diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss
index 8197590f5a2a6b28fafcfdd38ea3108360c9614f..119180c5abb3abfae9254fe7c8b5c6aa651d0b6d 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/gitlab_bootstrap.scss
@@ -429,7 +429,7 @@ form {
  */
 .ui-box { 
   background:#F9F9F9;
-  margin-bottom: 40px;
+  margin-bottom: 25px;
   @include round-borders-all(4px);
   border-color: #CCC;
 
diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss
index ad496238a13957ede4b20c094f95b3f518276670..34f43acf839d1356a8a9b5d7a076e40e5b0553ce 100644
--- a/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/sections/merge_requests.scss
@@ -82,3 +82,15 @@
     }
   }
 }
+
+li.merge_request { 
+  padding:7px 10px;
+  img.avatar { 
+    width: 32px;
+    margin-top: 4px;
+  }
+  p { 
+    padding: 0px;
+    padding-bottom: 2px;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/app/views/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml b/app/views/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
index d9634a4fcc831f2e558911d24334965dfcb4a774..b9a005e08be40a750ee4ad6e1b1e2456c857240b 100644
--- a/app/views/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/merge_requests/_merge_request.html.haml
@@ -15,12 +15,14 @@
         →
         = merge_request.target_branch
   = image_tag gravatar_icon(merge_request.author_email), :class => "avatar"
+
+  = link_to project_merge_request_path(merge_request.project, merge_request) do
+    %p.row_title= truncate(merge_request.title, :length => 80)
+
   %span.update-author
-    %strong= merge_request.author_name
-    authored
+    %small.cdark= "##{merge_request.id}"
+    authored by #{merge_request.author_name}
     = time_ago_in_words(merge_request.created_at)
     ago
     - if merge_request.upvotes > 0
       %span.badge.badge-success= "+#{merge_request.upvotes}"
-  = link_to project_merge_request_path(merge_request.project, merge_request) do
-    %p.row_title= truncate(merge_request.title, :length => 80)