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 Wednesday.
Episodes
169 episodes
Homemaking Deep Dive | Family Vacations
Summer is right around the corner and many of us are making summer travel plans. Jessica Fisher is back to share her knowledge on traveling with a large family on a small budget. We are going to focus mostly on international travel ...
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Season 24
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Episode 14
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1:28:58
Monday Motivation #26 | Practical Planner Advice
Today, I am answering a listener question about how to make paper planners work in your homemaking. I will share 6 things I've learned to help paper and pen planning work for me. NOTES & LINKS
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Season 24
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Episode 13
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8:07
Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive | COMMUNITY
We are going to tackle the 4th and final pillar of homemaking, Community, with homemaker and 2-time former guest, Sarah Beaugh.IN THIS EPISODE:Pillars 1-3 Quick RecapWhat is Community? How does God's Word help...
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Season 24
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Episode 12
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1:13:37
Monday Motivation #25 | Crafting a Rule of Life by Alecia Doty
Today, we are wrapping up our series on Rhythms & Routines with a piece written by former guest, Alecia Doty. Based on the Doty Family Plan she and her husband created, Alecia regularly creates a personal mission plan, or Rule of Life...
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Season 24
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Episode 11
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8:21
Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive | RHYTHMS & ROUTINES [Replay]
We are gearing up for the premier of our 4th and final Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive, Community later this season. So this week I am re-publishing the first three Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive episodes so you can refresh your memory, or lis...
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Season 24
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Episode 10
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1:18:17
Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive | Values & Priorities [Replay]
We are gearing up for the premier of our 4th and final Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive, Community later this season. So this week I am re-publishing the first three Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive episodes so you can refresh your memory, or lis...
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Season 24
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Episode 10
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2:06:21
Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive | #1, IDENTITY [replay]
We are gearing up for the premier of our 4th and final Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive, Community later this season. So this week I am re-publishing the first three Pillars of Homemaking Deep Dive episodes so you can refresh your memory, or lis...
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Season 24
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Episode 10
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1:38:52
Monday Motivation #24 | Rhythms of Play for the Homemaker
As we prepare for the upcoming deep dive on the 4th Pillar of Homemaking, Community, we have been revisiting the other pillars; Identity, Values, and Rhythms. Over the past few weeks, we’ve looked at rhythms of rest, worship and wor...
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Season 24
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Episode 9
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12:35
Homemaker Portrait | Georgetta Christensen
I am chatting with seasoned homemaker, Georgetta Christensen, who was nominated by her daughter Lydia Vest. Here’s some of what Lydia had to say about her mom. “My mother used every opportunity available to spread the Gospel, to be ...
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Season 24
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Episode 8
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1:03:33
Monday Motivation | Rhythms of Work for the Homemaker
We are in the 3rd week of diving deeper into Homemaking Pillar #3, Rhythms & Routines. We’ve talked about the difference between a rhythm and a routine. We’ve talked about starting our homemaking from a place of rest, and last w...
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Season 24
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Episode 7
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9:35
Homemaker Portrait | Mallori Tinkler
In this episode I am chatting with newbie homemaker, Mallori Tinkler. After working a while as a nurse, Mallori came home full time when her daughter was born. We talk about the challenges of going from 2 incomes to 1 and the import...
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Season 24
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Episode 6
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1:05:34
Monday Motivation #22 | Rhythms of Worship in the Home
We are continuing to revisit the 3rd pillar of homemaking, Rhythms & Routines in our Monday Motivations. Last week we talked about beginning our homemaking from a place of rest and establishing regular rhythms of rest in our home. This week...
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Season 24
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Episode 5
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12:52
Homemaker Portrait | Emily Baxter
Hello Homemaker! After a little update on what I was doing last month on my podcast break, I've got a brand new In-the-Trenches Homemaker Portrait for you! About today's guest, Emily Baxter: She’s a busy homeschool mom of 5, she’s a...
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Season 24
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Episode 4
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57:53
Monday Motivation #21 | Rhythms & Routines Begin with Rest
This season we will be doing a Deep Dive on the 4th and final pillar of homemaking, community. In preparation, I wanted to revisit the other 3 pillars-Identity, Values & Priorities, and Rhythms & Routines. Last season, in Monday Motivat...
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Season 24
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Episode 3
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17:57
Homemaker Portrait | Rachael Bomsta
Welcome to the first long-form episode of Season 24! Today you'll get to meet In-the-Trenches Homemaker, Rachael Bomsta of Healing Home. I am also answering a mail bag question about my favorite cleaning products. About Today's Gues...
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Season 24
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Episode 2
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1:14:06
Monday Motivation #20 | Passion Week in the Home
Welcome to Season 24 and Year 5 of The Art of Home! 🎉 Do you ever wonder why we make a months-long celebration out of the Incarnation of Jesus at Christmas, but barely give a weekend to commemorate His sacrifice and resurrection fro...
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Season 24
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Episode 1
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8:41
Homemaker Portrait | Jessica Fisher
Jessica Fisher has been keeping a home with her husband for 31 years and they have raised and homeschooled 6 kids. She is passionate about living debt-free and she shares all her knowledge and debt-free ideas, especially food savings on her blo...
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Season 23
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Episode 16
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1:07:02
Monday Motivation #19 | Simple Birthdays are Just Fine
It’s spring time and at our house that means lots of birthday celebrations. Whether you have a big family or several birthdays in one season, elaborate celebrations and gifts can quickly turn something meant for joy into a burden and a chore.&n...
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Season 23
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Episode 15
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11:13
Homemaker Portrait | Heather Price
Today’s guest was nominated by her daughter, Sydney, who wrote on the nomination form, "My mom has given her entire life to raising me and my six siblings. Five of us were adopted, many with trauma that needed special attention. She has sho...
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Season 23
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Episode 14
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1:08:47
Monday Motivation #18 | Appliance Maintenance: Take Care of Your Homemaking Tools
We are so blessed in this era to have gadgets and gizmos a plenty that make our homemaking life so much easier than our foremothers, but we need to care for those work-savers so they keep on serving us well for years to come. Today ...
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Season 23
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Episode 13
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10:02
Homemaker Portrait | Amber Reesor
In this episode, I am chatting with in the trenches homemaker, Amber Reesor, who has been keeping a home with her husband, Curtis, for 10 years. They have 2 little girls who as Amber says, completely changed her heart for homemaking. ...
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Season 23
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Episode 12
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1:23:53
Monday Motivation #17 | Expressing Love Through Laundry
Last week, I gave you some ideas for celebrating Valentine’s day and expressing your love through simple acts of homemaking like cooking your family’s favorite food, leaving loving notes around the house, playing music tied to special memories ...
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Season 23
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Episode 11
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9:31
Homemaker Portrait | Laura Ruoff
I am chatting with Laura Ruoff about her 18 years of keeping a home with husband, Chris, and their 11 year old son.We chat about all the things; challenges, expectations, fails and wins—how Laura is coming to terms with the illusion of p...
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Season 23
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Episode 10
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1:18:02
MM #16 Celebrate Valentine's Day in Your Homemaking
Today is February 3rd. Have you made any plans for Valentine’s Day? I realize that some people dismiss this as a greeting card holiday or despise it as a day fraught traumatic memories of not getting a valentine from the boy you had a crush on ...
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Season 23
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Episode 9
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9:11
