diff --git a/.changeset/honest-states-repeat.md b/.changeset/honest-states-repeat.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..99d094b4c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/honest-states-repeat.md
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+---
+'example-app': minor
+'@backstage/plugin-home': minor
+---
+
+Added optional title prop to customHomePageGrid and improved the example app homepage to add the custom one
diff --git a/packages/app/src/App.tsx b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
index 3927992fd4..5ac9052d2a 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/App.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/App.tsx
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ import {
   RELATION_PROVIDES_API,
 } from '@backstage/catalog-model';
 import { createApp } from '@backstage/app-defaults';
-import { AppRouter, FlatRoutes } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
+import { AppRouter, FeatureFlagged, FlatRoutes } from '@backstage/core-app-api';
 import {
   AlertDisplay,
   OAuthRequestDialog,
@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ import AlarmIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Alarm';
 import { Navigate, Route } from 'react-router-dom';
 import { apis } from './apis';
 import { entityPage } from './components/catalog/EntityPage';
-import { homePage } from './components/home/HomePage';
 import { Root } from './components/Root';
 import { DelayingComponentFieldExtension } from './components/scaffolder/customScaffolderExtensions';
 import { defaultPreviewTemplate } from './components/scaffolder/defaultPreviewTemplate';
@@ -84,6 +83,8 @@ import {
   NotificationsPage,
   UserNotificationSettingsCard,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-notifications';
+import { CustomizableHomePage } from './components/home/CustomizableHomePage';
+import { HomePage } from './components/home/HomePage';
 
 const app = createApp({
   apis,
@@ -115,10 +116,20 @@ const app = createApp({
 const routes = (
   <FlatRoutes>
     <Route path="/" element={<Navigate to="catalog" />} />
+
     {/* TODO(rubenl): Move this to / once its more mature and components exist */}
-    <Route path="/home" element={<HomepageCompositionRoot />}>
-      {homePage}
-    </Route>
+
+    <FeatureFlagged with="customizable-home-page-preview">
+      <Route path="/home" element={<HomepageCompositionRoot />}>
+        <CustomizableHomePage />
+      </Route>
+    </FeatureFlagged>
+    <FeatureFlagged without="customizable-home-page-preview">
+      <Route path="/home" element={<HomepageCompositionRoot />}>
+        <HomePage />
+      </Route>
+    </FeatureFlagged>
+
     <Route
       path="/catalog"
       element={<CatalogIndexPage pagination={{ mode: 'offset', limit: 20 }} />}
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/home/CustomizableHomePage.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/home/CustomizableHomePage.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8998538e54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/home/CustomizableHomePage.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,94 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+import { Page, Content } from '@backstage/core-components';
+import {
+  HomePageCompanyLogo,
+  TemplateBackstageLogo,
+  HomePageStarredEntities,
+  HomePageToolkit,
+  CustomHomepageGrid,
+  HomePageRandomJoke,
+  HomePageTopVisited,
+  HomePageRecentlyVisited,
+} from '@backstage/plugin-home';
+import { HomePageSearchBar } from '@backstage/plugin-search';
+import Grid from '@material-ui/core/Grid';
+
+import { tools, useLogoStyles } from './shared';
+
+const defaultConfig = [
+  {
+    component: 'HomePageSearchBar',
+    x: 0,
+    y: 0,
+    width: 24,
+    height: 2,
+  },
+  {
+    component: 'HomePageRecentlyVisited',
+    x: 0,
+    y: 1,
+    width: 5,
+    height: 4,
+  },
+  {
+    component: 'HomePageTopVisited',
+    x: 5,
+    y: 1,
+    width: 5,
+    height: 4,
+  },
+  {
+    component: 'HomePageStarredEntities',
+    x: 0,
+    y: 2,
+    width: 6,
+    height: 4,
+  },
+  {
+    component: 'HomePageToolkit',
+    x: 6,
+    y: 6,
+    width: 4,
+    height: 4,
+  },
+];
+
+export const CustomizableHomePage = () => {
+  const { svg, path, container } = useLogoStyles();
+
+  return (
+    <Page themeId="home">
+      <Content>
+        <Grid container justifyContent="center">
+          <HomePageCompanyLogo
+            className={container}
+            logo={<TemplateBackstageLogo classes={{ svg, path }} />}
+          />
+        </Grid>
+
+        <CustomHomepageGrid config={defaultConfig}>
+          <HomePageSearchBar />
+          <HomePageRecentlyVisited />
+          <HomePageTopVisited />
+          <HomePageToolkit tools={tools} />
+          <HomePageStarredEntities />
+          <HomePageRandomJoke />
+        </CustomHomepageGrid>
+      </Content>
+    </Page>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx
index f0f49ab34e..ca555280dd 100644
--- a/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/home/HomePage.tsx
@@ -14,21 +14,37 @@
  * limitations under the License.
  */
 
+import { Page, Content, Header } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import {
-  ClockConfig,
-  CustomHomepageGrid,
-  HeaderWorldClock,
   HomePageCompanyLogo,
-  HomePageRandomJoke,
+  TemplateBackstageLogo,
   HomePageStarredEntities,
   HomePageToolkit,
   HomePageTopVisited,
   HomePageRecentlyVisited,
   WelcomeTitle,
+  HeaderWorldClock,
+  ClockConfig,
 } from '@backstage/plugin-home';
-import { Content, Header, Page } from '@backstage/core-components';
 import { HomePageSearchBar } from '@backstage/plugin-search';
-import HomeIcon from '@material-ui/icons/Home';
+import { SearchContextProvider } from '@backstage/plugin-search-react';
+import Grid from '@material-ui/core/Grid';
+import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
+
+import { tools, useLogoStyles } from './shared';
+
+const useStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
+  searchBarInput: {
+    maxWidth: '60vw',
+    margin: 'auto',
+    backgroundColor: theme.palette.background.paper,
+    borderRadius: '50px',
+    boxShadow: theme.shadows[1],
+  },
+  searchBarOutline: {
+    borderStyle: 'none',
+  },
+}));
 
 const clockConfigs: ClockConfig[] = [
   {
@@ -55,60 +71,55 @@ const timeFormat: Intl.DateTimeFormatOptions = {
   hour12: false,
 };
 
-const defaultConfig = [
-  {
-    component: 'CompanyLogo',
-    x: 0,
-    y: 0,
-    width: 12,
-    height: 1,
-    movable: false,
-    resizable: false,
-    deletable: false,
-  },
-  {
-    component: 'WelcomeTitle',
-    x: 0,
-    y: 1,
-    width: 12,
-    height: 1,
-  },
-  {
-    component: 'HomePageSearchBar',
-    x: 0,
-    y: 2,
-    width: 12,
-    height: 2,
-  },
-];
+export const HomePage = () => {
+  const classes = useStyles();
+  const { svg, path, container } = useLogoStyles();
 
-export const homePage = (
-  <Page themeId="home">
-    <Header title={<WelcomeTitle />} pageTitleOverride="Home">
-      <HeaderWorldClock
-        clockConfigs={clockConfigs}
-        customTimeFormat={timeFormat}
-      />
-    </Header>
-    <Content>
-      <CustomHomepageGrid config={defaultConfig}>
-        <HomePageSearchBar />
-        <HomePageRandomJoke />
-        <HomePageStarredEntities />
-        <HomePageCompanyLogo />
-        <WelcomeTitle />
-        <HomePageToolkit
-          tools={[
-            {
-              url: 'https://backstage.io',
-              label: 'Backstage Homepage',
-              icon: <HomeIcon />,
-            },
-          ]}
-        />
-        <HomePageTopVisited />
-        <HomePageRecentlyVisited />
-      </CustomHomepageGrid>
-    </Content>
-  </Page>
-);
+  return (
+    <SearchContextProvider>
+      <Page themeId="home">
+        <Header title={<WelcomeTitle />} pageTitleOverride="Home">
+          <HeaderWorldClock
+            clockConfigs={clockConfigs}
+            customTimeFormat={timeFormat}
+          />
+        </Header>
+        <Content>
+          <Grid container justifyContent="center" spacing={2}>
+            <HomePageCompanyLogo
+              className={container}
+              logo={<TemplateBackstageLogo classes={{ svg, path }} />}
+            />
+            <Grid container item xs={12} justifyContent="center">
+              <HomePageSearchBar
+                InputProps={{
+                  classes: {
+                    root: classes.searchBarInput,
+                    notchedOutline: classes.searchBarOutline,
+                  },
+                }}
+                placeholder="Search"
+              />
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid container item xs={12}>
+              <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
+                <HomePageTopVisited />
+              </Grid>
+              <Grid item xs={12} md={6}>
+                <HomePageRecentlyVisited />
+              </Grid>
+            </Grid>
+            <Grid container item xs={12}>
+              <Grid item xs={7}>
+                <HomePageStarredEntities />
+              </Grid>
+              <Grid item xs={5}>
+                <HomePageToolkit tools={tools} />
+              </Grid>
+            </Grid>
+          </Grid>
+        </Content>
+      </Page>
+    </SearchContextProvider>
+  );
+};
diff --git a/packages/app/src/components/home/shared.tsx b/packages/app/src/components/home/shared.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8b9764c83
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/app/src/components/home/shared.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2025 The Backstage Authors
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+import { TemplateBackstageLogoIcon } from '@backstage/plugin-home';
+import { makeStyles } from '@material-ui/core/styles';
+
+export const useLogoStyles = makeStyles(theme => ({
+  container: {
+    margin: theme.spacing(5, 0),
+  },
+  svg: {
+    width: 'auto',
+    height: 100,
+  },
+  path: {
+    fill: '#7df3e1',
+  },
+}));
+
+export const tools = [
+  {
+    url: 'https://backstage.io/docs',
+    label: 'Docs',
+    icon: <TemplateBackstageLogoIcon />,
+  },
+  {
+    url: 'https://github.com/backstage/backstage',
+    label: 'GitHub',
+    icon: <TemplateBackstageLogoIcon />,
+  },
+  {
+    url: 'https://github.com/backstage/backstage/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md',
+    label: 'Contributing',
+    icon: <TemplateBackstageLogoIcon />,
+  },
+  {
+    url: 'https://backstage.io/plugins',
+    label: 'Plugins Directory',
+    icon: <TemplateBackstageLogoIcon />,
+  },
+  {
+    url: 'https://github.com/backstage/backstage/issues/new/choose',
+    label: 'Submit New Issue',
+    icon: <TemplateBackstageLogoIcon />,
+  },
+];
diff --git a/plugins/home/README.md b/plugins/home/README.md
index 50b422a3dc..3498d6700f 100644
--- a/plugins/home/README.md
+++ b/plugins/home/README.md
@@ -107,6 +107,9 @@ export const homePage = (
 );
 ```
 
+> [!NOTE]
+> You can provide a title to the grid by passing it as a prop: `<CustomHomepageGrid title="Your Dashboard" />`. This will be displayed as a header above the grid layout.
+
 ### Creating Customizable Components
 
 The custom home page can use the default components created by using the default `createCardExtension` method but if you
diff --git a/plugins/home/report.api.md b/plugins/home/report.api.md
index 7c7f55fd47..07e54757e6 100644
--- a/plugins/home/report.api.md
+++ b/plugins/home/report.api.md
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ export const CustomHomepageGrid: (
 export type CustomHomepageGridProps = {
   children?: ReactNode;
   config?: LayoutConfiguration[];
+  title?: string;
   rowHeight?: number;
   breakpoints?: Record<Breakpoint, number>;
   cols?: Record<Breakpoint, number>;
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx
index da55ccc5f4..675e17357e 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/CustomHomepageGrid.tsx
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ export const CustomHomepageGrid = (props: CustomHomepageGridProps) => {
 
   return (
     <>
-      <ContentHeader title="">
+      <ContentHeader title={props.title}>
         <CustomHomepageButtons
           editMode={editMode}
           numWidgets={widgets.length}
diff --git a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts
index 6bbcb759d3..d54218b130 100644
--- a/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts
+++ b/plugins/home/src/components/CustomHomepage/types.ts
@@ -45,6 +45,10 @@ export type CustomHomepageGridProps = {
    * Default layout for the homepage before users have modified it.
    */
   config?: LayoutConfiguration[];
+  /**
+   * Title displayed in the header of the grid. If not provided, no title will be shown.
+   */
+  title?: string;
   /**
    * Height of grid row in pixels.
    * @defaultValue 60