diff --git a/static/scss/custom.scss b/static/scss/custom.scss
index ade3c4ad1f15b5b1f8663f9c57cbe77ba1936d07..0a34515d68664bd696bc950ed2c48d9be37bdeb6 100644
--- a/static/scss/custom.scss
+++ b/static/scss/custom.scss
@@ -1,16 +1,34 @@
 body {
   padding-top: 50px;
   position: relative;
+  font-weight: 300;  // Not overridable in bootstrap at the moment.
+  /*background: url("../images/website-background.svg");
+  background-size: cover;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;*/
 }
+
+// Not overridable in bootstrap at the moment
+.dropdown-menu >li >a {
+  font-weight: 300;
+}
+
+// Not overridable in bootstrap at the moment.
+strong {
+  font-weight: 500;
+}
+
 section {
   padding: 20px 0px;
 }
 .modal form {
   margin-bottom: 0px;
 }
+
 footer {
-    padding-bottom: 20px;
+  padding-top: 40px;
+  padding-bottom: 20px;
 }
+
 p.login-signup {
     margin-top: 20px;
 }
@@ -69,5 +87,99 @@ body.auth .panel-heading .panel-title span.pull-right {
     margin: 0 auto;
 }
 
+.home {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding-top: $navbar-height - $navbar-padding-vertical - 8;
+}
+
+.home#content_body {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+}
 
+#content_body {
+  background-color: $background-filter-transparent;
+  box-shadow: 0px 0px 2em $background-filter; //, inset 0px -5px 1em rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.8);
+}
+
+.homepage-block-content {
+  position: relative;
+  height: 100%;
+}
+
+.bottom-align {
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+}
+
+.homepage-block {
+  margin-top: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 0;
+  min-height: 480px;  // TODO: change
+  height: 480px;
+  position: relative;
+  box-shadow: $box-shadow;
+  z-index: 3;
+}
 
+.homepage-block.light {
+  background-color: $background-filter;
+  z-index: 2;
+}
+
+.homepage-block.white {
+  background-color: white;
+  z-index: 1;
+}
+
+.homepage-block-bg {
+  top: 0;
+  bottom: 0;
+  width: 100%;
+  height: 100%;
+  position: absolute;
+  background-size: cover;
+  background-position: center;
+  opacity: 0.3;
+  background-blend-mode: multiply;
+  z-index: -9999;
+  box-shadow: $box-shadow;
+}
+
+.homepage-block.dark {
+  background: $gray-base;
+  color: white;
+}
+
+.navbar {
+  box-shadow: $box-shadow;
+}
+
+.tight-headings {
+
+  h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
+    margin: 0;
+  }
+
+}
+
+
+.hills {
+  background-size: 100%;
+  background-position: bottom;
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  width: 50%;
+  height: 100%;
+  position: absolute;
+  bottom: 0;
+  right: 0;
+  z-index: -9999;
+
+  &.main {
+    background-image: url("../images/hills.svg");
+  }
+
+  &.footer {
+    background-image: url("../images/hills-footer.svg");
+  }
+}