The Home screen on iPhone and iPad isn't meant to be a destination — a place to store widgets or spend time. It's meant to be a portal to all your apps, both built-in and downloaded from the App Store.

You get to the Home screen by pressing the Home button. You may need to unlock your iPhone or iPad first or press the Home button twice instead of once if you're in Control Center, Notification Center, or some other state. The principle is always the same, though: Home takes you Home, from anywhere, at any time.

To make a Home Screen page your default, all you need to do is move it into the first (left-most) position. Just press and hold on one of the pages to drag and drop it where you wish that screen to be. Whichever screen is in the first position will be your default Home Screen.