The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. I've got another listener homemaker portrait for you! Today's guest is In-the-Trenches Homemaker, Nichole Pace. She fills her days caring for two busy little boys, one who has special needs and several severe food allergies. We talk about how those challenges have affecte...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. We are kicking off Season 16 with this In-the-Trenches Homemaker Portrait of Ginny White, host of the podcast, Figuring Out Homestead Life.  Ginny is a homemaker,  "mini-homesteader", a canning enthusiast and has recently started following Jesus after He dramatically resc...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Join me for this Newbie Homemaker Portrait of listener, Jessica Wood. We chat about all that she is learning in her new role as wife and full time homemaker. In just a short time, Jessica has developed some great practices for her homemaking. She's is learning that it's o...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Join me for this Newbie Homemaker Portrait of listener, Jade Brooks. We have a delightful conversation about her growth over the past 2 years of full-time homemaking and how the Lord is teaching her to let go of perfection and focus on the 'why' of homemaking. “Knowing wh...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Join me for this In-the-Trenches Homemaker Portrait of Heather Love of @thesimplelove_ . Heather has been keeping a home for over a decade and she stays extra busy these days caring for and homeschooling her 3 young children. She has a passion for wellness and the healing power of...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Samantha has been honing her homemaking skills from an early age and she has fully embraced the art of keeping her own home for the past 5 years. When she's not tending to her 2 toddler boys, she is tackling creative projects and expanding her skill set which she hopes to empl...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Join me as I chat with Tiffany Harris about 27 years of the ups and downs of homemaking. We talk about lessons God has been teaching her through multiple moves, raising kids and adopting their youngest son, who has been blind from birth, just before he aged out of the adoption prog...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Welcome to Season 15! We are chatting with my friend, seasoned homemaker, Kay Aeby. She graciously shares her journey from self-proclaimed "hippy chick" young bride through a very difficult marriage through years of single parenting then remarriage and her current stage o...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. In this second part of our Deep Dive on preserving and canning, Mandi Thompson and I are covering the basics of preserving food for long term, shelf-stable storage by canning. We talk about the science and safety of canning , including why we should always follow the most up-to-dat...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. What if you could stretch your grocery budget further by reducing waste and making the most of every morsel? Imagine the satisfaction of opening your pantry or fridge and seeing food preserved at its peak, ready for you to savor anytime. That's what we are going to explore in...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today I am bringing you the very first Single Homemaker Portrait on The Art of Home. "Can a single woman be a homemaker," you may ask? Well, if she has a home, she certainly can be! Of course it will look different than a married homemaker who stays home to care for the h...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today, I am bringing to you a brand new homemaker portrait of Sarah Beaugh. Married 22 years with three teen daughters she is what I would call a seasoned in -the-trenches homemaker and she has so much wisdom to share. Sarah found The Art of Home Podcast through social media but th...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Yep, this is a loooooooong one! But you don't have to listen all in one sitting. Take your time digesting this deep dive into the second pillar of homemaking, Values & Priorities. I am chatting with Karen Sheppard and Joi Welch, two familiar homemaker voices, about how thi...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today, I am chatting with Terry Estep, wife to Scott, mom to 3 grown children and host-mom to several exchange students during her kids’ high school years. She shares what worked and what didn’t for them as a host family and how they are continuing to benefit from the energy and jo...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today's installment of this Summer Reading Re-Run: Ch. 8 "Religion in the Home" and Ch. 9 "Home Memories" The Art of Home is taking a break for the beginning of summer 2023. That gives you an opportunity to catch up on old episodes or join in for another ro...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today's installment of this Summer Reading Re-Run: Ch. 6 "Brothers & Sisters" and Ch. 7 "The Home Life" In chapter 6, we will look at the duties of siblings to one another; in chapter 7, all the little daily things that contribute to a flourishing home...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today's installment of this Summer Reading Re-Run: Ch. 4 "The Parent's Part" and Ch. 5 "The Children's Part" In chapter 4, Miller explores the parent's role in creating both physical and emotional home environments in which children will thri...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. The Art of Home is taking a break for the beginning of summer 2023. That gives you an opportunity to catch up on old episodes or join in for another round of reading and studying JR Miller's classic, Homemaking, published in 1882. For the next five weeks your host, Allison, wi...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. The Art of Home is taking a break for the beginning of summer 2023. That gives you an opportunity to catch up on old episodes or join in for another round of reading and studying JR Miller's classic, Homemaking, published in 1882. For the next five weeks your host, Allison, wi...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. On today’s episode I am talking with in-the-trenches homemaker, Alexis Molnar. She is wife to Eric and homeschooling mama to their two children. Alexis shares her journey from working girl to stay-at-home mom, to eventually letting go of her part-time gig and focusing all her effor...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today we are diving DEEP into design in the home! Joining me for this discussion are Dana Schamberger and Dani Hamilton. Both of these women have so much wisdom and practical suggestions to share about design in the home. Dana has been designing and dealing in antiques all of her a...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today I am chatting with seasoned homemaker, Brenda VanHellen.  We talk about her homemaking ups and downs over the past 44 years with husband, Rick. They raised two boys and sent them out into the world and they are still having fun and enjoying each other's company even in t...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Join me for this fun discussion with newbie homemaker, Hannah Torres. We talk about the joys of starting a household and the unique challenges of a mixed hearing home. Hannah is hearing and her husband is deaf and she shares how this impacts her homemaking. 🤟🏡 RESOURCES Episode M...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. I am diving into the first pillar of homemaking, Identity, with my good friend, author, speaker and podcaster, Susan Macias. This deep dive is the first in a series on Four Pillars of Homemaking: Identity, Values & Priorities, Rhythms & Routines, and Community. We are going...

Send me a one-way text about this episode! I'll give you a shout out or answer your question on a future episode. Today on the show I have the honor of sharing with you another homemaker portrait of a dear long-time friend, Jen May.  With an empty nest in her very near future, she is a seasoned-in-the-trenches homemaker. :) We talk about the challenges of blended family living, working full ti...