making a blog

I am searching for options to utilise the blog in an Alidropship Woo theme (El Greco to be specific). Vanilla state is a page called blog and its very uninspiring as it is empty. Looking at themes which cater for blogging needs (incl speed, which is a side quest) leaves the question of how I can...

I would like to know how I can create a full fledge blog, like being able to have a home page with the list of articles and their "read more" link, allow people to comment, etc... The DaVinci Theme, does not seem to support a blog, should I setup like a multi-theme site? If so, can someone...