“Housekeeping comprises the ability to find, evaluate, and use information about nutrition, cooking, chemistry and biology, health, comfort, laundry, cleaning, and safety.“

Home-keeping is so much more than a list of chores. It’s a life skill that transcends gender, age, and culture. The idea that only certain people should know how to care for a space is outdated. The idea that society still attempts to dictate who should care for a space feels painfully outdated. Everyone deserves to understand how to create an environment that supports their well-being—mentally, emotionally, and physically.

For many of us, the journey to truly “owning” our space looks different. Mine began when I moved into my first home. Only then did I start to grasp what it meant to keep a home. My “aha moment was when I came across Cheryl Mendelson’s words in Home Comforts, where she defines home-keeping as science, art, beauty, and order.

“The sense of being at home is important to everyone’s well-being. If you do not get enough of it, your happiness, resilience, energy, humor, and courage will decrease.”

— Home Comforts

What I’ve come to realize is that home-keeping is a grounding ritual for ourselves, a quiet act of care. In a time when our homes serve as offices, gathering spaces, and personal retreats, creating a sanctuary feels more essential than ever.

It all begins with you—how you want your space to feel, how it reflects who you are. Then comes the science, the practicality of solving daily problems and creating systems that make life smoother. The art is in how you arrange and layer your space, not just to make it functional, but to bring small moments of joy. Beauty reveals itself in the smallest details—like gifted flowers in your favorite vase or the light spilling across your kitchen table in the early evening. And finally, order, the foundation, the steady base that gives creativity room to flourish.

“What really does work to increase the feeling of having a home and its comforts is housekeeping. Housekeeping creates cleanliness, order, regularity, beauty, the conditions for health and safety, and a good place to do and feel all the things you wish and need to do and feel in your home.” — Home Comforts

This understanding—this shift in how we view the role of home in our lives—is what inspired this space. Not just to talk about home-keeping, but to connect, to share as I learn, and to explore its depth together. Because we need each other, and staying informed and inspired is how we thrive.

So, consider this your invitation to explore what home can be—on your terms.

“Home is the one place in the world where you are safe from feeling put down or out, untitled, or unwanted… Coming home is your major restorative in life.” — Home Comforts