This Homemaker Portrait highlights Joi Welch of Back to Simple Home. We discuss her early homemaking efforts among college roommates, her years of homemaking while homeschooling, creative hospitality, and how she is currently making a home in her little 600 square foot cottage.
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Mentioned in This Episode
- Disciplines of the Beautiful Woman | Anne Ortlund
- Southern Living Magazine
- Home Comforts; The Art and Science of Keeping House | Cheryl Mendelson
Historical Homemaker Hints
- Miller, Marion Mills, Practical Suggestions for Mother and Housewife (Philadelphia: Running Press, 2009) 117, 118, 179, 181, 222.
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- Instagram| @simplyjoiful
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