diff --git a/src/components/login_form/login_form.vue b/src/components/login_form/login_form.vue
index 47495a48..c0ea4313 100644
--- a/src/components/login_form/login_form.vue
+++ b/src/components/login_form/login_form.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
   <div class="login panel panel-default base00-background">
     <!-- Default panel contents -->
-    <div class="panel-heading base01-background base04">
+    <div class="panel-heading base01-background">
       Log in
     </div>
     <div class="panel-body">
@@ -30,12 +30,13 @@
   input {
     border-width: 1px;
     border-style: solid;
+    border-color: silver;
     border-radius: 5px;
-    padding: 0.2em;
+    padding: 0.1em 0.2em 0.2em 0.2em;
   }
 
   .btn {
-    margin-top: 0.5em;
+    margin-top: 1.0em;
     min-height: 28px;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
index ef8034a3..07280a41 100644
--- a/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
+++ b/src/components/post_status_form/post_status_form.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
   <div class="post-status-form">
     <form @submit.prevent="postStatus(newStatus)">
       <div class="form-group" >
-        <textarea v-model="newStatus.status" placeholder="Just landed in L.A." rows="3" class="form-control base05-border" @keyup.meta.enter="postStatus(newStatus)" @keyup.ctrl.enter="postStatus(newStatus)" @drop="fileDrop" @dragover.prevent="fileDrag"></textarea>
+        <textarea v-model="newStatus.status" placeholder="Just landed in L.A." rows="3" class="form-control" @keyup.meta.enter="postStatus(newStatus)" @keyup.ctrl.enter="postStatus(newStatus)" @drop="fileDrop" @dragover.prevent="fileDrag"></textarea>
       </div>
       <div class="attachments">
         <div class="attachment" v-for="file in newStatus.files">
@@ -79,6 +79,7 @@
      form textarea {
          border: solid;
          border-width: 1px;
+         border-color: silver;
          border-radius: 5px;
          line-height:16px;
          padding: 5px;