The Art of Home Blog

Jump to Episode Notes In this Homemaker Portrait, I’m joined by Kristin Park, a wife, mom, quilter, sourdough baker, and newly full-time homemaker who has just stepped away from a ten-year career as a speech language pathologist. After years of carrying both her career and homemaking responsibilities, she and her husband made the careful, prayerful decision for her to come home full time. In our conversation, she shares what that process looked like, including the financial p

If you need a little shot of summertime encouragement—and a reminder that the small, steady work of home matters—this episode is for you. In this ramble, Jessica and I chat about the rhythms of summer homemaking: what we’re cooking, what we’re watching, what we’re planning, and what we’re learning as we get older. We also end with a thoughtful conversation about limiting beliefs—the stories we tell ourselves that keep us stuck—and how renewing our minds in Christ helps us mo

Show Notes for S28:E16, Homemaker Portrait of Hannah Stewart JUMP TO SHOW NOTES In this episode, I’m chatting with Hannah Stewart, an “in the trenches” homemaker, mom of 3, and the voice behind 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. In our conversation, Hannah sh

with Jenny Nanninga JUMP TO SHOW NOTES 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. In This Episode: Jenny’s road trip background including a few

Eva Suchecki’s story is a beautiful reminder that homemaking isn’t just a list of chores—it’s an invisible kind of art. In this episode, Eva shares what life has looked like for their family across seasons of change (and a few surprises), plus the simple routines that help bring calm and comfort to home. In this conversation, you’ll hear: How Eva learned to let go of perfection—and why consistency matters more than “having it all together” What “go with the flow” homemaking l

JUMP TO SHOW NOTES Cleaning Furniture Hopefully, you have a regular system for cleaning your furniture that involves dusting and or polishing your wood furniture and vacuuming/spot cleaning your upholstered furniture. Think about your seasonal cleaning of these items as just a little bit extra. Maybe you typically only dust the top of the coffee table….great, now to be a little extra with this job, dust EVERYTHING…remove everything from the coffee table (on top, underneath, i

JUMP TO SHOW NOTES 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 wit

JUMP TO RESOURCES 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. We will save upholstery for next week when we discuss furniture and rugs for the final week when we look at all things on the floor. I’ve said throughout this series,