This paper draws on theory, clinical material and memory to consider what the sense of being at home might mean in the light of very early experience. The nature of early play, what enables the capacity to play and the developmental significance of this for later creativity are considered with reference to the work of Winnicott, Milner, Bowlby, Fonagy, and others. Home is usually the place where we first learn to play, an actual as well as an imagined and remembered place. Winnicott believed that creativity, and the capacity to live creatively, is the retention throughout life of something that belongs properly to infant experience. Play involves risk and exploration. In early life this requires the care-giver's support and enjoyment. This paper will explore these issues and consider what it means to feel at home, the place for play in adult lives and the implications of this for clinical work.