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.
Episodes
243 episodes
Monday Motivation #60 The Gift of Small Joys: Celebrating the Everyday at Home by Christa Sterken
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 f...
Summer Homemaking Ramble 2026 with Jessica Fisher
Today, I have my honorary co-host, Jessica Fisher, joining me for another seasonal ramble. In this Episode:Mail Bag & UpdatesSummer Ice-Breaker QuestionsSummer Travel PlansWhat We are Cooki...
Monday Motivation #61 From Stranger to Neighbor: Cultivating Community One Holiday at a Time
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 homemakers...
Homemaker Portrait | Kristin Park
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 ...
Monday Motivation #62 Host with Heart, Not a Hefty Price Tag
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 h...
Monday Motivation #52 | Spring Cleaning Motivation: Historical, Modern & Biblical
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 ...
Homemaker Portrait | Kathlena Rule
We are kicking off Season 28 today a brand new Homemaker Portrait! 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...
Monday Motivation #53 | Spring Cleaning 2; Tools & Helpers
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. I will give yo...
Homemaker Portrait | Carrie Sullivan
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 ...
Monday Motivation #54 | Top-Down Spring Cleaning: Ceilings, Fans, Lights & Everything Overhead
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. You’ll learn why cleaning from the top down saves time (and ...
Homemaking Seasonal Ramble | Spring 2026 with Jessica Fisher
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. We kick off this relaxed, mostly unscripted, conver...
Monday Motivation #55 | Spring Cleaning: Windows, Doors & Walls
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 window...
Homemaker Portrait | Jayms Yon
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 ...
Monday Motivation #56 | Spring Cleaning Linens, Curtains & Spiritual Lessons
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 so...
Homemaking Deep Dive | Quilting 101 with Jessica Clark
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. Jess...
Monday Motivation #57 | Spring Cleaning: Furniture, Appliances & the Forgotten
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 furn...
Homemaker Portrait | Eva Suchecki
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 su...
Monday Motivation #58 | Extra! Extra! Homemaker's Journal is Here!
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 r...
Homemaking Deep Dive | Family Road Trip Adventures
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 ...
Monday Motivation #59 | Spring Cleaning: Floors, Carpets & Rugs
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...
Homemaker Portrait | Hannah Stewart
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 o...
Monday Motivation #44 | All in Good Time; Gently Entering a New Year
Welcome to the first Monday Motivation of Season 27, our Winter 2026 season of The Art of Home. I am here this cold January morning to motivate you, NOT to jump into New Year, New You plans with all of your might, but rather to enter the New Ye...
Homemaking Deep Dive | Planning Your Homemaking Year
Today, Jessica Fisher is going to share her system for planning the year ahead with purpose, not to do more and be more, but to align our monthly, weekly and daily rhythms with our values, our strengths and the path of faithful stewardship God ...
Monday Motivation #45 | Homemaker Culture in Winter: A Time for the Makers
Historically, for homemakers, winter was not a time of inactivity, but of different activity; making and mending, close to the hearth, to prepare for the busier days of spring, summer and fall. Today I want to share some idea...
Homemaker Portrait | Colleen Rockwell
Join me for the first Homemaker Portrait of 2026. I'm chatting with In-the-Trenches homemaker, Colleen Rockwell, about homemaking, homesteading and homeschooling. After working many years as a full-time nurse, Colleen left her job to stay home ...
