The English Homemaker

This episode of The English Homemaker is a little spring catchup. I talk about why and how I love to take and preserve photos and videos, and why I take 15 seconds to try and keep happy moments alive.

Really I don’t think ’balance’ is a thing we find the magic key to and then voila we’re suddenly all ok, I think life is richer with the variety it brings and we need to embrace the up and down rollercoaster... but I also think there are things we can do to feel more balanced in the everyday, and so I’ll talk about those today!

A long, luxurious breakfast is the epitome of slow, hygge living, especially when we get the crossword out over a cup of hot chocolate with our favourite music playing softly in the background. I don’t think you could leave this episode without some fresh, healthy breakfast ideas and inspiration!

This episode of The English Homemaker is a conversation with my brother all about Christmas traditions, embracing winter and remembering your childlike joy.

This episode of The English Homemaker is a gorgeous conversation with the incredible Elisa Rathje of AppleTurnoverTV and The Journal of Small Work.

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about money, budgeting, saving, frugal living, questioning ’normal’, money management and finances.

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Kezia from The Whole Home, and we talk all about realistic sustainability for the homemaker, how to make it practical and not overwhelming. I think it will surprise and encourage you, and give you some practical tips for adjusting your homemaking to have a lower footprint on the earth. We talk about the why and the mindset

This episode of The English Homemaker is all about building community, nurturing relationships and making friends. It's about reclaiming the home as the birthplace of community, creating a space where people feel loved, peaceful and connected, and why that matters more than most anything else. There's a load of practical tips for engaging with those around you and reminding yoursel

This episode of The English Homemaker is an interview with Lizzy of Indi Skoven Prints. We talk renovating a Georgian home, adding colour and texture to create a 'visually joyful' home, inspiration for her interior style, the 'bolognaise test', and raising her family in the Wiltshire countryside. Also expect an update from me about our roadtrip holiday to the Moselle valley in Germ

This episode of The English Homemaker is the season finale, and is a bit of a Q&A, a chat about how to clean the oven, about the benefits of monotasking as it pertains to stress and tidying your brain as well as your home. I answer questions about balancing motherhood and homemaking, and share my heart and thoughts, as usual. Anne of Green Gables: "You can nearly always enjoy t