diff --git a/views/create.erb b/views/create.erb
index b70ceb7..a77d2f8 100644
--- a/views/create.erb
+++ b/views/create.erb
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
-<a href="/">Home</a>
-<h2><a href="<%= @new_link %>" target="_blank"><%= @new_link %></a></h2>
+<h2><a href="/" style="color: #555555;">Home</a></h2>
+<h2><a href="<%= @new_link %>" target="_blank" style="color: #555555;"><%= @new_link %></a></h2>
diff --git a/views/home.erb b/views/home.erb
index b57e374..1fe8d37 100644
--- a/views/home.erb
+++ b/views/home.erb
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 <form method="POST" action="/create">
-  <label for "url">URL: </label>
-  <input type="text" name="url" />
-  <input type="submit" value="Submit" />
+  <input type="text" name="url" placeholder="http://www.example.com/" style="padding: 0.5rem;" />
+  <input type="submit" value="Submit" style="padding: 0.5rem;" />
 </form>
diff --git a/views/layout.erb b/views/layout.erb
index bc24c5c..1ed018a 100644
--- a/views/layout.erb
+++ b/views/layout.erb
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
     <title><%= @page_title || "URL Shortener" %></title>
     <link rel="icon" href="data:,">
   </head>
-  <body style="background: #FEFEFE; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif;">
-    <main style="max-width: 30rem; min-width: 18rem; border: 2px solid #111111; border-radius: 20px; margin: auto; padding: 1rem; margin-top: 5rem; text-align: center;">
+  <body style="background: #FEFEFE; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #555555;">
+    <main style="max-width: 30rem; min-width: 18rem; border: 5px solid #999999; border-radius: 20px; margin: auto; padding: 1rem; margin-top: 5rem; text-align: center;">
       <h1>URL Shortener</h1>
       <%== yield %>
     </main>
