Past the conspicuous housewife identity was my need for a shameless examination of the confines of this feminized space and its relationship with violence against women. Home exists as a sanctuary in the popular imagination, yet for many, it is a dangerous space to inhabit. Even in the most functional dwellings, there is an absence of messaging that can make the house and the housewife role unsafe for subsequent generations of women and children. My work is a visual and sometimes irreverent refutation of the invisibility of this role. As I move beyond the proffered gendered façade of the idealized housewife and mother, empowerment and disenfranchisement bookend my interest. My work signifies traditions of the domestic arts; my love of textiles and folk art is vibrantly employed alongside blatant prescriptive messaging. The work is a beauty-filled folksy ruse to lure viewers into something more serious.