# Homemaker Portrait | Jenny Nanninga

An episode of [The Art of Home: A Podcast for Homemakers](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1557993655), 29 Oct 2025, 1 h 29 min.

Audio: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1587457/episodes/18091152-homemaker-portrait-jenny-nanninga.mp3

Send me a text about this episode! In this final Homemaker Portrait of 2025, I am chatting with In-the-Trenches homemaker and mama to 5 girls, Jenny Nanninga. I loved this conversation with Jenny. She is so wise, funny, and really, she's an open book. She candidly shares her struggles to accept and adjust to life in a 700 square foot home with 5 girls and one bathroom. Though God blessed them 2 years ago with a larger home, Jenny values her time in the tiny house because she learned so much about contentment and creative homemaking there. She fiercely defends the value of homemaking to anyone who will listen, but most importantly to her girls and she is training them not just in the practical skills of the home but in valuing the work of the homemaker. We cover all the usual ground of strengths, weaknesses, influences, wins, fails and more. NOTES & LINKS For Full Show Notes, including Jenny's favorites and Signature Dish, go to theartofhomepodcast.com/blog and search "Jenny Nanninga" Connect with Jenny Etsy (for Nature Group Start Up Guide and more!) Instagram @bloom.wild.schoolhouse Articles in Focus on the Family and Brio The Joyful Life articles Bloom Wild Girls, Podcast for Tween & Teen Girls | Apple | Spotify | Instagram Mentioned in this Episode Books: A Lantern in Her Hand by Bess Streeter Aldrich Mother Carey's Chickens by Kate Douglas Wiggin Power Paste Grout Cleaner FREE Advent Guide: theartofhomepodcast.com/christmas 💌 HOLIDAY RECIPE EXCHANGE💌 Get recipes, make friends & support The Art of Home! Leave your tip of $5 or more by October 31, 2026!! **EXTENDED THROUGH NOVEMBER 1, 2026!!*** https://www.theartofhomepodcast.com/recipe 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

- 1:12 Welcome, Allison's Update; Christmas on My Mind
- 6:15 Meet Jenny, Beginnings: Homemaking Passion without Practical Skills
- 11:42 Strengths & Weaknesses; Wanting to Learn but Lacking Follow-Through Needed for Mastery
- 18:17 Influences: Podcasts, Other Women & Homey Literature
- 22:35 Expectations: Working Out a Concept of Home
- 30:03 Parenting: Passing On Skills & The Value of Homemaking
- 42:12 Priorities: Rhythms over Strict Schedules
- 46:14 Temptations & Challenges: Contentment over Comparison
- 55:28 Hospitality: "What is the first true thing?"
- 1:02:57 Homemaking Q & A; Fails, Wins, Tips, Favorites, Recipes
- 1:12:34 The Art of Home & Titus 2 Wisdom
- 1:20:27 Creating Community Around Nature
- 1:24:49 Call to Action Homework & Final Reminders

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