diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
index 86a38fa77..721194805 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/playlistmanager.cpp
@@ -54,6 +54,11 @@ PlaylistManager::PlaylistManager( QObject* parent )
     m_topbar = new TopBar();
     m_stack = new QStackedWidget();
 
+    QFrame* line = new QFrame();
+    line->setFrameStyle( QFrame::HLine );
+    line->setStyleSheet( "border: 1px solid gray;" );
+    line->setMaximumHeight( 1 );
+
     m_splitter = new AnimatedSplitter();
     m_splitter->setOrientation( Qt::Vertical );
     m_splitter->setChildrenCollapsible( false );
@@ -70,6 +75,7 @@ PlaylistManager::PlaylistManager( QObject* parent )
 
     m_widget->layout()->setMargin( 0 );
     m_widget->layout()->addWidget( m_topbar );
+    m_widget->layout()->addWidget( line );
     m_widget->layout()->addWidget( m_splitter );
 
     m_superCollectionView = new CollectionView();
@@ -267,6 +273,7 @@ PlaylistManager::show( const Tomahawk::collection_ptr& collection )
             CollectionView* view = new CollectionView();
             CollectionFlatModel* model = new CollectionFlatModel();
             view->setModel( model );
+            view->setFrameShape( QFrame::NoFrame );
             model->addCollection( collection );
 
             m_currentInterface = view->proxyModel();
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.cpp b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.cpp
index a144bcdc7..66147b173 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.cpp
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.cpp
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ TopBar::TopBar( QWidget* parent )
 {
     ui->setupUi( this );
 
+    setAutoFillBackground( true );
+
     ui->statsLabelNumTracks->setFormat( "%L1 " + tr( "Tracks" ) );
     ui->statsLabelNumArtists->setFormat( "%L1 " + tr( "Artists" ) );
     connect( ui->filterEdit, SIGNAL( textChanged( QString ) ), SIGNAL( filterTextChanged( QString ) ) );
@@ -94,6 +96,23 @@ TopBar::changeEvent( QEvent *e )
 }
 
 
+void
+TopBar::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent* e )
+{
+    QWidget::resizeEvent( e );
+
+    QLinearGradient gradient = QLinearGradient( contentsRect().topLeft(), contentsRect().bottomRight() );
+    gradient.setColorAt( 0.0, QColor( 80, 80, 80 ) );
+    gradient.setColorAt( 1.0, QColor( 43, 43, 43 ) );
+
+    QPalette p = palette();
+    p.setBrush( QPalette::Background, QBrush( gradient ) );
+    p.setBrush( QPalette::Window, QBrush( gradient ) );
+    p.setBrush( QPalette::Base, QBrush( gradient ) );
+    setPalette( p );
+}
+
+
 void
 TopBar::fadeInDude( unsigned int i )
 {
diff --git a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.h b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.h
index 80208aa75..3f9e33f7c 100644
--- a/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.h
+++ b/src/libtomahawk/playlist/topbar/topbar.h
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ public slots:
 
 protected:
     void changeEvent( QEvent* e );
+    void resizeEvent( QResizeEvent* e );
 
 private:
     void fadeOutDude( unsigned int i );
diff --git a/src/sourcetree/sourcetreeview.cpp b/src/sourcetree/sourcetreeview.cpp
index 25d8da8f9..a76c0af2c 100644
--- a/src/sourcetree/sourcetreeview.cpp
+++ b/src/sourcetree/sourcetreeview.cpp
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ SourceTreeView::SourceTreeView( QWidget* parent )
     , m_collectionModel( new CollectionModel( this ) )
     , m_dragging( false )
 {
+    setFrameShape( QFrame::NoFrame );
+    setContentsMargins( 0, 0, 0, 0 );
+
     setHeaderHidden( true );
     setRootIsDecorated( false );
     setExpandsOnDoubleClick( false );
diff --git a/src/tomahawkwindow.ui b/src/tomahawkwindow.ui
index 2ded9cb4b..b5ce7b2d3 100644
--- a/src/tomahawkwindow.ui
+++ b/src/tomahawkwindow.ui
@@ -25,13 +25,6 @@
       </property>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="layoutWidget">
        <layout class="QVBoxLayout" name="verticalLayout">
-        <item>
-         <widget class="QPushButton" name="statusButton">
-          <property name="text">
-           <string/>
-          </property>
-         </widget>
-        </item>
         <item>
          <widget class="AnimatedSplitter" name="sidebarSplitter">
           <property name="orientation">
@@ -49,6 +42,13 @@
           </widget>
          </widget>
         </item>
+        <item>
+         <widget class="QPushButton" name="statusButton">
+          <property name="text">
+           <string/>
+          </property>
+         </widget>
+        </item>
        </layout>
       </widget>
       <widget class="QWidget" name="playlistWidget" native="true"/>