diff --git a/app/stylesheets/items/_show.scss b/app/stylesheets/items/_show.scss
index f69a0cff..8a22481a 100644
--- a/app/stylesheets/items/_show.scss
+++ b/app/stylesheets/items/_show.scss
@@ -1,20 +1,21 @@
 body.show {
   header {
+    border-bottom: 1px solid $module_border_color;
     display: block;
+    margin-bottom: 1em;
+    padding: 1em 0;
   }
   
   #item-thumbnail {
     @include inline-block;
     border: 1px solid $module_border_color;
     height: 80px;
-    margin-right: -.5em;
+    margin-right: .5em;
     width: 80px;
   }
   
   #item-name {
     @include inline-block;
-    border-bottom: 1px solid $module_border_color;
-    margin: 0;
-    padding: 0 1em 0 1em;
+    margin-top: 1em;
   }
 }
diff --git a/app/views/items/show.html.haml b/app/views/items/show.html.haml
index 00a6a4ba..8e99bbe1 100644
--- a/app/views/items/show.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/items/show.html.haml
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
 %header
   = image_tag @item.thumbnail_url, :id => 'item-thumbnail'
   %h2#item-name= @item.name
+
+%p= @item.description
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/compiled/screen.css b/public/stylesheets/compiled/screen.css
index 4123e918..73fb9e4d 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/compiled/screen.css
+++ b/public/stylesheets/compiled/screen.css
@@ -537,11 +537,14 @@ h1 a:hover {
   width: 80px;
 }
 
-/* line 2, ../../../app/stylesheets/items/show.scss */
+/* line 2, ../../../app/stylesheets/items/_show.scss */
 body.show header {
+  border-bottom: 1px solid #033e6b;
   display: block;
+  margin-bottom: 1em;
+  padding: 1em 0;
 }
-/* line 6, ../../../app/stylesheets/items/show.scss */
+/* line 9, ../../../app/stylesheets/items/_show.scss */
 body.show #item-thumbnail {
   display: -moz-inline-box;
   -moz-box-orient: vertical;
@@ -551,10 +554,10 @@ body.show #item-thumbnail {
   *vertical-align: auto;
   border: 1px solid #033e6b;
   height: 80px;
-  margin-right: -0.5em;
+  margin-right: .5em;
   width: 80px;
 }
-/* line 14, ../../../app/stylesheets/items/show.scss */
+/* line 17, ../../../app/stylesheets/items/_show.scss */
 body.show #item-name {
   display: -moz-inline-box;
   -moz-box-orient: vertical;
@@ -562,7 +565,5 @@ body.show #item-name {
   vertical-align: middle;
   *display: inline;
   *vertical-align: auto;
-  border-bottom: 1px solid #033e6b;
-  margin: 0;
-  padding: 0 1em 0 1em;
+  margin-top: 1em;
 }