The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers

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In today's episode, I'm chatting with In-The-Trenches homemaker, Kristin Park, wife and mama who has recently made the shift from business owner and full time speech therapist to full time homemaker. We talk about what that transition has been like for Kristin and her family, the steps they took to decide if they could live on one income and how their values shaped that decision. 

I know you will love this story of home. Kristin has much wisdom and insight to share. 

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Today I’m happy to give you another Homemaker’s Journal sneak peak article from our 2026 Spring/Summer issue. If you like what you hear, be sure to grab a digital or print copy over at homemakersjournal.com. 

This issue covers topics that focus on celebrations and all things spring and summer homemaking, but the concepts can be applied any time of year in your practice of the art of home. 

Today’s feature article is no exception. Homemaker and writer, Sarah Beaugh, shares how the people n...

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Today, I have my honorary co-host, Jessica Fisher, joining me for another seasonal ramble. 

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We are kicking off our Summer 2026 season today with an article from our brand new resource, Homemaker’s Journal. 

It's a seasonal magazine, but so much more than a magazine. Filled with encouraging, inspirational articles from over a dozen homemakers, this publication is meant to be a tool to help you learn and grow as you practice your art of keeping a home and to keep a record of your homemaking. 

Over the next 5 weeks, I will highlight some of the articles from our first issue whic...

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I am chatting with In-the-Trenches homemaker and fellow podcaster, Hannah Stewart, of the Sugar and Spice Mom Life Podcast. 

Growing up, Hannah said she never wanted to get married or have kids, but God used the hospitable families of the church she attended in college to birth in her heart a desire for marriage, motherhood and homemaking. 

She left home with plenty of skills, but without the correct mindset regarding the emotional and relational work of the homemaker; nor was she prepared for the lack of cu...

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We’ve reached then end of this season of The Art of Home and the end of our spring cleaning series. We have covered motivations for spring cleaning from history, modern sources and the Bible and we discussed tools and supplies. Then we utilized the top-down cleaning method to work our way from the surfaces over head, to the vertical surfaces like walls/windows and doors, then curtains and linens, and in our last spring cleaning episode we covered appliances, furniture and the forgotten. Today we will wrap things up wi...

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We're talking about family road trip adventures with former guest and road trip enthusiast, Jenny Nanninga. 

Jenny, her husband, and their 5 girls love to travel from their home in California on the highways and byways of America to see what adventures they can discover. They have a particular fondness for national parks and we will discuss that a good bit in our conversation today. 

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The Art of Home’s first print publication, Homemaker’s Journal, is making its debut in the world! Today is launch day and I am bursting to tell you all about this project and why I believe it is a valuable addition to your homemaking resource library, providing you with tons of motivation, screen free! 

Join me in today's episode and take a quick tour of the why, what and how of Homemaker's Journal. 

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I am so excited to host our very first French homemaker! Eva Suchecki is keeping a home in France with her husband and their 3 children. We discuss her leaving the workforce to stay home full time, her covid era birth experiences and the big surprise of welcoming her 2 year old nephew into their family. 

We cover all the usual ground of beginnings, fails, wins, expectations and challenges. Turns out, homemakers around the world, face many of the same challenges. 

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I’m back with some more spring cleaning motivation for you today. So far we’ve covered some spring cleaning history, tools, surfaces overhead, walls and vertical surfaces, and linens & curtains. 

This week we will discuss furniture, appliances and the forgotten. The entire transcript of this episode (and all the other spring cleaning episodes) will be on the blog for you to refer to later. The blog posts also have links to helpful tools and resources for each of the topics we’ve discussed in this series...

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I am so excited to be bringing you our first deep dive into the world of quilting, with homemaker, quilter, and teacher, Jessica Clark of thelarklife.com and the Handmade Happiness Podcast. 

Jessica didn’t grow up with quilts but she did have fond memories of her grandmother’s quilt collection and decided to pursue learning to quilt herself. With hardly any sewing experience she wandered into a local quilt shop’s class and began her lifelong love affair with quilts. Now and avid quilter, Jennifer is passionate about g...

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Today, we are continuing to spring clean our way through the home with the top-down approach. We’ve covered ceilings and overhead things and all of the hard vertical surfaces, including windows, doors and walls. This week, we will tackle the soft surfaces-primarily window coverings and linens. 

I want to start with linens, the move on to window coverings, and finally share with you a little spiritual lesson I learned from neglecting my curtains for nearly a decade. 

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Today, I am bringing you a conversation with a young woman who is practicing homemaking in South Africa. After meeting her now husband online in 2020 and developing a relationship long-distance for several years, Jayms left everything she knew in America to be nearer to David in his homeland. She tells about her experience living in a special home for single women for a couple of years and her recent entrance into married life. She loves sharing how homemaking is different in South Africa and why that is not a bad...

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We are continuing our Spring Cleaning series with a top-down refresh of the “vertical surfaces” that quietly collect dust and grime all year long. In this Monday Motivation, I will walk you through simple, practical steps for cleaning windows (including sills, tracks, and screens), doors, and walls—with the right tools, safe DIY solutions, and tips for avoiding streaks and protecting finishes. You’ll also learn what maintenance issues to watch for as you clean, so you can catch small problems before they turn into big ones.

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