diff --git a/assets/sass/abstracts/_variables.scss b/assets/sass/abstracts/_variables.scss
index 18010fc2..bb31ee01 100644
--- a/assets/sass/abstracts/_variables.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/abstracts/_variables.scss
@@ -16,14 +16,13 @@ $link-underline-size: 2px;
 
 // Global Colors
 $color-background:   #ffffff;
-$color-gray-background: #fbfbfb;
+$color-gray-background: #f9f9f9;
 $color-text:         #222222;
-$color-medium-dark:  #313131;
-$color-medium:       #444444;
-$color-light:        #666666;
+$color-medium-dark:  #494949;
+$color-medium:       #5e5e5e;
 $color-medium-light: #757575;
-$color-super-light:  #dddddd;
-$color-super-duper-light: #f4f4f4;
+$color-light:        #d2d2d2;
+$color-super-light:  #f4f4f4;
 $color-links:        #0e6dc2;
 
 // For nifty color swapping on svg logo hover in components/_header.scss
diff --git a/assets/sass/components/_footer.scss b/assets/sass/components/_footer.scss
index f9253dea..2d868547 100644
--- a/assets/sass/components/_footer.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/components/_footer.scss
@@ -3,50 +3,56 @@
 // Global Footer Styles
 footer {
   width: 100%;
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: space-between;
   line-height: 1.7;
-  padding: 1.5em;
+  padding: 1.5em 2.5em;
   box-sizing: border-box;
-  color: $color-light;
-  border-top: 1px solid $color-super-light;
+  color: $color-medium;
+  border-top: 1px solid $color-light;
 
   a {
     color: inherit;
   }
 
-  div {
-    &#copyright,
-    &#poweredby {
-      width: 40%;
-      font-size: 0.85em;
-      line-height: 2;
-    }
+  div#row {
+    width: 100%;
+    max-width: 980px;
+    margin: 0 auto;
+    display: flex;
+    justify-content: space-between;
 
-    &#copyright {
-      text-align: left;
-    }
-
-    &#poweredby {
-      text-align: right;
-
-      a#source {
-        border-bottom: 1px solid $color-super-light;
+    div {
+      &#copyright,
+      &#poweredby {
+        width: 40%;
+        font-size: 0.85em;
+        line-height: 2;
       }
-    }
 
-    &#panda {
-      width: 20%;
-      text-align: center;
-      font-size: 1.7em;
-      line-height: 1;
+      &#copyright {
+        text-align: left;
+      }
 
-      a {
-        display: inline-block;
-        transition: transform 0.2s ease-in-out;
+      &#poweredby {
+        text-align: right;
 
-        &:hover {
-          transform: scale(1.6) rotate(10deg);
+        a#source {
+          border-bottom: 1px solid $color-light;
+        }
+      }
+
+      &#panda {
+        width: 20%;
+        text-align: center;
+        font-size: 1.7em;
+        line-height: 1;
+
+        a {
+          display: inline-block;
+          transition: transform 0.2s ease-in-out;
+
+          &:hover {
+            transform: scale(1.6) rotate(10deg);
+          }
         }
       }
     }
@@ -56,9 +62,10 @@ footer {
 // Responsive
 @mixin responsive--footer() {
   footer {
-    padding-bottom: 0;
+    padding: 1em 1.5em 0 1.5em;
 
-    div {
+    div#row div {
+      // no more room at the inn for panda :(
       &#panda {
         display: none;
       }
diff --git a/assets/sass/components/_global.scss b/assets/sass/components/_global.scss
index 7cae2c27..5ec2fb0f 100644
--- a/assets/sass/components/_global.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/components/_global.scss
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ body {
   width: 100%;
   height: 100%;
   margin: 0 auto;
-  background-color: $color-background;
+  background-color: $color-gray-background;   // really just the color of header & footer
   color: $color-text;
   font-family: $system-fonts;
   line-height: 1.5;
@@ -32,6 +32,12 @@ a {
   }
 }
 
+// white background for entire width content area
+div#wrap {
+  width: 100%;
+  background-color: $color-background;
+}
+
 
 // Responsive
 @mixin responsive--global() {
diff --git a/assets/sass/components/_header.scss b/assets/sass/components/_header.scss
index 5a6c697a..92e7d531 100644
--- a/assets/sass/components/_header.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/components/_header.scss
@@ -3,8 +3,7 @@
 // Global Header Styles
 header {
   width: 100%;
-  background-color: $color-gray-background;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid $color-super-light;
+  border-bottom: 1px solid $color-light;
 
   nav {
     width: 100%;
@@ -21,9 +20,10 @@ header {
       padding: 15px;
 
       h1#name {
-        margin: 0 0 0 20px;
-        font-size: 1.4em;
+        margin: 0 0 0 0.9em;
+        font-size: 1.5em;
         font-weight: 500;
+        letter-spacing: 0.01em;
       }
 
       svg {
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ header {
       margin-right: 15px;
 
       li {
-        width: 60px;
+        width: 2.5em;
         text-align: right;
 
         a {
diff --git a/assets/sass/pages/_home.scss b/assets/sass/pages/_home.scss
index 073ab3b3..2cd33034 100644
--- a/assets/sass/pages/_home.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/pages/_home.scss
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ main#home {
       margin-bottom: 0;
 
       span {
-        margin-right: 4px;
+        margin-right: 0.2em;
       }
     }
 
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ main#home {
     float: right;
     margin: 0 0 0.5em 1em;
     padding: 4px;
-    border: 1px solid $color-super-light;
+    border: 1px solid $color-light;
     border-radius: 50%;
     width: 160px;
     height: 160px;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ main#home {
   main#home {
     font-size: 1.1em;
     line-height: 1.6;
-    padding: 1em 1.2em 0.5em 1.2em;
+    padding: 1.2em 1.2em 0.2em 1.2em;
 
     img#me {
       width: 85px;
diff --git a/assets/sass/pages/_list.scss b/assets/sass/pages/_list.scss
index 5758eeb8..c7b51868 100644
--- a/assets/sass/pages/_list.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/pages/_list.scss
@@ -2,8 +2,8 @@
 
 // Archive/List Styles
 main#list {
-  max-width: 1010px;
-  padding: 1.5em 3em;
+  max-width: 980px;
+  padding: 1.5em 2.5em;
   margin: 0 auto;
 
   section.year {
@@ -24,11 +24,11 @@ main#list {
       display: flex;
 
       div.date {
-        color: $color-light;
+        color: $color-medium;
         width: 5.25em;
         flex-shrink: 0;
       }
-    
+
       &::after {
         content: '';
         display: block;
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ main#list {
 // Responsive
 @mixin responsive--list() {
   main#list {
-    padding: 1em 1.2em;
+    padding: 1em 1.5em;
 
     section.year {
       font-size: 1em;
diff --git a/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss b/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss
index 116bd40d..3cae0697 100644
--- a/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/pages/_single.scss
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // Post Styles
 main#single {
   max-width: 910px;
-  padding: 1em 3em;
+  padding: 1em 2.5em;
   margin: 0 auto;
 
   article div {
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ main#single {
         display: block;
         font-size: 0.9em;
         font-style: normal;
-        color: $color-light;
+        color: $color-medium;
         text-align: center;
       }
 
@@ -107,20 +107,20 @@ main#single {
       div.highlight, code {
         // https://markdotto.com/2018/02/07/github-system-fonts/
         font-family: $system-fonts-monospace;
-        background: $color-super-duper-light;
+        background: $color-super-light;
         font-size: 0.9em;
         page-break-inside: avoid;
       }
 
       // inline code in paragraphs
       p code {
-        border: 1px solid $color-super-light;
+        border: 1px solid $color-light;
         padding: 0.2em;
       }
 
       // code fences
       div.highlight {
-        border: 1px solid $color-super-light;
+        border: 1px solid $color-light;
         border-left: 3px solid $color-links;
         line-height: 1.6;
         max-width: 100%;
@@ -149,10 +149,10 @@ main#single {
       }
 
       div#byline {
-        color: $color-light;
+        color: $color-medium;
         font-size: 0.85em;
         line-height: 1.5;
-        letter-spacing: 1px;
+        letter-spacing: 0.08em;
 
         a {
           color: inherit;
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ main#single {
             display: inline;
             margin: 0 0.7em;
             text-transform: uppercase;
-            letter-spacing: 2px;
+            letter-spacing: 0.15em;
           }
         }
       }
@@ -179,13 +179,10 @@ main#single {
 // Responsive
 @mixin responsive--single() {
   main#single {
-    padding: 0.8em 1.2em;
+    padding: 0.8em 1.5em;
 
     article {
-      width: 100%;
-      max-width: 100%;
-
-      div#info h1 {
+      div#meta h1 {
         font-size: 1.7em;
       }
     }
diff --git a/assets/sass/pages/_videos.scss b/assets/sass/pages/_videos.scss
index 772eccb1..799a1a98 100644
--- a/assets/sass/pages/_videos.scss
+++ b/assets/sass/pages/_videos.scss
@@ -2,9 +2,14 @@
 
 // Video Styles
 main#video {
-  margin: 20px auto;
+  margin: 0 auto;
+  padding: 1.5em 0;
   text-align: center;
 
+  h1 {
+    margin-top: 0;
+  }
+
   p {
     font-size: 0.85em;
     line-height: 1.5em;
@@ -27,16 +32,16 @@ main#video {
 // Responsive
 @mixin responsive--videos() {
   main#video {
-    margin: 20px 0;
+    padding: 1em 0;
 
     h1 {
       font-size: 1.6em;
-      padding: 0 15px;
+      padding: 0 0.6em;
     }
 
     video {
       width: 100%;
       height: auto;
     }
-  }  
+  }
 }
diff --git a/layouts/_default/baseof.html b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
index 62dcefd8..33c340c0 100644
--- a/layouts/_default/baseof.html
+++ b/layouts/_default/baseof.html
@@ -6,7 +6,9 @@
   </head>
   <body>
 {{ block "header" . }}{{ partial "header" . }}{{ end }}
+<div id="wrap">
 {{ block "main" . }}{{ end }}
+</div>
 {{ block "footer" . }}{{ partial "footer" . }}{{ end }}
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/footer.html b/layouts/partials/footer.html
index c420f0fa..2b4e03ad 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/footer.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 <footer>
+  <div id="row">
   <div id="copyright">Content licensed under <a class="no-underline" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" title="Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CC-BY-4.0</a>, {{ with .Site.Params.wayback }}<a class="no-underline" href="{{ . }}" title="View Old Versions on Wayback Machine" id="wayback" target="_blank" rel="noopener">{{ end }}{{ with .Site.Params.copyrightFirstYear }}{{ . }} &ndash;{{ end }}{{ if .Site.Params.wayback }}</a>{{ end }} {{ now.Format "2006" }}.</div>
   <div id="panda"><a class="no-underline" href="https://nationalzoo.si.edu/webcams/panda-cam" title="Live Panda Party!!!11" target="_blank" rel="noopener"><span>&#x1F43C;</span></a></div>
   <div id="poweredby">
     <a class="no-underline" href="https://gohugo.io/" title="Powered by Hugo" id="hugo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Powered by Hugo.</a>
     {{ with .Site.Params.gitRepo }}<a class="no-underline" href="{{ . }}" title="View Source on GitHub" id="source" target="_blank" rel="noopener">View source.</a>{{ end }}
   </div>
+</div>
 </footer>
diff --git a/layouts/partials/logo.html b/layouts/partials/logo.html
index ac89d7d9..b980ea5b 100644
--- a/layouts/partials/logo.html
+++ b/layouts/partials/logo.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 96 144.1" width="30" height="45">
+<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" viewBox="0 0 96 144" width="30" height="45">
   <g id="c1" fill="#6fbc4e">
     <polygon points="57.6 0 38.4 11.1 38.4 11.1 76.8 33.2 96 22.1 96 22.1 57.6 0 57.6 0"/>
     <polygon points="19.2 66.5 0 77.6 0 77.6 19.2 88.7 38.4 77.6 38.4 77.6 19.2 66.5 19.2 66.5"/>