The article considers comfort in the home, that is the feeling that the place in which one lives and the manner in which things are organized within that space are for the individual a source of satisfaction and allow them to feel “at home”. The background to the analysis of the modern understanding of comfort is the historical processes of the formation of such categories as individuality, cosiness, comfort and functionality. In the discussions are utilized the results of recent studies in Poland and abroad of domestic lifestyles.