diff --git a/assets/css/post_text.css b/assets/css/post_text.css
index 4c9da88..95c3853 100644
--- a/assets/css/post_text.css
+++ b/assets/css/post_text.css
@@ -89,6 +89,26 @@ pre > code {
   padding: 0.5em 1em;
 }
 
+.form-body {
+  background-color: var(--light-warm-gray);
+  border: outset var(--light-warm-gray);
+  padding: 0.5em 1em;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-flow: column wrap;
+  gap: 1em;
+}
+
+.form-field {
+    display: flex;
+    flex-flow: column wrap;
+}
+
+.form-button {
+    border: outset var(--light-blue);
+    background-color: var(--light-blue);
+    padding: 0.5em 0;
+}
+
 .field-with-info {
     border-style: solid;
     border-color: var(--highlight-green);
diff --git a/templates/thread/create.html.ep b/templates/thread/create.html.ep
index ecc20b0..36c0e08 100644
--- a/templates/thread/create.html.ep
+++ b/templates/thread/create.html.ep
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 % layout 'default';
 % title 'New Thread';
 <h2 class="page-title"><%= title %></h2>
-<form method="post" class="field">
-  <div class="field__author">
+<form method="post" class="form-body">
+  <div class="form-field">
     <%= label_for author => 'Author' %>
     <%= text_field author => session->{'author'}, (
         id        => 'author',
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
     <p class="field-with-error">Invalid author: 1 to 63 characters please.</p>
     <% } =%>
   </div>
-  <div class="field__title">
+  <div class="form-field">
     <%= label_for title => 'Title' %>
     <%= text_field title => (
         id        => 'title',
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
     <p class="field-with-error">Invalid title: 1 to 127 characters please.</p>
     <% } =%>
   </div>
-  <div class="field__text">
+  <div class="form-field">
     <%= label_for body => 'Text' %>
     <%= text_area body => (
         id        => 'body',
@@ -40,5 +40,5 @@
     <p class="field-with-error">Invalid text: Up to 4,000 characters only.</p>
     <% } =%>
   </div>
-  <%= submit_button 'Post', class => 'field__submit' %>
+  <%= submit_button 'Post', class => 'form-button' %>
 </form>