diff --git a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
index 23a2b342f..063a3ba79 100644
--- a/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/status_messages_controller.rb
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ class StatusMessagesController < ApplicationController
   def index
     @status_messages = StatusMessage.criteria.all.order_by( [:created_at, :desc] )
     @friends = Friend.all
+    @posts = Post.stream
 
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html 
diff --git a/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb b/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
index d06bca135..3a3b0bfea 100644
--- a/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/dashboard_helper.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 module DashboardHelper
 
-
-
-
+  def type_partial(post)
+    class_name = post.class.name.to_s.underscore
+    "#{class_name.pluralize}/pane"
+  end
 
 end
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/_pane.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/_pane.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a5270a1b2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/blogs/_pane.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+%li.message
+  %span.from
+    = link_to post.owner, "#"
+    %b wrote a new blog post
+    %br
+  %b= post.title
+  %br
+  = post.body
+  %div.time
+    = "#{time_ago_in_words(post.updated_at)} ago"
+
diff --git a/app/views/blogs/index.html.haml b/app/views/blogs/index.html.haml
index 40eccd014..655aa67eb 100644
--- a/app/views/blogs/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/blogs/index.html.haml
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-- title "Blogs"
+%h1= link_to "new blog", new_blog_path
 
-%table
-  %tr
-    %th Title
-    %th Body
-    %th Owner
+%ul#stream
   - for blog in @blogs
-    %tr
-      %td= blog.title
-      %td= blog.body
-      %td= blog.owner
-      %td= link_to 'Show', blog
-      %td= link_to 'Edit', edit_blog_path(blog)
-      %td= link_to 'Destroy', blog, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
-
-%p= link_to "New Blog", new_blog_path
+    = render "pane", :post => blog
diff --git a/app/views/bookmarks/_pane.html.haml b/app/views/bookmarks/_pane.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..8526bb91b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/bookmarks/_pane.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+%li.message
+  %span.from
+    = link_to post.owner, "#"
+    %b shared a link
+    %br
+  = post.title
+  = link_to post.link
+  %div.time= "#{time_ago_in_words(post.updated_at)} ago"
+
diff --git a/app/views/bookmarks/index.html.haml b/app/views/bookmarks/index.html.haml
index c4ac79f65..4380e370a 100644
--- a/app/views/bookmarks/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/bookmarks/index.html.haml
@@ -1,17 +1,5 @@
-- title "Bookmarks"
+%h1= link_to "new bookmark", new_bookmark_path
 
-%table
-  %tr
-    %th Title
-    %th Link
-    %th Owner
+%ul#stream
   - for bookmark in @bookmarks
-    %tr
-      %td= bookmark.title
-      %td= link_to bookmark.link, bookmark.link
-      %td= bookmark.owner
-      %td= link_to 'Show', bookmark
-      %td= link_to 'Edit', edit_bookmark_path(bookmark)
-      %td= link_to 'Destroy', bookmark, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
-
-%p= link_to "New Bookmark", new_bookmark_path
+    = render "pane", :post => bookmark
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
index 1c60dc8e2..3a892c651 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/index.html.haml
@@ -1,9 +1,4 @@
-- title "Dashboard"
-
-
+%h1 your network stream
 %ul#stream
   - for post in @posts
-    %li
-      = render "shared/post", :post =>post
-      /= post.inspect
-
+    = render type_partial(post), :post => post
diff --git a/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.haml b/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.haml
index 43cd65929..f560b84b6 100644
--- a/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/devise/sessions/new.html.haml
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
-%h2 Sign in
-= form_for(resource, :as => resource_name, :url => session_path(resource_name)) do |f|
-  %p
-    = f.label :email
-    %br/
+%div.centered
+
+  = form_for(resource, :as => resource_name, :url => session_path(resource_name)) do |f|
     = f.text_field :email
-  %p
-    = f.label :password
-    %br/
+    %br
     = f.password_field :password
-  - if devise_mapping.rememberable?
     %p
-      = f.check_box :remember_me
-      = f.label :remember_me
-  %p= f.submit "Sign in"
-= render :partial => "devise/shared/links"
+      - if devise_mapping.rememberable?
+        = f.check_box :remember_me
+        = f.label :remember_me
+      = f.submit "Sign in"
+  = render :partial => "devise/shared/links"
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
index c4f0a6866..856c72e99 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.haml
@@ -14,33 +14,63 @@
     = javascript_include_tag 'socket'
     = csrf_meta_tag
     = yield(:head)
-  
+
+    :javascript
+      $(document).ready(function(){
+        $('a').hover(function(){
+          $(this).fadeTo(60, 0.5);
+        }, function(){
+          $(this).fadeTo(80, 1);
+        });
+        $('ul.nav li').hover(function(){
+          $(this).fadeTo(60, 0.5);
+        }, function(){
+          $(this).fadeTo(80, 1);
+        });
+      });
+      
+
   %body
-    #header
-      .container
-        %a#diaspora_text{:href => root_path}
-          %img{:src => '/images/diaspora.png'}
+    %header
+      %a#diaspora_text{:href => root_path}
+        %img{:src => '/images/diaspora_white.png'}
 
-        #session_action
-          - if user_signed_in?
-            = link_to "log out", destroy_user_session_path
-          - else
-            = link_to "login", new_user_session_path
-            
-        %ul.nav
-          %li= link_to "Home", root_path
-          %li= link_to "Users", users_path
-          %li= link_to "Status Messages", status_messages_path
-          %li= link_to "Friends", friends_path
-          %li= link_to "Bookmarks", bookmarks_path
-          %li= link_to "Blogs", blogs_path 
+      #session_action
+        - if user_signed_in?
+          =User.first.email
+          |
+          = link_to "logout", destroy_user_session_path
+        - else
+          = link_to "login", new_user_session_path
+          
+    #header_below
+      - if user_signed_in?
+        %h1#user_name
+          = link_to User.first.email, root_url
+          %span.description
+            - if StatusMessage.my_newest
+              = StatusMessage.my_newest.message
 
-    .container
-      - if show_title?
-        %h2= yield(:title)
-      - flash.each do |name, msg|
-        = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
+        %nav
+          %ul.nav
+            %a{ :href => root_path, :title => "Your network stream."}
+              %li home
+            %a{ :href => users_path, :title => "Registered users on your seed."}
+              %li users
+            %a{ :href => status_messages_path, :title => "Recent status messages."}
+              %li status messages
+            %a{ :href => bookmarks_path, :title => "Recently shared links."}
+              %li bookmarks
+            %a{ :href => blogs_path, :title => "Recent blog posts."}
+              %li blogs
+            %a{ :href => friends_path, :title => "Your list of connections with other seeds."}
+              %li friends
+
+    - flash.each do |name, msg|
+      = content_tag :div, msg, :id => "flash_#{name}"
+
+    #content
       = yield
 
       #debug
-      .msg
+      .msg
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/_pane.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/_pane.html.haml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f523dc703
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/_pane.html.haml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+%li.message
+  %span.from
+    = link_to post.owner, "#"
+    = post.message
+  %div.time
+    = "#{time_ago_in_words(post.updated_at)} ago"
+
diff --git a/app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml b/app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml
index e9092b740..c6518c4d3 100644
--- a/app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/status_messages/index.html.haml
@@ -1,20 +1,5 @@
-- title "Home"
-
-%h3 Your latest message
-%h2= my_latest_message
-
-%br
-%br
-%br
-
-%h3 Messages
-%ul
+%h1.big_text= link_to "new status message", new_status_message_path
+%ul#stream
   - for status_message in @status_messages
-    %li
-      = "#{status_message.message} by #{status_message.owner} #{time_ago_in_words(status_message.created_at)} ago"
-      = link_to 'Show', status_message
-      |
-      =link_to 'Destroy', status_message, :confirm => 'Are you sure?', :method => :delete
+    = render "pane", :post => status_message
 
-
-%p= link_to "New Status Message", new_status_message_path
diff --git a/public/images/diaspora_white.png b/public/images/diaspora_white.png
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2a7260ea4
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/diaspora_white.png differ
diff --git a/public/images/mocks/bp.jpeg b/public/images/mocks/bp.jpeg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..33f75aa04
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/mocks/bp.jpeg differ
diff --git a/public/images/mocks/user_pic.jpeg b/public/images/mocks/user_pic.jpeg
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4732d561e
Binary files /dev/null and b/public/images/mocks/user_pic.jpeg differ
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/application.css b/public/stylesheets/application.css
index cafb31d14..c4d8f9a0a 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/application.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/application.css
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-a {
-  color: #1981f7;
-  text-decoration: none;
-  border-bottom: dotted 1px #999999; }
+body {
+  font-family: "helvetica", "arial", "sans-serif";
+  padding: 2em;
+  margin: 0; }
 
-h1,
-h2,
-h3,
-h4 {
-  text-shadow: 1px 1px 1px #eaeaea; }
+a {
+  color: #cc1e14;
+  text-decoration: none; }
+  a:hover {
+    color: #cc1e14; }
 
 #flash_notice,
 #flash_error,
@@ -48,31 +48,138 @@ h4 {
   .error_messages ul {
     margin: 0; }
 
-#header {
-  padding-top: 1em;
-  padding-bottom: 1em;
-  margin-bottom: 1em; }
-  #header #diaspora_text {
-    border: none; }
-  #header #session_action {
-    float: right; }
-  #header ul.nav {
-    padding: 0;
-    margin: 0;
-    display: block; }
-    #header ul.nav li {
-      display: inline;
-      margin-right: 1em; }
+header {
+  z-index: 10;
+  position: fixed;
+  width: 100%;
+  margin-top: -2em;
+  margin-right: -2em;
+  margin-left: -2em;
+  height: 30px;
+  color: white;
+  background-color: #1a1a21;
+  border-bottom: 2px solid #f2f8fc;
+  padding-top: 5px; }
+  header #diaspora_text {
+    position: fixed;
+    border: none;
+    top: 8px;
+    left: 1em; }
+  header #session_action {
+    position: fixed;
+    right: 1em;
+    font-size: 120%;
+    top: 7px; }
+    header #session_action a {
+      color: #cccccc;
+      border: none; }
+
+ul.nav {
+  position: absolute;
+  padding: 0;
+  margin: 0;
+  width: 200px;
+  top: 100px;
+  font-size: 130%; }
+  ul.nav li {
+    display: block;
+    padding: 5px 10px;
+    background-color: #f2f8fc;
+    border: 1px solid white; }
+    ul.nav li:first-child {
+      border-top-right-radius: 5px;
+      border-top-left-radius: 5px; }
+    ul.nav li:last-child {
+      border-bottom-right-radius: 5px;
+      border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; }
+  ul.nav a {
+    color: #b1cfe3; }
+
+#header_below {
+  z-index: 5;
+  position: fixed;
+  height: 40px;
+  width: 100%;
+  padding: 1em;
+    padding-top: 40px;
+  top: 0;
+  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.9);
+  margin-left: -2em; }
+  #header_below img {
+    position: absolute;
+    width: 200px;
+    border-radius: 5px; }
+
+#content {
+  position: absolute;
+  left: 250px;
+  top: 94px;
+  width: 60%;
+  min-width: 500px;
+  max-width: 700px; }
 
 ul#stream {
   margin: 0;
   padding: 0;
-  list-style: none; }
-  ul#stream li {
-    list-style: none; }
+  color: #666666; }
   ul#stream > li {
-    padding: 2em 0;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid #666666; }
-    ul#stream > li > ul {
-      padding: 0;
-      margin: 0; }
+    list-style: none;
+    padding: 1em;
+    border-bottom: 1px solid #f1f1f1; }
+
+li.message {
+  line-height: 140%;
+  font-size: 120%;
+  font-family: "Lucida Grande";
+  color: #999999; }
+  li.message span.from {
+    color: black;
+    font-weight: bold;
+    margin-right: 0.2em; }
+  li.message div.time {
+    color: #bababa;
+    font-size: 70%; }
+
+h1 {
+  position: relative;
+  font-size: 24px;
+  font-weight: bold;
+  line-height: 36px; }
+  h1 p.description, h1 span.description {
+    font-weight: 200;
+    font-family: "helvetica neue", "lucida grande", "sans-serif";
+    color: #999999;
+    padding: 0.1em; }
+
+.big_number {
+  font-weight: bold;
+  font-size: 500%;
+  line-height: 100%; }
+
+h3 {
+  position: relative;
+  font-size: 18px;
+  font-weight: bold; }
+
+#publish input#thought {
+  font-size: 30px;
+  padding: 7px;
+  border-radius: 5px;
+  width: 100%;
+  margin-bottom: 1em; }
+
+form {
+  font-size: 130%;
+  margin: 1em;
+  margin-left: 0em; }
+  form input {
+    font-size: 150%;
+    padding: 0.2em;
+    max-width: 100%; }
+
+#user_name {
+  background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.5); }
+  #user_name a {
+    color: black; }
+    #user_name a:hover {
+      color: #cc1e14; }
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
index bdac89c04..d4c837e00 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
+++ b/public/stylesheets/sass/application.sass
@@ -1,16 +1,14 @@
+body
+  :font
+    :family 'helvetica', 'arial', 'sans-serif'
+  :padding 2em
+  :margin 0
 a
-  :color #1981f7
+  :color #CC1E14
   :text
     :decoration none
-  :border
-    :bottom dotted 1px #999
-
-h1,
-h2,
-h3,
-h4
-  :text-shadow 1px 1px 1px #eaeaea
-
+  &:hover
+    :color #CC1E14
 
 #flash_notice,
 #flash_error,
@@ -53,44 +51,178 @@ h4
   ul
     :margin 0
 
-#header
-  :padding
-    :top 1em
-    :bottom 1em
+header
+  :z-index 10
+
+  :position fixed
+  :width 100%
+
   :margin
-    :bottom 1em
+    :top -2em
+    :right -2em
+    :left -2em
+
+  :height 30px
+  :color #fff
+  :background
+    :color #1A1A21
+  :border
+    :bottom 2px solid #F2F8FC
+  :padding
+    :top 5px
 
   #diaspora_text
+    :position fixed
     :border none
-    
+    :top 8px
+    :left 1em
 
   #session_action
-    :float right
+    :position fixed
+    :right 1em
+    :font
+      :size 120%
+    :top 7px
+    a
+      :color #ccc
+      :border none
 
-  ul.nav
-    :padding 0
-    :margin 0
+
+ul.nav
+  :position absolute
+  :padding 0
+  :margin 0
+  :width 200px
+  :top 100px
+  :font
+    :size 130%
+
+  li
     :display block
+    :padding 5px 10px
+    :background 
+      :color #F2F8FC
+    :border 1px solid #fff
+  
 
-    li
-      :display inline
-      :margin
-        :right 1em
+    &:first-child
+      :border-top-right-radius 5px
+      :border-top-left-radius 5px
+
+    &:last-child
+      :border-bottom-right-radius 5px
+      :border-bottom-left-radius 5px
+
+  a
+    :color #B1CFE3
+
+#header_below
+  :z-index 5 
+  :position fixed
+  :height 40px
+  :width 100%
+  :padding 1em
+    :top 40px
+  :top 0
+  :background
+    :color rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.9)
+  :margin
+    :left -2em
+  img
+    :position absolute
+    :width 200px
+    :border-radius 5px
+
+#content  
+  :position absolute
+  :left 250px
+  :top 94px
+  :width 60%
+  :min-width 500px
+  :max-width 700px
 
 ul#stream
   :margin 0
   :padding 0
-  :list-style none
-
-  li
-    :list-style none
+  :color #666
 
   > li
-    :padding 2em 0
+    :list-style none
+    :padding 1em
     :border
-      :bottom 1px solid #666
+      :bottom 1px solid #f1f1f1
 
-    > ul
-      :padding 0
-      :margin 0
+li.message
+  :line-height 140%
+  :font
+    :size 120%
+    :family 'Lucida Grande'
+  :color #999
 
+  span.from
+    :color #000
+    :font
+      :weight bold
+    :margin
+      :right 0.2em
+
+  div.time
+    :color #bababa
+    :font-size 70%
+
+h1
+  :position relative
+  :font
+    :size 24px
+    :weight bold
+  :line-height 36px
+
+  p.description, span.description
+    :font
+      :weight 200
+      :family 'helvetica neue', 'lucida grande', 'sans-serif'
+    :color #999
+    :padding 0.1em
+
+.big_number
+  :font
+    :weight bold
+    :size 500%
+  :line-height 100%
+
+h3
+  :position relative
+  :font
+    :size 18px 
+    :weight bold
+
+#publish
+  input#thought
+    :font
+      :size 30px
+    :padding 7px
+    :border-radius 5px
+    :width 100%
+    :margin
+      :bottom 1em
+
+form
+  :font
+    :size 130%
+  :margin 1em
+  :margin-left 0em
+
+  input
+    :font
+      :size 150%
+    :padding 0.2em
+    :max-width 100%
+  
+#user_name
+  a
+    :color #000
+    &:hover
+      :color #CC1E14
+  :background
+    :color rgba( 255, 255, 255, 0.5)
+    
diff --git a/spec/models/bookmark_spec.rb b/spec/models/bookmark_spec.rb
index f46b05dea..4c9ecd9c8 100644
--- a/spec/models/bookmark_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/bookmark_spec.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 require File.dirname(__FILE__) + '/../spec_helper'
 
-describe Bookmark do
+describe Bookmark do 
   it "should have a link" do
     bookmark = Factory.build(:bookmark, :link => nil)
     bookmark.valid?.should be false
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ describe Bookmark do
   describe "XML" do
     it 'should serialize to XML' do
       Factory.create(:user)
-      message = Factory.create(:bookmark, :title => "Reddit", :link => "http://reddit.com")
+      message = Factory.create(:bookmark, :title => "Reddit", :link => "http://reddit.com/")
       message.to_xml.to_s.should include "<title>Reddit</title>"
       message.to_xml.to_s.should include "<link>http://reddit.com/</link>"
     end