and experiment with colour by mixing-and-matching dishware in pretty patterns. Harlequin Collection (from top) Butterfly, Polka Dot, Deco and Ribbon & Rose pattern teacups and saucers, $90 per box set of one teacup and saucer, Waterford Wedgwood, 800-668-7585 for retailers; waterfordwedgwood.com. More fresh ideas for your house and home This spring, raw wood is good, but faux bois is even better. Made from Plynyl – a highly durable and easy-to-clean vinyl – this woodgrain pattern floormat makes for a fantastic first impression in the foyer. Chilewich floormats, from $132 per two-foot-two-inch-by-three feet, Elte, 888-276-3583; Toronto, 416-785-7885; elte.com. Photography by Victor Schrager.Everything looks better bathed in soft spring sunshine, so make the most of natural light with mirrored surfaces. The ornate detail and grey- and gold-patina reminiscent of a French antique adds heaps of handsome form to this mirror's handy brightness-boosting function. Orinda 24-by-18-inch rectangular mirror, $148 US, Anthropologie, 800-309-2500 or anthropologie.com to order.Bedecked in the designer's signature playful prints of polka dots and archive-inspired florals, Cath Kidston's Dream Home Journal may be all you need to keep your spring redecorating plans in order. With fill-in sections for each room of the house, along with pockets to store inspiration tears (from STYLE AT HOME, of course!), fabric swatches and paint chips, this is a must-have manual for organizing a May makeover. $17, HomeSense, 866-466-3707 or homesense.ca for stores. Photography by Nina Teixeira.A scandalous splash of bright green elevates the Chinoiserie-inspired structure of these planters from trad to rad. Suitable for use both indoors and out, think outside the box – pardon the pun – and repurpose this stunner as a coffee table remote caddy, or even a hot home office inbox. Pop Asia Planters, from $35 for 11.5-by-17-by-5 inch planter, Teatro Verde, 888-483-2876, Toronto, 416-966-2227 or teatroverde.com to order. So, how clean IS your house? British housekeeping guru Kim Woodburn knows, and she's arrived on Canadian soil to teach the messiest and most disorganized families the importance of tidiness and manners in the new series, Kim's Rude Awakenings. Because nothing's more reassuring than taking a peek into houses that are more chaotic than yours. Kim's Rude Awakenings, Tuesdays at 9:00PM, W Network; wnetwork.com for schedule.