One of the first things you find out when you get out on your own, is that a lot goes into keeping a home running smoothly. There are all kinds of little things that come up on a daily basis that need to be considered and dealt with. Home Comfort is a collection of short articles (mostly) and videos that I hope will help you out as you look for solutions for those little every day things that come up in everyone's life.
I originally called this site The Home Adventure because keeping a home really can be an adventure. I changed the name to Home Comfort after a while because I want the comforts of home to be my focus. Eventually, I went back to "Adventure" just because I liked the name. 
We all face challenges every day, and home should be the one place where we feel comfortable. If you remember being a little kid playing tag, there was an immense feeling of giddy relief when you reached "home base" because it was a safe place. I think home should be like that when you are a grown up too.
When some people think of home comfort, they think of things like air conditioning maintenance. Well, that certainly is part of being comfortable when you are at home during the hot summer months, but I'd like this site to go a bit deeper and wider than that. There are so many areas of home life that people need help with that a website covering everything would have to be immense! Some basic categories I think come up a lot for people are home maintenance, home decor, lighting, interior design, and the list goes on. I've tried to base my categories on the day to day things that come up for the average person (if there is such a thing). I guess what gets written about is mostly based on the things I, or my friends experience every day. Some of them have been kind enough to write down some helpful tips and share them with me.
As I'm writing this, I've already got some posts up on this site. I thought it might be proper to give a few thoughts on some of the categories that have developed over time. I've noticed in the past, as I've looked at other websites, that many times, there seems to be no rhyme or reason to how things are laid out. I'd like to give some short explanations of what can be found in each category. I expect that as this site grows, new categories will come about, and I may have to update this welcome page. That's fine. I want this site to grow, develop and become more and more useful to people with every new page and post.
Home Decor
I'll readily admit that I never gave home decor or interior design a second thought when I was younger. It wasn't until I got married and started listening to my wife that home decorating ideas meant anything to me. It isn't that I suddenly fell in love with the idea of visiting home decor stores or checking out the latest catalogs that showed up in the mail. It was a matter of practicality. I learned from experience that designing and decorating can be a practice in form meeting function. I still let my wife deal with most of the home interior decorating and accessories, but now I can see some logic behind what she does. This is where you will find posts about home decor ideas and home decor accessories for the most part. It will also overlap at times with ideas for interior design.
In the Kitchen
I've got tons of kitchen design ideas. Most will have to wait until we have more money to work with, but I love to cook. I also love the idea of bringing the family together to do the cooking. For now, we look at different small kitchen designs and do what we can. The kitchen is an active place, and there are tons of things to explore and write about. Kitchen appliances and accessories are a favorite topic for me. I cannot get enough new kitchen gadgets.
Home Improvement
Things are starting to turn around a bit now, but a lot of people are still a bit scared of taking on the expense of moving. Home improvements are looking like a good option, especially if the changes being made can be turned into do it yourself projects. I don't think that home improvements need to be a major deal all of the time. This category will include small project ideas as well as thoughts on bigger projects. I'll try to provide useful links where applicable.
Furniture and Furnishings
Some people do amazing things with furniture. My neighbor goes out every weekend and buys antique furniture at estate sales. She fixes them up, then goes from there. Sometimes she resells them, but often she manages to either find room in her own home or she gives the refurbished furniture to people she knows. She just loves working on the stuff. Other people use furniture as they come up with incredible interior design ideas. We'll look at some different types and styles of home furnishings.
