diff --git a/public/themes/default/blog-post.template.php b/public/themes/default/blog-post.template.php
index 07a79ee..5b7996e 100644
--- a/public/themes/default/blog-post.template.php
+++ b/public/themes/default/blog-post.template.php
@@ -1,4 +1,7 @@
 <?php Chunk::get('header'); ?>
+
+<div class="container-wide">
+
     <div class="container">
 
         <div class="row">
@@ -22,5 +25,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
-        <hr>
+    </div>
+    
+</div>
 <?php Chunk::get('footer'); ?>
diff --git a/public/themes/default/blog.template.php b/public/themes/default/blog.template.php
index 3580c21..d55da18 100644
--- a/public/themes/default/blog.template.php
+++ b/public/themes/default/blog.template.php
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 <?php Chunk::get('header'); ?>
+<div class="container-wide">
+
     <div class="container">
 
         <div class="row">
@@ -23,5 +25,7 @@
             </div>
         </div>
 
-        <hr>
+    </div>
+    
+</div>
 <?php Chunk::get('footer'); ?>
diff --git a/public/themes/default/css/default.css b/public/themes/default/css/default.css
index abdd77f..6b37931 100644
--- a/public/themes/default/css/default.css
+++ b/public/themes/default/css/default.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 body {
-    
+    background: #F5F5F5;
 }
 
 a {
@@ -103,8 +103,8 @@ a.navbar-brand {
     margin-top: 0px;
     margin-bottom: 0px;
     border-bottom: none;
-    padding-bottom: 0px;
-    padding-top: 0px;
+    padding-bottom: 5px;
+    padding-top: 5px;
 }
 
 .page-header h1 {
@@ -118,12 +118,14 @@ a.navbar-brand {
     font-size: 14px;
 }
 
-.container {
-    margin-bottom: 10px;
-    margin-top: 10px;
+.container-wide {
+    background:#fff;
+    padding-top: 20px;
+    padding-bottom: 20px;
 }
 
 footer {
-    padding-bottom: 40px;
+    margin-top: 20px;
+    margin-bottom: 20px;
     color: #aaa;
 }
diff --git a/public/themes/default/footer.chunk.php b/public/themes/default/footer.chunk.php
index dd2ce51..44a72aa 100644
--- a/public/themes/default/footer.chunk.php
+++ b/public/themes/default/footer.chunk.php
@@ -1,10 +1,7 @@
-        <footer>
-                <div class="pull-left"><?php echo Chunk::get('footer-links'); ?></div>
-                <div class="pull-right"><?php Action::run('theme_footer'); ?><?php echo Site::powered(); ?></div>
-        </footer>
-
-    </div> <!-- /container -->
-
+    <footer class="container">    	
+            <div class="pull-left"><?php echo Chunk::get('footer-links'); ?></div>
+            <div class="pull-right"><?php Action::run('theme_footer'); ?><?php echo Site::powered(); ?></div>
+    </footer>
     <?php echo Snippet::get('google-analytics'); ?>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/public/themes/default/index.template.php b/public/themes/default/index.template.php
index 431ef41..bb46b4a 100644
--- a/public/themes/default/index.template.php
+++ b/public/themes/default/index.template.php
@@ -1,23 +1,27 @@
 <?php Chunk::get('header'); ?>
-    <div class="container">
+    <div class="container-wide">
 
-        <div class="row">
-            <div class="col-xs-12">
-                <?php Action::run('theme_pre_content'); ?>
+        <div class="container">
+
+            <div class="row">
+                <div class="col-xs-12">
+                    <?php Action::run('theme_pre_content'); ?>
+                </div>
             </div>
-        </div>
 
-        <div class="row">
-            <div class="col-xs-12">
-                <?php echo Site::content(); ?>
+            <div class="row">
+                <div class="col-xs-12">
+                    <?php echo Site::content(); ?>
+                </div>
             </div>
-        </div>
 
-        <div class="row">
-            <div class="col-xs-12">
-                <?php Action::run('theme_post_content'); ?>
+            <div class="row">
+                <div class="col-xs-12">
+                    <?php Action::run('theme_post_content'); ?>
+                </div>
             </div>
-        </div>
 
-        <hr>
+        </div>
+        
+    </div>
 <?php Chunk::get('footer'); ?>