diff --git a/app/views/project/list.jade b/app/views/project/list.jade
index 6d62cf84dce10c3cc4b4f52a9ffeab556df775e3..f04e765aa8044284fe277438b46f8ef29e066d33 100644
--- a/app/views/project/list.jade
+++ b/app/views/project/list.jade
@@ -28,8 +28,6 @@ block content
 		-each project in projects
 			- project_id = project._id.toString()
 			li.project_entry(id=project_id)
-				label.checkbox.select-item
-					input(type="checkbox")
 				span.title
 					a.projectName(href="/project/#{project._id}") #{project.name}
 					span.project-tags(data-project-id=project_id)
@@ -38,57 +36,33 @@ block content
 				span.owner
 					mixin formatOwnerText(project.accessLevel, project.publicAccesLevel)
 				span.last-modified.isoDate #{project.lastUpdated.toISOString()}
+				span
+					a()
+						i.icon-cog
 
 	.page-header.project-header
 		.container
 			.row-fluid
 				.span2
 					h1 Projects
-				.span10
+				.span7
 					form.form-inline.search
-						input#projectFilter(placeholder='Search projects…', autofocus='autofocus').span6.projectSearch.search-query
+						input#projectFilter(placeholder='Search projects…', autofocus='autofocus').span10.projectSearch.search-query
 						i.icon-search
-						//- i.icon-remove
-						.btn-toolbar
-							.btn-group
-								a(href='/project/'+"5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5"+'/download/zip', data-toggle="tooltip", data-placement="bottom", title="", data-original-title="Download .zip File").btn.downloadZip
-									i.icon-cloud-download
-								-if ("owner" == "owner")
-									a(href='/project/'+"5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5", data-name="the project", data-id="5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5", data-csrf=csrfToken, data-toggle="tooltip", data-placement="bottom", title="", data-original-title="Remove").btn.deleteProject
-										i.icon-trash
-								a.btn.addTagButton.dropdown-toggle(data-project-id="5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5", data-toggle="dropdown", href="#", data-toggle="tooltip", data-placement="bottom", title="", data-original-title="Add To Folder...")
-									i.icon-folder-open
-									span.caret
-								ul.dropdown-menu.pull-right(role="menu")
-									li
-										input(placeholder='Tag Name', name='tags', style="display: none;", data-project-id="project_id_needs_updating").tags-input
-							.btn-group.project-actions
-								a.btn.dropdown-toggle(data-toggle="dropdown", href="#") More
-									span.caret
-								ul.dropdown-menu.pull-right(role="menu")
-									li
-										a(href='/project/'+"5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5"+'/clone', data-csrf=csrfToken).cloneProject Make a Copy...
-									-if ("owner" == "owner")
-										li
-											a(href='/project/'+"5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5"+'/rename', data-name="the project", data-id="5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5", data-csrf=csrfToken).renameProject Rename...
-									-else
-										li
-											a(href='/project/'+"5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5"+'/leave', data-name="the project", data-id="5369c5737fc6b47f048da1f5", data-csrf=csrfToken).leaveProject Leave Project
-
+				.span2
+					.btn-group#newProject
+						a.btn.btn-primary.dropdown-toggle(data-toggle="dropdown", href="#") New Project
+							span.caret
+						ul.dropdown-menu.pull-right(role="menu")
+							li
+								a.normalText#blankNewProject(href="#", data-csrf=csrfToken) Blank Project
+							li
+								a.normalText#newProjectExample(href="#", data-csrf=csrfToken) Example Project
+							li
+								a.normalText#uploadNewProject(href="#", data-csrf=csrfToken) Upload Zipped Project
 	.container
 		.row-fluid
 			.span2
-				.btn-group#newProject
-					a.btn.btn-primary.dropdown-toggle(data-toggle="dropdown", href="#") New Project
-						span.caret
-					ul.dropdown-menu.pull-right(role="menu")
-						li
-							a.normalText#blankNewProject(href="#", data-csrf=csrfToken) Blank Project
-						li
-							a.normalText#newProjectExample(href="#", data-csrf=csrfToken) Example Project
-						li
-							a.normalText#uploadNewProject(href="#", data-csrf=csrfToken) Upload Zipped Project
-				br
 				ul.unstyled.menu
 					li Folders
 					li
@@ -137,8 +111,6 @@ block content
 				- if (projects.length > 0)
 					ul#projectList
 						li
-							label.checkbox.select-all
-								input(type="checkbox")
 							span.title TITLE
 							span.owner OWNER
 							span.last-modified LAST MODIFIED
diff --git a/public/bootstrap/less/buttons.less b/public/bootstrap/less/buttons.less
index d64d2ec14d7e88a0990410b8261e8bacdb7d18b2..75858d1ba92c809a1856e8ce41820b4c9e4dce88 100644
--- a/public/bootstrap/less/buttons.less
+++ b/public/bootstrap/less/buttons.less
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 
 // Core
 .btn {
-  .buttonBackground(#eed, #ddc);
+  .buttonBackground(#e4ebf1, #c0cad2);
   text-shadow: 0 1px 1px white;
   display: inline-block;
   padding: (@baseLineHeight * .2) (@baseLineHeight * .6);
diff --git a/public/bootstrap/less/type.less b/public/bootstrap/less/type.less
index 86995897a66f7d2b2ccc0d33c6dc563bb53fb283..be0a9d8ab315fc5bc84b7fecc1f5c6143d186fae 100644
--- a/public/bootstrap/less/type.less
+++ b/public/bootstrap/less/type.less
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ input, button, a.btn, select, textarea, .menu, .dropdown-menu {
   }
 }
 .project-header {
-  background-color: lighten(@beige, 5%);
-  border-top: 1px solid darken(@beige, 10%);
-  border-bottom: 1px solid darken(@beige, 10%);
+  background-color: #f6f6f6;
+  border-top: 1px solid darken(#f6f6f6, 10%);
+  border-bottom: 1px solid darken(#f6f6f6, 10%);
   margin-top: 0;
   padding-top: @baseLineHeight;
   h1 {
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/less/list.less b/public/stylesheets/less/list.less
index fda100410c96e56d8c466846a394b881a95c07df..57d27d43df60444955d3e0bd230c224976a626df 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/less/list.less
+++ b/public/stylesheets/less/list.less
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@
 		}
 		.projectName {
 			margin-right: @baseLineHeight;
+			color:@darkBlue;
 		}
 	}
 	.project_entry {
diff --git a/public/stylesheets/variables.less b/public/stylesheets/variables.less
index 0bec42dac30e8b97dd454c4dd92dac506952fff0..9dd1880205e5ac2298fed91d698dec182f42f987 100644
--- a/public/stylesheets/variables.less
+++ b/public/stylesheets/variables.less
@@ -10,16 +10,17 @@
 @linkColorHover:        #e24b3b;
 
 // Grays
-@black:                 #000;
+@black:                 #5f5f5f;
+@gray:                  #2d4053;
 @grayDarker:            #2c280f;
-@grayDark:              #393313;
-@gray:                  #5f5620;
+@grayDark:              #5f5f5f; //black
 @grayLight:             #999;
 @grayLighter:           #dadfd0;
 @white:                 #fff;
 
 // Accent colors
 @blue:                  #049cdb;
+@darkBlue:				#2d4053;
 @blueDark:              #0064cd;
 @green:                 #46a546;
 @red:                   @linkColor;
@@ -27,7 +28,7 @@
 @orange:                #f89406;
 @pink:                  #c3325f;
 @purple:                #7a43b6;
-@beige:                 #f4f1de;
+@beige:                 #e4ebf1;
 
 // Typography
 @baseFontSize:          1rem;