diff --git a/pillar/application/modules/blender_cloud/home_project.py b/pillar/application/modules/blender_cloud/home_project.py
index ef165219..74bb8fe0 100644
--- a/pillar/application/modules/blender_cloud/home_project.py
+++ b/pillar/application/modules/blender_cloud/home_project.py
@@ -21,9 +21,26 @@ def create_home_project(user_id):
     """Creates a home project for the given user."""
 
     log.info('Creating home project for user %s', user_id)
-    project = projects.create_new_project(project_name='Home',
-                                          user_id=ObjectId(user_id),
-                                          overrides={'category': 'home'})
+    overrides = {
+        'category': 'home',
+        'summary': 'This is your home project. Pastebin and Blender settings sync in one!',
+        'description': '# Your home project\n\n'
+                       'This is your home project. It has functionality to act '
+                       'as a pastebin for text, images and other assets, and '
+                       'allows synchronisation of your Blender settings.'
+    }
+
+    # Maybe the user has a deleted home project.
+    proj_coll = current_app.data.driver.db['projects']
+    deleted_proj = proj_coll.find_one({'user': user_id, 'category': 'home', '_deleted': True})
+    if deleted_proj:
+        log.info('User %s has a deleted project %s, restoring', user_id, deleted_proj['_id'])
+        project = deleted_proj
+    else:
+        log.debug('User %s does not have a deleted project', user_id)
+        project = projects.create_new_project(project_name='Home',
+                                              user_id=ObjectId(user_id),
+                                              overrides=overrides)
 
     # Re-validate the authentication token, so that the put_internal call sees the
     # new group created for the project.
@@ -99,7 +116,7 @@ def has_home_project(user_id):
     """Returns True iff the user has a home project."""
 
     proj_coll = current_app.data.driver.db['projects']
-    return proj_coll.count({'user': user_id, 'category': 'home'}) > 0
+    return proj_coll.count({'user': user_id, 'category': 'home', '_deleted': False}) > 0
 
 
 def setup_app(app, url_prefix):
diff --git a/tests/test_bcloud_home_project.py b/tests/test_bcloud_home_project.py
index ce4c7af9..3234e82f 100644
--- a/tests/test_bcloud_home_project.py
+++ b/tests/test_bcloud_home_project.py
@@ -115,9 +115,16 @@ class HomeProjectTest(AbstractPillarTest):
             validate_token()
 
             self.assertFalse(home_project.has_home_project(user_id))
-            home_project.create_home_project(user_id)
+            proj = home_project.create_home_project(user_id)
             self.assertTrue(home_project.has_home_project(user_id))
 
+            # Delete the project.
+            resp = self.client.delete('/projects/%s' % proj['_id'],
+                                      headers={'Authorization': self.make_header('token'),
+                                               'If-Match': proj['_etag']})
+            self.assertEqual(204, resp.status_code, resp.data)
+            self.assertFalse(home_project.has_home_project(user_id))
+
     @responses.activate
     def test_home_project_projections(self):
         """Getting the home project should support projections."""
@@ -196,3 +203,29 @@ class HomeProjectTest(AbstractPillarTest):
         self.assertEqual(json_proj2['_etag'], db_proj2['_etag'])
         self.assertNotEqual(db_proj1['_etag'], db_proj2['_etag'])
         self.assertNotEqual(db_proj1['_id'], db_proj2['_id'])
+
+    def test_delete_restore(self):
+        """Deleting and then recreating a home project should restore the deleted project."""
+
+        self._create_user_with_token(roles={u'subscriber'}, token='token')
+
+        # Create home project by getting it.
+        resp = self.client.get('/bcloud/home-project',
+                               headers={'Authorization': self.make_header('token')})
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code, resp.data)
+        before_delete_json_proj = json.loads(resp.data)
+
+        # Delete the project.
+        resp = self.client.delete('/projects/%s' % before_delete_json_proj['_id'],
+                                  headers={'Authorization': self.make_header('token'),
+                                           'If-Match': before_delete_json_proj['_etag']})
+        self.assertEqual(204, resp.status_code, resp.data)
+
+        # Recreate home project by getting it.
+        resp = self.client.get('/bcloud/home-project',
+                               headers={'Authorization': self.make_header('token')})
+        self.assertEqual(200, resp.status_code, resp.data)
+        after_delete_json_proj = json.loads(resp.data)
+
+        self.assertEqual(before_delete_json_proj['_id'],
+                         after_delete_json_proj['_id'])