The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers

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The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers

Allison L Weeks

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 confidently and skillfully practice their art of making a home. New episodes every other Wednesday.

1 hour 5 minutes

Homemaker Portrait | Mallori Tinkler
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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 importance of a budget that both husband and wife can faithfully participate in.
We discuss unrealistic expectations for postpartum life (based on social media comparison) as well as our tendency to overcorrect one way or the other with the “Just a homemaker” and “superwoman” mentalities.
This is a lovely conversation filled with all the usual stories of Mallori’s influences, strengths & weknesses, wins, fails, and favorite resources.
NOTES & LINKS
USPS Click-n-Ship
Favorite Ship From Home Supplies
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16 April 2025, 5:00 am
12 minutes 52 seconds

Monday Motivation #22 | Rhythms of Worship in the Home
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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 we will look at how to establish Rhythms of Worship in the home.
We will discuss what it looks like to have a home culture saturated with a reverence and awe for God. I will give you some ideas for family worship times including Bible reading & discussion, singing, and prayer.
NOTES & LINKS
"Religion in the Home", Chapter 8 of Homemaking by JR Miller | Episode with Complete Audio of Chapter 8 | Companion Study Guide Questions for Ch. 8
Blog Post for this Episode: Includes Bible Reading Questions, Prayer Guidelines & ACTS Prayer Model
Scripture Mentioned:
Deuteronomy 6:4-9
1 Peter 3:1-2, 14-17

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14 April 2025, 5:00 am
57 minutes 53 seconds

Homemaker Portrait | Emily Baxter
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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 writer and a lover of all things home and homemaking. Emily has a passion for creating beauty in her home and cultivating a space that is a welcoming and peaceful place to land. WE chat about her life at the edge of an 80 acre forest in upstate New York, including tapping maple trees for sap to make syrup, how bravery in homemaking is skill and what it’s like to be married to a lineman who is called out at all hours, day or night to literally keep the lights on for their community.
NOTES & LINKS
MM #9 Read Great Books with Friends: Start a Virtual Book Club
CONNECT WITH EMILY
Substack | emilysbaxter.substack.com
JOIN FACEBOOK GROUP, HOMEMAKER FORUM
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9 April 2025, 5:00 am
17 minutes 57 seconds

Monday Motivation #21 | Rhythms & Routines Begin with Rest
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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 Motivation we covered Identity and I will be revisiting Values & Priorities in the newsletter soon.
Today, let's tackle Pillar 3, Rhythms & Routines. I will begin with a brief explanation of the main concepts; what is it and what it means for the homemaker. Then I will talk about the first of 4 Essential Rhythms of Christian life, REST.
NOTES & LINKS
Episode Blog Post
Deep Dive Pillars Series
Monday Motivation Identity Series
- Who Are You, Homemaker? Identity Pt.1
- Rehab for Your Heart, Identity Pt. 2
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7 April 2025, 5:00 am
1 hour 14 minutes

Homemaker Portrait | Rachael Bomsta
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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 Guest: Rachael is a very busy mama to 4, soon to be 5 little boys, She works full time as a church staff member and as a content creator with her business, Healing Home. Racheal and her husband, Dan, also run a 40 acre homestead in Minnesota.
Before they met, Dan suffered a traumatic brain injury that has affected every aspect of their lives, yet, God gives them what they need each day to make the home-centric life they desire for their family work.
EPISODE NOTES & LINKS
CONNECT WITH RACHAEL
Websites| healinghome.com & healinghomerecipes.co
Instagram | @healing_home_
YouTube | @healinghome
Bible Reading Plans and Prayer Plans
Homemaking Planner (with a membership upgrade)
Einkorn Sourdough Guide
MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
Homemaking Deep Dive | Cleaning 101, Season 23, E4
Allison's Favorite Cleaning Products
- Kitchen All-Purpose: Mrs. Meyer's concentrate + microfiber
- Kitchen Sink: Barkeeper's Friend + Scrub Daddy
- Glass: Windex + microfiber
- Bathroom & Disinfecting: Pine Sol Concentrate + Water (1:4 ratio)
- Dusting: Swifer duster or feather duster, Pledge + cloth diaper
- Floors: first, dry clean with swifer or vacuum, then steam mop using o
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2 April 2025, 5:00 am
8 minutes 41 seconds

Monday Motivation #20 | Passion Week in the Home
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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 from the dead at Easter?
What do we do with a holiday that centers around the death and resurrection of our King? How do we integrate that into our homemaking?
Today we are going to tackle how we can cultivate an environment of remembrance and rejoicing during this holiest of weeks by declaring with food, words, candles, music, flowers, fabric---whatever resources you have that He suffered and died for our sins AND that He is risen! He is risen indeed!
NOTES & LINKS
Scripture Mentioned:
- Isaiah 53:5
- Revelation 13:8
General:
Your Sorrow Will Turn to Joy: Morning and Evening Meditations for Holy Week | Desiring God
Jesus the King: An Easter Devotional by Tim Keller | YouVersion Bible App
Resurrection Eggs (DIY)
Food:
Empty Tomb Cookies
Taste & See: Discovering God Among Butchers, Bakers and Fresh Food Makers | Margaret Feinberg
Flowers:
Easter Lily Care & Meaning | Southern Living
Color:
Significance of Color in the Bible | gotquestions.org
Music:
Passion Week Playlist
Resurrection Playlist

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31 March 2025, 5:00 am
1 hour 7 minutes

Homemaker Portrait | Jessica Fisher
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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 blog, goodcheapeats.com. She also has some great resources for moms on her blog lifeasmom.com.
Today, you are going to get to know Jessica and hear her homemaking story from domestic-minded college student, to tiny-house-living newlywed, to a running a large household with 6 kids. She gives us a few quick, super helpful tips for food savings and how she budgets her time using a planner she designed for herself out of necessity in the trenches of motherhood.

EPISODE LINKS & NOTES
Chalk Paint Favorites
Annie Sloan Chalk Paint
Purdy Paint Brushes
Wax Brushes
CONNECT WITH JESSICA
food website | goodcheapeats.com
mom blog & resource shop | lifeasmom.com
instagram | @goodcheapeatsblog @lifeasmomdotcom
Jessica's Laundry System | Kid's Can Do Laundry, Best Tips for Laundry Management for Families
Jessica's Print & Go Planner
The Hidden Art of Homemaking | Edith Schaeffer
Jessica's recipes will be available in the next newsletter, 2.28.25 or for future reference search "Jessica Fisher" at theartofhomepodcast.com
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26 February 2025, 6:00 am
11 minutes 13 seconds

Monday Motivation #19 | Simple Birthdays are Just Fine
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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.
Now, don’t get me wrong, I love a good party with themed decor, food, the works, but I don’t feel the need to pull out all the stops with every celebration, especially when my kids were little.
In today’s Monday Motivation, I want to share some of the simple ways we celebrated and continue to celebrate birthdays in our home.
EPISODE NOTES & LINKS
All recipes and sewing patterns will be in the next newsletter. Subscribe below.⬇️
If listening far in the future, go to our website and search "Simple Birthdays".
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24 February 2025, 6:00 am
1 hour 8 minutes

Homemaker Portrait | Heather Price
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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 shown strength and dignity through it all. She is an inspiration to me as I am a brand new homemaker and I believe her wisdom will be a blessing to many others."
I am so thankful that Sydney nominated her mom, Heather Price, who has been keeping a home full time for 30 years with her husband. They have raised 7 and fostered many more and God has refined Heather through all the challenges of adopting traumatized and special needs kids. We talk about God’s faithfulness, the need to stay flexible, and to constantly remember His unchanging character and what He has done in the past.
We cover all the usual ground of expectations, hospitality, fails, wins, and many more aspects of Heather’s homemaking journey over 3 decades.
EPISODE NOTES & LINKS
Our Favorites for Tim Keller
- Walking with God in Pain in Suffering by Tim Keller
- Jesus the King by Tim Keller (a walk through the Gospel of Mark), previously published as King's Cross
Practicing the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence
Recommended Chalk Paint: Annie Sloan
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19 February 2025, 6:00 am
10 minutes 2 seconds

Monday Motivation #18 | Appliance Maintenance: Take Care of Your Homemaking Tools
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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 we are talking about cleaning tips and schedules for some common large and small appliances.
NOTES & LINKS
Be Our Guest: Apply or Nominate through February 17, 2025| theartofhomepodcast.com/guest
Free Printable Appliance Maintenance Check List | theartofhomepodcast.com/appliance
Deep Dive Cleaning 101 Episode
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17 February 2025, 6:00 am
1 hour 23 minutes

Homemaker Portrait | Amber Reesor
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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.
We talk about the amazing legacy of contentment and hospitable generosity her parents created, the impact it has had on her own homemaking and how she is working to pass on the same legacy to her girls.
Amber shares how taking up a simple gratitude journal practice gave her the skills to identify and overcome a grumbling spirit in her homemaking and what the Lord is teaching her through the challenge of homemaking in someone else’s house.
NOTES & LINKS

CONNECT WITH AMBER
Website | littlereesorhouse.com
YouTube | @littlereesorhouse

MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE
The Hidden Art of Homemaking by Edith Schaeffer
Recommended YouTube Homemaking Channels
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12 February 2025, 6:00 am
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