The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers
Exploring how homemakers cultivate a place to belong. Seeking to honor and elevate the art of homemaking by highlighting stories of women who have practiced this art over the long haul. Through Homemaker Portraits and Deep Dive episodes on subjects related to keeping the home we hope to encourage listeners to practice their art of making a home with confidence, faithfulness and joy. New episodes every Monday and Wednesday.
Homemaker Portrait | Emily Steiger
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Today, I’m joined by Emily Steiger—New Hampshire native, writer, and busy homemaker who’s two years into marriage with Sam, raising a one-year-old, and expecting baby number two later this fall.
In This Episode:
Prepare with Purpose, Building homemaker skills before you think you themRealities of Toddler SeasonImproving Time Management: Simplify your home, let go of "doing it all"Social Media boundariesHospitality rhythmsWhen your birth story & postpartum don't go to planSHOW NOTES
All episode notes, links and re...
Monday Motivation #66, Creator Spotlight | Laura Coppinger, Heavenly Homemakers
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I have another creator spotlight for you today with seasoned homemaker, wife, and mama to 11, Laura Coppinger who has been blogging over at HeavenlyHomemakers.com for nearly 2 decades.Â
In This Episode:
Get to know Laura with some classic Homemaker Portrait questionsHeavenly Homemaker resources for practical daily helpSimple Meals Planning ServiceFREE 7-Day Summer Meal PlanHeavenly Homemaker Membership to access nearly 20 YEARS of helpful contentLaura says that everything she’s created for the blog over the years has grown out of her own need, and she figured if...
Homemaker Portrait | Lerize Jansen van Rensburg
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I’m chatting with Lerize Jansen van Rensburg, a wife, mother, part-time legal consultant, blogger, and homemaker living with her husband and their two daughters on a grain farm in the Free State of South Africa that’s been in his family for five generations.Â
Lerize shares how God has shaped her view of homemaking through motherhood, farm life, hospitality, and the faithful examples of the women who came before her.Â
In This Episode:
Her journey from ambitious career woman to a woman surpri...Monday Motivation #65, Creator Spotlight | Christie Purifoy
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I have a NEW type of episode format to introduce to you today! It's called a Creator Spotlight episode and I will occasionally add one to the traditional Monday Motivation lineup. In these interviews, I will highlight authors, YouTubers, bloggers and content creators who offer resources that will benefit the homemaking community.Â
In today's Creator Spotlight I am chatting an author whose writing I have enjoyed for many years. Homemaker, placemaker, and beauty seeker, Christie Purifoy has authored several books on home a...
Homemaker Portrait | Rhonda Wax
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Today I’m joined by Rhonda Wax, a pastor’s wife, mother of four, grandmother of fourteen, and a lifelong homemaker whose heart for hospitality shines through every season of her story.
Rhonda shares about building a warm and welcoming home, learning to loosen the grip of perfectionism, and finding worship even in the ordinary tasks of the day. We also talk about Sabbath rhythms, a creative and brilliant way to teach children stewardship, and the beautiful legacy she is leaving through prayer-filled Bibles for her grandchildren.
Th...
Homemaker Portrait | Allison Weeks
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For over 5 years now, I have sat on the interviewers side of the microphone bringing you over 100 homemaker stories. Many of you have asked to hear my answers to these questions, and today you get your wish.Â
Hannah Stewart of the Sugar & Spice Mom Life Podcast approached me a few months ago with the idea to interview me for her show using my Homemaker Portrait questions, and I agreed!Â
This is a crossover episode featuring an introduction and some AoH news from me followed by Hannah's in...
Monday Motivation #64 | Revealing the Father's Heart: What Biblical Celebrations Teach Us about God
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Today I want to share one final preview article from our first issue of Homemaker’s Journal.Â
So often we think of celebration as our idea—something we plan when life goes well. But in Scripture, celebration begins with God.Â
In today’s episode, Amber Davis will show us that the Father’s heart isn’t distant or disinterested—He’s a welcoming God who sets the table of celebration, calls His children in close, and says, "Come and partake."Â
This article was originally pu...
Homemaking Deep Dive | Sentimental Decor with Brittany Shepard
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Today we’re talking decor, but we are going beyond style and trends to look at sentimental decorating—choosing meaning over what’s trending and letting our homes hold the real stories of our lives.
My guest is Brittany Shepard who is known as the Sentimental Decorator online. Today we are diving deeper into Brittany’s passion, helping others become storykeepers in their homes. A storykeeper is someone who doesn’t save special things “for someday,” but lives with them—uses them, displays them, and allows the memories they carry bring...
Monday Motivation #63 | Angel Food Cake on a Monday: Celebrations & Grief
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I have another preview article from our first issue of Homemaker’s Journal today. Birthdays and celebrations aren’t always joyous. Some of the hardest holidays and special days to navigate are those that come in the midst of loss. Homemaker, Amber Reesor, shares how embracing the memory of her father’s favorite birthday cake provided a sweet path forward in her grief of losing him sooner than she expected.
Connect with Amber
Website | littlereesorhouse.com
IG | @amberwideman
YouTube | @LittleReesorHouse
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Homemaker Portrait | Kara Garis
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In this episode, I am chatting with in-the-trenches homemaker, Kara Garis, all about keeping a home with her husband of 17 years and their 5 kids. I am so excited for you to hear this conversation. Kara has so much wisdom to share.Â
In this Episode:
Stepping into homemaking without a lot of practical skillsHow the Lord uses the ordinary work of the home to shape expectations, priorities, & faithHow to raise kids who notice and anticipate the needs of othersHow homemaking proclaims what we believe about our hope laid u...Monday Motivation #62 Host with Heart, Not a Hefty Price Tag
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It's week 3 of Homemaker’s Journal sneak peak and today I’m reading another 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.Â
This issue if full of homemaker inspiration and encouragement that will serve you and your home any time of year. Today’s article is by homemaker and podcaster, Brittany Duncan, who shares lots of practical homemaking help like what you are about to hear on her show, Untraditionally Traditi...
Homemaker Portrait | Kristin Park
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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.Â
I know you will love this story of home. Kristin has much wisdom and insight to share.Â
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...Monday Motivation #61 From Stranger to Neighbor: Cultivating Community One Holiday at a Time
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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.Â
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.Â
Today’s feature article is no exception. Homemaker and writer, Sarah Beaugh, shares how the people n...
Summer Homemaking Ramble 2026 with Jessica Fisher
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Today, I have my honorary co-host, Jessica Fisher, joining me for another seasonal ramble.Â
In this Episode:
Mail Bag & UpdatesSummer Ice-Breaker QuestionsSummer Travel PlansWhat We are Cooking & Eating this SummerWhat We are Watching this SummerOur Seasonal Homemaking ProjectsHow hormone therapy and viewing aging as stewardship are helping us be gracious as we get olderHow limiting beliefs hinder our homemaking and our progress towards Christ-likenessSHOW NOTES
All resources and links are on the full show notes post on the blog. Go to t...
Monday Motivation #60 The Gift of Small Joys: Celebrating the Everyday at Home by Christa Sterken
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We are kicking off our Summer 2026 season today with an article from our brand new resource, Homemaker’s Journal.Â
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.Â
Over the next 5 weeks, I will highlight some of the articles from our first issue whic...
Homemaker Portrait | Hannah Stewart
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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.Â
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.Â
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...
Monday Motivation #59 | Spring Cleaning: Floors, Carpets & Rugs
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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...
Homemaking Deep Dive | Family Road Trip Adventures
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We're talking about family road trip adventures with former guest and road trip enthusiast, Jenny Nanninga.Â
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.Â
In This Episode:
Jenny’s road trip background including a few worst and best trip storiesBenefits of family road tripsWhy National Park...Monday Motivation #58 | Extra! Extra! Homemaker's Journal is Here!
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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!Â
Join me in today's episode and take a quick tour of the why, what and how of Homemaker's Journal.Â
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Get your copy of Homemaker's Journal : www.ho...
Homemaker Portrait | Eva Suchecki
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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.Â
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.Â
SHOW NOTES
All re...
Monday Motivation #57 | Spring Cleaning: Furniture, Appliances & the Forgotten
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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.Â
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...
Homemaking Deep Dive | Quilting 101 with Jessica Clark
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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.Â
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...
Monday Motivation #56 | Spring Cleaning Linens, Curtains & Spiritual Lessons
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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.Â
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.Â
SHOW NOTES
Full episode tran...
Homemaker Portrait | Jayms Yon
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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...
Monday Motivation #55 | Spring Cleaning: Windows, Doors & Walls
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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.
SHO...
Homemaking Seasonal Ramble | Spring 2026 with Jessica Fisher
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Spring has sprung with new life, new growth and a new kind of podcast episode on The Art of Home. Today, I am bringing you the first seasonal ramble with myself and Jessica Fisher.Â
We kick off this relaxed, mostly unscripted, conversation with some spring-related icebreaker questions, then we chat books and simple seasonal cooking (including lunch prep, yogurt, homemade roast beef, flavored syrups and more).Â
We cover what we are watching, or not watching, current favorite things, spring home projects and what we are doing to...
Monday Motivation #54 | Top-Down Spring Cleaning: Ceilings, Fans, Lights & Everything Overhead
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This week, we’re kicking off the “real” work of spring cleaning with a top-down approach—starting with what’s overhead: ceilings, vents, fans, lights, and fixtures.Â
You’ll learn why cleaning from the top down saves time (and re-cleaning), how overhead dust impacts indoor air quality, and what simple tools make the job safer and easier.Â
Plus, I’ll walk you through a step-by-step method for dry cleaning first, then safely tackling grime and stains with just a little moisture—so you can freshen your home...
Homemaker Portrait | Carrie Sullivan
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Carrie Sullivan has been keeping a home for over 20 years through changing seasons of motherhood, working outside the home, full-time homemaking, grief and growing faith. Now, in her 50’s, with kids nearing launch-time, Carrie has come to view homemaking as a meaningful vocation and true calling from God.Â
We cover all the usual territory of homemaking strengths, weaknesses, expectations, hospitality, and more.Â
And as a little bonus, I have some historical homemaking hints for you from a fun early 20th century etiquette guide, Don'ts for Wives.
Monday Motivation #53 | Spring Cleaning 2; Tools & Helpers
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After over 3 decades of homemaking, I have found there to be 3 Essential Tools and a handful of miscellaneous supplies which will equip you for any type of cleaning in your home; both regular maintenance and seasonal.Â
I will give you a bit of history on the top 3 as well as information on how to choose the best tools.Â
Then I want to spend a little time talking about helpers; how to engage the family, when to seek professional help and a few ti...
Homemaker Portrait | Kathlena Rule
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We are kicking off Season 28 today a brand new Homemaker Portrait!Â
I'm starting this episode with some notes from you out of the mail bag, what to expect this season on the podcast and magazine updates!!
After those updates, I am chatting with my good friend, Kathlena Rule, about her experience of full time homemaking over the past 42 years. Kathlena’s concept of home was shaped by 2 godly parents and a life of constant moving. She loves the change that moving brings and the fact that the...
Monday Motivation #52 | Spring Cleaning Motivation: Historical, Modern & Biblical
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Spring cleaning can feel overwhelming, but you don’t have to tackle it without purpose or perspective. In this episode, I'm sharing historical, modern, and Biblical encouragement to help you approach seasonal cleaning as a manageable reset—one step at a time.
Join me every Monday this spring for more seasonal cleaning motivation and practical help. We are tackling tools next week, followed by episodes featuring different surfaces of the home working our way from the top, down.Â
SHOW NOTES:
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Monday Motivation #51 | Acts of Courageous Homemaking #5, In the Darkness, Remember
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As we close out this season of The Art of Home, the fifth and final Act of Courageous Homemaking I'd like to challenge you with is, In the Darkness, Remember.Â
When you cannot see the way out, you must cling to the gracious hand of God and let Him guide you.Â
You will learn to recognize His hand in the dark when you remember Who He is, what He has done, and what He promises to do.
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Monday Motivation #50 | Acts of Courageous Homemaking #4, Expect but Don't Borrow Trouble
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Well, we are moving right along in our Acts of Courageous Homemaking Series and I have a new installment for you today. I am addressing our tendency to worry.Â
The Bible has a lot to say about anxiety, fear and worry; giving us practical help in a world that seems intent on stoking our fears so it can sell us their solutions.Â
Whether it’s a political agenda, a fool proof weight loss plan or an apocalyptic survival kit, solutions to our worst fears are hocked on e...
Homemaker Portrait | Brittany Shepard
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In this final long form episode of our winter 2026 season, I am presenting a portrait of a single homemaker, Brittany Shepard, who has been keeping a home as a single woman for many years.
Though being single in her 40s is not what she expected, she has learned to see the unique value and beauty of the life God has given her right now.Â
Brittany is, by nature, a storyteller and story keeper. She loves filling her home with family heirlooms and vintage treasures, so much s...
Monday Motivation #49 | Acts of Courageous Homemaking #3, Be Salty, Stay Lit
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We are at the half-way point of our Acts of Courageous Homemaking series today.Â
We’ve discussed how God’s sovereignty is the foundation for our courage.Â
We looked at the importance of being informed and how to find trustworthy sources.
And last week we talked about keeping the home fires burning; that is homemaking as an act of resistance and defiance of the enemy in a spiritual war zone.Â
Today I’m going to talk about the impact we have as homemaker...
Homemaker Portrait | Jazmine Wyland
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We kick off this episode with a few updates and a BIG ANNOUNCEMENT! Then we jump into a brand new homemaker portrait.
I am chatting with Jazmine Wyland who is making a home with Matthew, her husband of 2 years, and their 17-year-old foster son. Jazmine shares her journey of the past 10 years beginning when she left home to live in her pastor’s family’s basement apartment, through becoming a newlywed with BIG expectations and idealized visions of home that were immediately challenged by the...
Monday Motivation #48 | Acts of Courageous Homemaking #2, Keep the Home Fires Burning
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We are continuing the Acts of Courageous Homemaking series today, with act #2; Keep the Home Fires Burning. We’ve already talked about the foundation of our courageous homemaking, God’s Sovereignty, and act #1, being an informed homemaker and today we will discuss how homemaking is an act of resistance in a spiritual war zone .
Today’s Monday Motivation was originally published in Homemaker Happy Mail, October 4th, 2024.
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Acts of Courageous Homemaking Series
MM#46 Our Foundation for Courageous Homemaking; God's...
Homemaker Portrait | Amanda Webb
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I am chatting with in-the-trenches homemaker, Amanda Webb, who is no stranger to homemaking in unexpected and challenging circumstances.Â
Just a few years into her marriage, her husband, Jonathan, was diagnosed with chronic leukemia, which among other things, prevents him from working a regular 9-5 job to provide for the family.Â
They have had to get creative with cutting expenses, finding streams of income and shifting traditional household roles and responsibilities to meet their family’s needs .Â
Amanda has much wisdom and valuable perspective to sh...
Monday Motivation #47 | Acts of Courageous Homemaking; Be Informed
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In a world of hot takes and subjective partisan media it is very easy to become goaded or feel defeated by the inflammatory stories, reels and  “reporting” that floods our screens day after day. How can we responsibly be informed about what is happening in our nation and around the world without become inflamed, apathetic, or isolationist?Â
It starts by being the gatekeeper of your own mind and home like the Bereans who tested everything, even Paul's teachings, against the truth of God’s Word. Then by cultivating character...
Homemaker Portrait | Pam Stockdale
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I am chatting with seasoned homemaker of 45 years, Pam Stockdale. Pam was nominated by her daughter, Kristen Howard, who was a guest on The Art of Home several years and ago and who has written a few pieces for our newsletter.Â
Pam is genuine, forthright and her love for her husband, home and family is only outshined by her love for Jesus. We talk about her whirlwind romance/courtship and engagement with Jim…believe me , you’ve never heard one quite like theirs!Â
Then we cover their...
