diff --git a/src/main/webapp/newtheme.css b/src/main/webapp/newtheme.css
index 0564a25..49c2a57 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/newtheme.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/newtheme.css
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 .x-toolbar {
 	border-color: #226599;
-	background: #FFF url(images/bg-pattern.png) repeat !important;
+	background-color: #d0def0;
 }
 
 .x-panel-header {
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@
 .x-toolbar .xtb-sep {
     background-image: none !important;
     background-color: transparent;
+    margin: -2px;
 }
 
 .x-accordion-hd {
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/workspaceportlet.css b/src/main/webapp/workspaceportlet.css
index 52b0c6c..1ddb4e8 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/workspaceportlet.css
+++ b/src/main/webapp/workspaceportlet.css
@@ -1,6 +1,21 @@
 @import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Architects+Daughter);
 @import url(newtheme.css);
 
+#SearchAndFilter {
+	background-color: #d0def0;
+	/* Mozilla Firefox */
+	background-image: -moz-linear-gradient(top, #DFEAF8 0%, #d0def0 100%);
+	/* Webkit (Safari/Chrome 10) */
+	background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, left top, left bottom, color-stop(0, #DFEAF8),
+		color-stop(1, #d0def0) );
+	/* Webkit (Chrome 11+) */
+	background-image: -webkit-linear-gradient(top, #DFEAF8 0%, #d0def0 100%);
+	/* W3C Markup, IE10 Release Preview */
+	background-image: linear-gradient(to bottom, #DFEAF8 0%, #d0def0 100%);
+	/* IE10 Consumer Preview */
+	background-image: -ms-linear-gradient(top, #DFEAF8 0%, #052045 100%);
+}
+
 .nofeed-message {
 	line-height: 40px;
 	font-family: 'Architects Daughter', arial, sans-serif;
@@ -264,9 +279,7 @@
 	
 }
 
-#SearchAndFilter {
-	background: #FFF url(images/bg-pattern.png) repeat;
-}
+
 
 .myToolbar {
 	background-color:transparent !important;