• 1 hour 7 minutes
    Homemaker Portrait | Emily Steiger

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    Today, I’m joined by Emily Steiger—New Hampshire native, writer, and busy homemaker who’s two years into marriage with Sam, raising a one-year-old, and expecting baby number two later this fall.


    In This Episode:

    • Prepare with Purpose, Building homemaker skills before you think you them
    • Realities of Toddler Season
    • Improving Time Management: Simplify your home, let go of "doing it all"
    • Social Media boundaries
    • Hospitality rhythms
    • When your birth story & postpartum don't go to plan

    SHOW NOTES

    All episode notes, links and resources, including Emily's Signature Dish will be on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Emily Steiger".

    https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/how-to-start-homemaking-before-you-have-a-home-emily-steiger-s-homemaker-portrait

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    CONNECT WITH EMILY

    Substack (for new posts) | @musingsofahomemaker

    Website | Musings of a Homemaker (for old posts)

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    12 August 2026, 1:00 pm
  • 36 minutes 6 seconds
    Monday Motivation #66, Creator Spotlight | Laura Coppinger, Heavenly Homemakers

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    I have another creator spotlight for you today with seasoned homemaker, wife, and mama to 11, Laura Coppinger who has been blogging over at HeavenlyHomemakers.com for nearly 2 decades. 

    In This Episode:

    • Get to know Laura with some classic Homemaker Portrait questions
    • Heavenly Homemaker resources for practical daily help
      • Simple Meals Planning Service
      • FREE 7-Day Summer Meal Plan
      • Heavenly Homemaker Membership to access nearly 20 YEARS of helpful content

    Laura says that everything she’s created for the blog over the years has grown out of her own need, and she figured if it was helpful to her it may be helpful to other homemakers. 

    Through her resources, blog and newsletter, Laura shares the wealth of knowledge grown out of a deep commitment to and love for the Kingdom building work of the home.


    SHOW NOTES

    Connect with Laura

    Website | heavenlyhomemakers.com

    Instagram | @heavenlyhomemaker

    Facebook | @heavenlyhomemakers

    Resources Mentioned 

    7-Day Meal Plan:  https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/free-7-day-summer-menu-plan

    Simple Meals Planning Service: https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/simple-meals-half-price

    Club Membership: https://www.heavenlyhomemakers.com/membership-join

    Laura's Free newsletter: https://awesome-grass-96679.myflodesk.com/u484ab003m




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    10 August 2026, 5:00 am
  • 55 minutes 52 seconds
    Homemaker Portrait | Lerize Jansen van Rensburg

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    I’m chatting with Lerize Jansen van Rensburg, a wife, mother, part-time legal consultant, blogger, and homemaker living with her husband and their two daughters on a grain farm in the Free State of South Africa that’s been in his family for five generations. 

    Lerize shares how God has shaped her view of homemaking through motherhood, farm life, hospitality, and the faithful examples of the women who came before her. 

    In This Episode:

    • Her journey from ambitious career woman to a woman surprised by her love for home
    • Seasonal meal planning
    • Gathering people for big hospitality 
    • Learning to hold plans loosely
    • Treasuring ordinary days. 

    Lerize’s homemaker portrait is a beautiful reminder that home is where your family’s story is being told and where everyday moments become part of a lasting legacy.

    SHOW NOTES

    All links and resources, including Lerize's signature dish recipe, are on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Lerize Jansen van Rensburg".

    https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/finding-beauty-in-ordinary-homemaking-with-lerize-jansen-van-rensburg


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    5 August 2026, 5:00 am
  • 40 minutes
    Monday Motivation #65, Creator Spotlight | Christie Purifoy

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    I have a NEW type of episode format to introduce to you today! It's called a Creator Spotlight episode and I will occasionally add one to the traditional Monday Motivation lineup. In these interviews, I will highlight authors, YouTubers, bloggers and content creators who offer resources that will benefit the homemaking community. 

    In today's Creator Spotlight I am chatting an author whose writing I have enjoyed for many years. Homemaker, placemaker, and beauty seeker, Christie Purifoy has authored several books on home and homemaking and her new book, A House to Call Home: Creating Places That will Comfort and Care for Us, explores many of the same themes we discuss here on The Art of Home Podcast. 

    In This Episode:

    • what it looks like to practice the “art of home” or placemaking, as Christie calls it over time
    • How beauty has shaped Christie's calling to be a placemaker
    • How homes, much like gardens, are alive, continually going through seasons of growth, chaos, death, and renewal and how that rhythm can strengthen our hope in God’s faithfulness
    • Creating a haven in a rental or less-than-ideal space 
    • A small practical step you can take today to make your place a House to Call Home

    SHOW NOTES

    🎁 WIN A FREE COPY OF CHRISTIE'S BOOK!Leave a podcast review, screenshot it, and send to [email protected]. Giveaway ends 8/9/26. Winner will be contacted by email and announced on 8/13/26 episode.

    CONNECT WITH CHRISTIE

    Website | christiepurifoy.com

    Substack | christiepurifoy.substack.com

    Instagram | @christiepurifoy


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    3 August 2026, 5:00 am
  • 51 minutes 56 seconds
    Homemaker Portrait | Rhonda Wax

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    Today I’m joined by Rhonda Wax, a pastor’s wife, mother of four, grandmother of fourteen, and a lifelong homemaker whose heart for hospitality shines through every season of her story.

    Rhonda shares about building a warm and welcoming home, learning to loosen the grip of perfectionism, and finding worship even in the ordinary tasks of the day. We also talk about Sabbath rhythms, a creative and brilliant way to teach children stewardship, and the beautiful legacy she is leaving through prayer-filled Bibles for her grandchildren.

    This is a conversation full of wisdom, practical encouragement, and a gentle reminder that homemaking is not about creating a perfect picture, but about making a safe and loving place where people can be known, nourished, and pointed to Christ.


    SHOW NOTES

    All links, resources and notes are on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Rhonda Wax".

    https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/rhonda-wax-homemaker-portrait-biblical-hospitality-simple-home-rhythms-leaving-a-legacy

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    29 July 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 9 minutes
    Homemaker Portrait | Allison Weeks

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    For over 5 years now, I have sat on the interviewers side of the microphone bringing you over 100 homemaker stories. Many of you have asked to hear my answers to these questions, and today you get your wish. 

    Hannah Stewart of the Sugar & Spice Mom Life Podcast approached me a few months ago with the idea to interview me for her show using my Homemaker Portrait questions, and I agreed! 

    This is a crossover episode featuring an introduction and some AoH news from me followed by Hannah's interview of me from her podcast. I close the episode with my thoughts, the emoji for the show and a few reminders. 

    I pray you will be blessed by my story of home as much as I've been blessed by hearing all of yours. 

    SHOW NOTES

    Detailed notes, links, and resources (including my signature dish recipe) are available on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Allison Weeks Homemaker Portrait".

    https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/homemaker-portrait-allison-weeks

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    • Must be original
    • Include all ingredients and detailed steps
    • Deadline to submit, August 1, 2026
    • send to: [email protected]

    Connect with Hannah

    Podcast | Sugar & Spice Mom Life

    Youtube | @sugarandspicemomlife

    Instagram | @sugarandspicemomlife

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    22 July 2026, 5:00 am
  • 9 minutes 39 seconds
    Monday Motivation #64 | Revealing the Father's Heart: What Biblical Celebrations Teach Us about God

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    Today I want to share one final preview article from our first issue of Homemaker’s Journal. 

    So often we think of celebration as our idea—something we plan when life goes well. But in Scripture, celebration begins with God. 

    In today’s episode, Amber Davis will show us that the Father’s heart isn’t distant or disinterested—He’s a welcoming God who sets the table of celebration, calls His children in close, and says, "Come and partake." 

    This article was originally published in Homemaker’s Journal, Issue no 1, spring/summer 2026.

    EPISODE NOTES

    Get Homemaker's Journal

    homemakersjournal.com

    Connect with Amber

    website | confidentweakness.com

    Reflection Questions

    1. Our God is the ultimate host of celebrations because He initiates and delights in them. How does this change the way you see your life and the way you gather with others?
    2. As His image-bearers, we have the opportunity to use the joy-filled seams woven into our calendar to remember His goodness and share his heart with others. Who might you need to make room for at the table and how will you extend a personal invitation to your celebration?

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    20 July 2026, 5:00 am
  • 59 minutes 56 seconds
    Homemaking Deep Dive | Sentimental Decor with Brittany Shepard

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    Today we’re talking decor, but we are going beyond style and trends to look at sentimental decorating—choosing meaning over what’s trending and letting our homes hold the real stories of our lives.

    My guest is Brittany Shepard who is known as the Sentimental Decorator online. Today we are diving deeper into Brittany’s passion, helping others become storykeepers in their homes. A storykeeper is someone who doesn’t save special things “for someday,” but lives with them—uses them, displays them, and allows the memories they carry bring comfort, joy, and even a place for grief to land.

    In This Episode:

    • How to curate keepsakes without clutter
    • How to decide what to hold onto (and what to let go)
    • Practical ways to create a meaningful home—without buying anything new.
    • How our belongings can help us honor the stories that formed us in the past while also shaping the story we’re living right now.

    EPISODE NOTES

    Connect with Brittany

    Website | thesentimentaldecorator.com

    Instagram | @brittanyshepard

    YouTube & Podcast | @BrittanyShepardTSD

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    15 July 2026, 5:00 am
  • 10 minutes 6 seconds
    Monday Motivation #63 | Angel Food Cake on a Monday: Celebrations & Grief

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    I have another preview article from our first issue of Homemaker’s Journal today. Birthdays and celebrations aren’t always joyous. Some of the hardest holidays and special days to navigate are those that come in the midst of loss. Homemaker, Amber Reesor, shares how embracing the memory of her father’s favorite birthday cake provided a sweet path forward in her grief of losing him sooner than she expected.

    Connect with Amber

    Website | littlereesorhouse.com

    IG | @amberwideman

    YouTube | @LittleReesorHouse

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    13 July 2026, 5:00 am
  • 1 hour 6 minutes
    Homemaker Portrait | Kara Garis

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    In this episode, I am chatting with in-the-trenches homemaker, Kara Garis, all about keeping a home with her husband of 17 years and their 5 kids. I am so excited for you to hear this conversation. Kara has so much wisdom to share. 

    In this Episode:

    • Stepping into homemaking without a lot of practical skills
    • How the Lord uses the ordinary work of the home to shape expectations, priorities, & faith
    • How to raise kids who notice and anticipate the needs of others
    • How homemaking proclaims what we believe about our hope laid up in heaven and emulates our God who gives hope to the hopeless and welcomes the lonely and broken into an eternal Home with Him 

    SHOW NOTES

    All links and resources, including recipes will be on the blog. Click the link below or go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Kara Garis".

    https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/post/are-you-a-type-b-homemaker

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    8 July 2026, 5:00 am
  • 9 minutes 14 seconds
    Monday Motivation #62 Host with Heart, Not a Hefty Price Tag

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    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 homemakersjournal.com. 

    This issue if full of homemaker inspiration and encouragement that will serve you and your home any time of year. Today’s article is by homemaker and podcaster, Brittany Duncan, who shares lots of practical homemaking help like what you are about to hear on her show, Untraditionally Traditional: A Millennial Homemaker.

    EPISODE NOTES

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    6 July 2026, 5:00 am
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