some default styles on top of CSS reset

app/views/layouts/application.html.haml

@@ -7,6 +7,5 @@
     / = javascript_include_tag :defaults, :cache => true
 
   %body
-    %h1= humanized_controller_action
-
+    / %h1= humanized_controller_action
     = yield

public/stylesheets/sass/_reset.sass

@@ -34,3 +34,6 @@ del
 table
   :border-collapse collapse
   :border-spacing 0
+
+th, h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6
+  :font-weight normal

public/stylesheets/sass/default.sass

@@ -1 +1,29 @@
 @import reset.sass
+
+html
+  :background #aaa
+  :font-size 62.5%
+body
+  :background white
+  :border 3px solid gray
+  :margin 3em
+  :padding 1.5em 2em
+  :font 1.2em/1.5 Verdana, Arial, sans-serif
+
+p
+  :margin-bottom .5em
+h1
+  :font 2.6em Times, "Times New Roman", Georgia, serif
+  :margin-bottom .3em
+
+table
+  :margin-bottom 1em
+  td, th
+    :padding .4em .8em
+  thead
+    :background-color #e8e8e8
+    th
+      :font-variant small-caps
+      :color #555
+  tr
+    :border-bottom 1px solid silver