diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/components/icons/assets/header_rect.svg b/resources/frontend_client/app/components/icons/assets/header_rect.svg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..53a652c35f904ea39a5c5a8026b769cf9c17c4f4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/components/icons/assets/header_rect.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
+<svg width="58px" height="57px" viewBox="0 0 58 57" version="1.1" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">
+    <g stroke="none" stroke-width="1" fill="none" fill-rule="evenodd">
+        <g transform="translate(-393.000000, -53.000000)" fill="#4F9CE0">
+            <g transform="translate(-6.000000, -9.000000)">
+                <g transform="translate(13.000000, -3.000000)">
+                    <rect transform="translate(415.000000, 93.715729) rotate(-45.000000) translate(-415.000000, -93.715729) " x="395" y="73.7157288" width="40" height="40"></rect>
+                </g>
+            </g>
+        </g>
+    </g>
+</svg>
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/hide.css b/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/hide.css
index 7c3d0b254b88aa096e0551a99cd60a83d436c158..faafa64de1f50c5304d29f35e35865ca0a885432 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/hide.css
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/hide.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .hide { display: none !important; }
-.show { display: block; }
+.show { display: inheirt; }
 
 .sm-show,
 .md-show,
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
   .sm-hide { display: none !important; }
 }
 @media screen and (--breakpoint-min-sm) {
-  .sm-show { display: block !important; }
+  .sm-show { display: inherit !important; }
 }
 
 /* medium */
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
   .md-hide { display: none !important; }
 }
 @media screen and (--breakpoint-min-md) {
-  .md-show { display: block !important; }
+  .md-show { display: inherit !important; }
 }
 /* large */
 
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
   .lg-hide { display: none !important; }
 }
 @media screen and (--breakpoint-min-lg) {
-  .lg-show { display: block !important; }
+  .lg-show { display: inherit !important; }
 }
 
 /* xl */
@@ -37,5 +37,5 @@
   .xl-hide { display: none !important; }
 }
 @media screen and (--breakpoint-min-xl) {
-  .xl-show { display: block !important; }
+  .xl-show { display: inherit !important; }
 }
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/layout.css b/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/layout.css
index 85f1db10983de656b4f7dea880012cf5835d0788..3f2f6ba693b92bb2d11b2a356c5f236028a19b90 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/layout.css
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/css/core/layout.css
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 .wrapper {
   width: 100%;
   margin: 0 auto;
-  padding-left: 1.5em;
-  padding-right: 1.5em;
 }
 
 @media screen and (--breakpoint-min-sm) {
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/css/home.css b/resources/frontend_client/app/css/home.css
index 469b0a5392813e778e32b2b60e9509450ccd7e80..6e51784ebad66115ec97d5216fb70a41278eed4e 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/css/home.css
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/css/home.css
@@ -2,6 +2,15 @@
     z-index: 2;
 }
 
+.CheckBg {
+    background-image: url('/app/components/icons/assets/header_rect.svg');
+    background-repeat: repeat;
+}
+
+.CheckBg-offset {
+  background-position-y: -15px;
+}
+
 .Main {
     z-index: 1;
     position: relative;
@@ -197,3 +206,29 @@
     max-width: 42rem;
     line-height: 1.4;
 }
+
+@media screen and (--breakpoint-min-md) {
+  .HomeLayout {
+      margin-right: 346px;
+  }
+  .HomeLayout-sidebar {
+      position: absolute;
+      top: 0;
+      bottom: 0;
+      right: 0;
+      width: 346px;
+      background-color: #F9FBFC;
+      border-left: 2px solid var(--border-color);
+  }
+  .HomeLayout-mainColumn {
+      max-width: 700px;
+      margin-left: auto;
+      margin-right: auto;
+  }
+}
+
+@media screen and (--breakpoint-min-lg) {
+    .HomeLayout {
+        font-size: 1.08rem;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Activity.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Activity.react.js
index 57b0bbb3cab1d0dc8ae64b009467951365eec539..aa254448e3a0e4544644348a54ff78034cc5d0c2 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Activity.react.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Activity.react.js
@@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ export default class Activity extends Component {
         let { error } = this.state;
 
         return (
-            <LoadingAndErrorWrapper className="" loading={!activity} error={error}>
+            <LoadingAndErrorWrapper loading={!activity} error={error}>
             {() =>
                 <div className="full flex flex-column">
                     <div className="">
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityItem.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityItem.react.js
index aa6924ed1301dcc283c16ce6acfa9a55e85b788e..e72ce0abbc76fc28906f46cf9cc773f7ced7a62b 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityItem.react.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityItem.react.js
@@ -6,16 +6,11 @@ import IconBorder from '../../query_builder/IconBorder.react';
 import UserAvatar from 'metabase/components/UserAvatar.react';
 
 export default class ActivityItem extends Component {
-
-    constructor(props) {
-        super(props);
-    }
-
     render() {
         const { item, description, userColors } = this.props;
 
         return (
-            <div className="ml1 flex align-center">
+            <div className="ml1 flex align-center mr2">
                 <span>
                     { item.user ?
                         <UserAvatar user={item.user} background={userColors} style={{color: '#fff', borderWidth: '0'}}/>
@@ -26,7 +21,7 @@ export default class ActivityItem extends Component {
                     }
                 </span>
 
-                <div className="ml2 full flex align-center" style={{fontSize: '1rem'}}>
+                <div className="ml2 full flex align-center">
                     <div className="text-grey-4">
                         <span className="text-dark">{description.userName}</span>
 
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityStory.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityStory.react.js
index 75587aa3f5a6bfd00b0360c4a53e19ce53d679ce..dba204bba898f0ae068f4dc4c8343a8fd5cd84fa 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityStory.react.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/ActivityStory.react.js
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ export default class ActivityStory extends Component {
 
         this.styles = {
             borderWidth: '2px',
-            fontSize: '1.08rem',
             borderColor: '#DFE8EA',
         }
     }
@@ -22,7 +21,7 @@ export default class ActivityStory extends Component {
         }
 
         return (
-            <div className="mt1 border-left flex" style={{borderWidth: '3px', marginLeft: '22px', borderColor: '#F2F5F6'}}>
+            <div className="mt1 border-left flex mr2" style={{borderWidth: '3px', marginLeft: '22px', borderColor: '#F2F5F6'}}>
                 <div className="flex full ml4 bordered rounded p2" style={this.styles}>
                     { story.bodyLink ?
                         <a className="link" href={story.bodyLink}>{story.body}</a>
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Cards.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Cards.react.js
index 41570e92bd65758ee4bb1053fd3393deeea556fd..15093f554eb19dbd880fbd0d44cad2ffca09f76a 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Cards.react.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Cards.react.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 import React, { Component, PropTypes } from "react";
 
 import Icon from "metabase/components/Icon.react";
+import IconBorder from '../../query_builder/IconBorder.react';
 import LoadingAndErrorWrapper from "metabase/components/LoadingAndErrorWrapper.react";
 
 import { fetchCards } from "../actions";
@@ -13,21 +14,6 @@ export default class Cards extends Component {
     constructor() {
         super();
         this.state = { error: null };
-
-        this.styles = {
-            main: {
-                marginRight: "346px"
-            },
-            mainWrapper: {
-                width: "100%",
-                margin: "0 auto",
-                paddingLeft: "12em",
-                paddingRight: "3em"
-            },
-            headerGreeting: {
-                fontSize: "x-large"
-            }
-        };
     }
 
     async componentDidMount() {
@@ -43,10 +29,10 @@ export default class Cards extends Component {
         let items = cards.slice().sort((a, b) => b.created_at - a.created_at);
 
         return (
-            <ul className="pt2">
+            <ul className="pt2 ml1">
                 {items.map(item =>
                     <li key={item.id} className="flex pt2">
-                        <div className="pb2 mr3">
+                        <div className="pb2 mr2">
                             <img style={{height: "36px"}} src={"/app/components/icons/assets/" + item.icon + ".png"} />
                         </div>
                         <div className="flex align-center flex-full border-bottom pb2">
@@ -55,12 +41,14 @@ export default class Cards extends Component {
                                 <div className="text-grey-3">{item.description || "No description yet"}</div>
                             </div>
                             <div className="flex-align-right flex-full text-right text-grey-3">
-                                <div className="mb1">Saved by <span className="text-dark">{item.creator.common_name}</span></div>
+                                <div>Saved by <span className="text-dark">{item.creator.common_name}</span></div>
                                 <div>Created {item.created_at.fromNow()}</div>
                             </div>
                             <div className="flex-align-right text-right text-grey-3 ml2">
-                                <a href={'/card/'+item.id} className="flex-align-right IconCircle flex text-grey-1 text-grey-3-hover transition-color layout-centered">
-                                    <Icon name={'pencil'} width={18} height={18}></Icon>
+                                <a href={'/card/'+item.id} className="flex-align-right flex text-grey-1 text-grey-3-hover">
+                                    <IconBorder>
+                                        <Icon name='pencil' width={16} height={16}></Icon>
+                                    </IconBorder>
                                 </a>
                             </div>
                         </div>
@@ -79,9 +67,9 @@ export default class Cards extends Component {
             {() =>
                 <div>
                     { cards.length === 0 ?
-                        <div className="flex flex-column layout-centered pt4">
+                        <div className="flex flex-column layout-centered pt4" style={{fontSize: '1.08rem'}}>
                             <span className="QuestionCircle">?</span>
-                            <div className="text-normal mt3 mb1">Hmmm, looks like you don't have any saved questions yet.</div>
+                            <div className="text-normal mt3 mb1 h2 text-bold">Hmmm, looks like you don't have any saved questions yet.</div>
                             <div className="text-normal text-grey-2">Save a question and get this baby going!</div>
                         </div>
                     :
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js
index 705fe690c58c1aa73740dfcc5ab9d9a68bf4ff2a..ee3c2b90f8c3e88caf5e731e95e11b3e9ebde10a 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/HeaderTabs.react.js
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default class HeaderTabs extends Component {
         });
 
         return (
-            <div className="bg-brand text-white">
+            <div className="text-white" style={{backgroundColor: 'transparent'}}>
                 <a className={activityTab} style={{marginLeft: '10px'}} href="/">Activity</a>
                 <a className={questionsTab} href="/?questions">Saved Questions</a>
             </div>
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Homepage.react.js b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Homepage.react.js
index b154c48aa2a58e20538513734b8f89c3ceb61b50..73c7c6b08955b683eb4cbfb3b837fe8d13c0b90e 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Homepage.react.js
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/app/home/components/Homepage.react.js
@@ -25,19 +25,6 @@ export default class Homepage extends Component {
         };
 
         this.styles = {
-            main: {
-                marginRight: "346px",
-            },
-            mainWrapper: {
-                maxWidth: "700px",
-                marginLeft: "auto",
-                marginRight: "auto",
-            },
-            sidebar: {
-                borderWidth: "2px",
-                width: "346px",
-                backgroundColor: "#F9FBFC"
-            },
             headerGreeting: {
                 fontSize: "x-large"
             }
@@ -61,9 +48,9 @@ export default class Homepage extends Component {
                     </Modal>
                 : null}
 
-                <div className="bg-brand text-white pl4">
-                    <div style={this.styles.main}>
-                        <div style={this.styles.mainWrapper}>
+                <div className="CheckBg bg-brand text-white md-pl4">
+                    <div className="HomeLayout">
+                        <div className="HomeLayout-mainColumn">
                             <header style={this.styles.headerGreeting} className="flex align-center pb4">
                                 <span className="float-left mr1">
                                     <Smile />
@@ -79,9 +66,9 @@ export default class Homepage extends Component {
                         </div>
                     </div>
                 </div>
-                <div className="relative felx flex-column flex-full pl4">
-                    <div style={this.styles.main}>
-                        <div style={this.styles.mainWrapper}>
+                <div className="relative felx flex-column flex-full md-pl4">
+                    <div className="HomeLayout">
+                        <div className="HomeLayout-mainColumn">
                             { selectedTab === 'activity' ?
                                 <Activity {...this.props} />
                             :
@@ -89,7 +76,7 @@ export default class Homepage extends Component {
                             }
                         </div>
                     </div>
-                    <div style={this.styles.sidebar} className="border-left absolute top right bottom">
+                    <div className="HomeLayout-sidebar">
                         { selectedTab === 'activity' ?
                             <RecentViews {...this.props} />
                         :
diff --git a/resources/frontend_client/index_template.html b/resources/frontend_client/index_template.html
index 20307cdf2669ab1abd2292243b23bc90ef0feeb9..090fa6fb0294951b6477fec3816211717488bbdc 100644
--- a/resources/frontend_client/index_template.html
+++ b/resources/frontend_client/index_template.html
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     <body ng-controller="Metabase">
         <div class="Nav" ng-controller="Nav" ng-if="user" ng-cloak>
             <!-- MAIN NAV -->
-            <nav class="py2 sm-py1 xl-py3 relative bg-brand" ng-show="nav === 'main'">
+            <nav class="CheckBg CheckBg-offset sm-py2 sm-py1 xl-py3 relative bg-brand" ng-show="nav === 'main'">
                 <ul class="wrapper flex align-center">
                     <li>
                         <a class="NavItem cursor-pointer text-white flex align-center my1" href="/">
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@
                         </div>
                     </li>
                     <li class="flex-align-right">
-                        <a class="rounded inline-block bg-white text-brand cursor-pointer p2 no-decoration" href="/q">New Question</a>
+                        <a class="rounded inline-block bg-white text-brand cursor-pointer p2 no-decoration" href="/q">New <span class="hide sm-show">Question</span></a>
                         <div mb-profile-link class="inline-block text-white" user="user" context="nav"></div>
                     </li>
                 </ul>