# Homemaker Portrait | Emily Baxter

An episode of [The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557993655), 9 Apr 2025, 58 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587457/episodes/16872214-homemaker-portrait-emily-baxter.mp3

Send me a text about this episode! 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 Support the show HOMEMAKING RESOURCES • Homemaker's Journal, AoH Seasonal Magazine • Private Facebook Group, Homemaker Forum • JR Miller's Homemaking Study Guide SUPPORT & CONNECT • Review | Love The Podcast • Contact | Text/Voicemail-use the link at top of description | Website | Email • Follow | Follow The Podcast • Support | theartofhomepodcast.com/support DISCLOSURE • **Buy | as an Amazon affiliate, AoH receives a small commission at no extra cost to you when you use our links to purchase items we recommend • AI Content | Portions of this episode’s copy and/or show notes may have been drafted with the assistance of AI and then reviewed and edited by a human, Allison Weeks.

## Chapters

- 0:00 Welcome, Allison's Update: Break Books & Projects
- 5:58 Meet Emily: Life on the Edge of the Forest
- 10:17 Beginnings: Bravery is a Homemaking Skill; Accepting Some Clutter of Life Well-Lived
- 17:01 Expectations: Gifts & Talents are Not Wasted in Homemaking; Online Aesthetics aren't Real Life
- 25:33 Parenting & Priorities: Chores Reframed as Zones; "Make Your Zone Your Own"
- 32:56 Temptations & Challenges: Tips to Combat Superwoman Syndrome, An On-Call Husband in a Busy Family
- 40:02 Hospitality: Welcoming the College Student and Other Stragglers
- 43:00 Homemaking Q & A: Fails (another fire story), Wins, Favs & Signature Dish
- 49:23 The Art of Home: Cultivating a Peaceful Place to Land
- 51:22 Titus 2 Wisdom to Older and Younger Women
- 54:54 Top Takeaways & Podcast Reminders; Connect with Emily

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