Show blog in root folder

Hello,

I’m trying to use WordPress as a CMS for my entire site. I have a few static pages I’ve created with WordPress and the urls work just fine (example.com/about, example.com/contact, etc.)

I have blog aspect of my site under example.com/blog and I changed the permalink structure to show that as well.

Everything is working except the home page. It is correctly showing at example.com/home as the default static home page. However I want it to show at the root of the site at example.com.

I’ve tried following the advice given in the codex and the forums (1) (2)

I’ve read elsewhere that the info given at the codex page is deprecated, especially for 2.7 (what I’m using). What’s the best way to avoid the example.com/home route and make the page display at the root example.com?

Thanks!