313. Can Homemakers Balance It All? Q&A on Motherhood, Home Birth, Babywearing, Farmhouse Updates, and More!

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2025

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Building a new home that feels like it’s been here for a hundred years has been a labor of love (and a learning curve!). In this solo episode, I’m sharing the latest updates from our farmhouse build, what’s been harder (and more rewarding) than expected, and the details that are truly making our home look historic. From kitchen plans and farm goals to my favorite baby wrap, birth method, and thoughts on balancing homemaking and entrepreneurship, this conversation is a mix of practical tips and real-life reflection from my current season of life. In this episode, we cover: - An update on where we are in the farmhouse build and what has surprised us throughout this unique building process - How priming and painting every board, trim piece, and bit of crown molding has slowed the process but is worth it for the truly historic look - What I’ve learned about creating a historic-looking new build and why proportions matter more than you may think - Is it possible to build a “new old home” on a tighter timeline or with a smaller budget? - Some of my kitchen plans, including the Lacanche range and wood cookstove I’ve been dreaming of for cozy winter baking - What we plan to use our land for and how we are learning from my sister’s full-time farm - Why I’m such a staunch believer in babywearing and which wrap I’d choose if I could only have one - The reason I won’t have a water birth and the method I swear by that’s made my labors nearly pain-free - Thoughts on whether it’s possible for moms to truly balance homeschooling, cooking, and homekeeping all at once - How Luke and I divide our work, homeschool, and business responsibilities in this season as a full-time entrepreneurial family View full show notes on the blog + watch this episode on YouTube. Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible! RESOURCES MENTIONED Check out this video where I share our original “new old home” building plans Follow along with my sisters on their YouTube Channels: - Ashley at New Hartford Farm Co. - Andrea at Our Sweet Sunny Days - Laura at Our Oily House Watch my step-by-step Babywearing Wrap Tutorial video on Farmhouse on Boone Find my favorite wrap here: Didymos Prima Natural Woven Wrap Some of my go-to sources for country home decor inspiration: Country House Living by Nora Murphy and a few books by Gil Schafer Join my FREE masterclass to learn my 4-step framework for making money on YouTube Master the rhythm of sourdough with confidence in my Simple Sourdough course Gain the sewing knowledge and skills every homemaker needs in my Simple Sewing series Turn your content creation dreams into a profitable business with my YouTube Success Academy Keep all my favorite sourdough recipes at your fingertips in my Daily Sourdough cookbook CONNECT Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | Blog | YouTube | Instagram | TikTok | Facebook | Pinterest Do you have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you’d like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: bit.ly/SFLquestions.

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0:00.0	I heard this statement from a homeschooling mom on another podcast and would love to hear your
0:03.7	opinion on this. You can homeschool, have a clean house, and cook from scratch, but you can only
0:09.2	have two. Okay, there's so many factors to consider here. What ages are your kids? So do you have
0:15.8	babies? Can your children read? Here's the thing. We don't have to put perfection expectations on
0:22.7	ourselves. If today the house needs a ton of attention and we have leftovers or a simple meal,
0:28.6	then that will be today's priority. You can't do all of it all the time. My name is Lisa, mother of
0:34.5	nine and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse-on-Boon. On this podcast,
0:38.9	I like to talk about simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities. I help you learn
0:43.2	how to cook from scratch and decorate on a budget through this podcast and my courses
0:47.5	simple sourdough in the simple sewing series. I also help people reach their goals from home
0:52.5	through my business courses, create your blog
0:54.4	dream, and YouTube Success Academy.
0:56.3	I will leave links to these resources in the show notes and description box below.
0:59.9	Now let's get into the show.
1:06.3	Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast.
1:09.9	Today with Miriam here on my lap, I'll be doing
1:16.0	another solo episode. So taking some of your questions from the Google sheet. So we have that over at
1:22.9	b.it.ly forward slash sFL questions. There's a lot of good ones here. I also thought about talking a little bit
1:31.7	about the house right now. We're right in the middle of a build for those of you who follow along.
1:36.1	You already know that because I share about it on Instagram, on YouTube here on the podcast.
1:41.3	And some questions I've had about building. I know I'm going to get a lot of
1:45.0	specific questions once we're actually living in the house and I don't even know what we're
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