dustier | 008: tree

I have no idea what happened to the quality of the preview picture but ANYWAY. Here is a simple clean layout with a very limited colour palette. It's literally a bunch of greys and one single accent colour. I've tried this with a variety of different accent colours and they all look cool. There's info on how to edit it at the bottom of this post.

Features; simple style, slightly rounded images, muted colour scheme, custom fonts (my two new favourites!).

CSS (red version):

/* Cleaned CSS: */

/* vietnamese */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Patrick Hand SC';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: local('Patrick Hand SC'), local('PatrickHandSC-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/patrickhandsc/v8/0nkwC9f7MfsBiWcLtY65AWDK873lgSK7FQc.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Patrick Hand SC';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: local('Patrick Hand SC'), local('PatrickHandSC-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/patrickhandsc/v8/0nkwC9f7MfsBiWcLtY65AWDK873lgCK7FQc.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Patrick Hand SC';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: local('Patrick Hand SC'), local('PatrickHandSC-Regular'), url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/patrickhandsc/v8/0nkwC9f7MfsBiWcLtY65AWDK873ljiK7.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}

/* vietnamese */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Quicksand';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/quicksand/v21/6xK-dSZaM9iE8KbpRA_LJ3z8mH9BOJvgkP8o58m-wi40.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0102-0103, U+0110-0111, U+0128-0129, U+0168-0169, U+01A0-01A1, U+01AF-01B0, U+1EA0-1EF9, U+20AB;
}
/* latin-ext */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Quicksand';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/quicksand/v21/6xK-dSZaM9iE8KbpRA_LJ3z8mH9BOJvgkP8o58i-wi40.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0100-024F, U+0259, U+1E00-1EFF, U+2020, U+20A0-20AB, U+20AD-20CF, U+2113, U+2C60-2C7F, U+A720-A7FF;
}
/* latin */
@font-face {
  font-family: 'Quicksand';
  font-style: normal;
  font-weight: 400;
  font-display: swap;
  src: url(https://fonts.gstatic.com/s/quicksand/v21/6xK-dSZaM9iE8KbpRA_LJ3z8mH9BOJvgkP8o58a-wg.woff2) format('woff2');
  unicode-range: U+0000-00FF, U+0131, U+0152-0153, U+02BB-02BC, U+02C6, U+02DA, U+02DC, U+2000-206F, U+2074, U+20AC, U+2122, U+2191, U+2193, U+2212, U+2215, U+FEFF, U+FFFD;
}

.ContextualPopup, .icon-browser {border-radius:10px;
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    }

.ContextualPopup a, .icon-browser a { color: #5f8a92; }
.ContextualPopup a:visited { color: #8da8ad; }
.ContextualPopup a:hover { color: #acc5c9; }
.ContextualPopup a:active { color: ; }

body {
    padding: 0;
    background: #fff;
background-image: url(https://i.imgur.com/8vRBVC8.png);
    font-family: Trebuchet MS; 
font-size: 0.8em;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    line-height: 1.6em;
    text-align: center;
    }

#canvas {
        margin-left: 0em;
        margin-right: 0em;
        }

img { border: none; border-radius:10px;}

a { text-decoration: none; }
a, a:link, a:visited { color: #EA6884;   }
a:hover { color: #dbdbdb; }

b, strong {text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 2px;}

i, em {font-family: georgia; letter-spacing: 2px;}

q { font-style: italic; }

blockquote {font-family: georgia;}
h1, h2, h3 {font-family: Patrick Hand SC;text-transform: uppercase;letter-spacing: 2px;font-weight:bold;}

#canvas {
    margin: 0 auto;
    padding: 5% 0;
    text-align: justify;
    width: 85%;
}

#primary {
    text-align: justify;
    margin: 0;
    }

#secondary {
    margin: 1px 0 0 0;
    padding: 0 1em;
    font-size: 1em;
}

#tertiary {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    clear: both;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    line-height: 125%;
    }

#tertiary > .inner:first-child { }

#tertiary .separator-after { clear: both; }

@media only screen and (min-width: 45em) {
    #canvas {
        padding-left: 15%;
    }

#primary {
        float: left;
        width: 45%;
        margin-right: .6em;
    }

#secondary {
        float: left;
        width: 15em;
    }

#tertiary {
        margin-right: auto;
        width: 45%;
    }
}

/*--- header---*/
#header {
font-family: Quicksand;
    text-transform: lowercase;
letter-spacing: 2px;
}

#header, #header #title a {font-family:Patrick Hand SC;
  color: #7a7a7a; text-transform: uppercase; letter-spacing: 2px;
}
#header h1 {
  font-family: Patrick Hand SC; text-transform: uppercase;letter-spacing: 2px;
}
#header h2 {
  font-family: Quicksand; text-transform: uppercase;letter-spacing: 2px;
}

/*--- footer ---*/
#footer {
font-family: Quicksand;
    background: #ffffff;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    text-transform: lowercase;
align: center;
    clear: both;
    margin-top: 10px;
letter-spacing: 2px;
}

#footer a, #footer a:link, #footer a:active { color: #EA6884; }
#footer a:visited { color: #EA6884; }
#footer a:hover { color: #E0ECEC; }

#footer .inner { padding: 10px; }

@media only screen and (min-width: 45em) {
    #header, #footer {
        margin-right: auto;
        width: 45%;
    }

.two-columns-left #header {
        text-align: right;
    }
}
/*--- prev/next navigation ---*/

li.page-back, li.page-forward {
text-transform: lowercase;
font-family: Quicksand;
letter-spacing: 2px;
    display: bottom;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    }

li.page-separator { display: none; }

.navigation ul {
    display: inline;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    }

/*--- entry ---*/

.entry {
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .95em;
    }

.entry a, #tertiary a {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.entry a:visited, #tertiary a:visited {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.entry a:hover, #tertiary a:hover {
    color: #acc5c9;
    }

.entry-content { margin: 10px 0 0 0; }

/* ensure comment content stretches out horizontally so it's readable */
.comment-content:before {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    overflow: hidden;
    width: 10em;
}
.comment-content { border-radius:10px; border-top: 1px transparent solid; } /* for firefox */

.entry .header {
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    border-bottom: 1px dotted #d4d4d4;
    }

h3.entry-title {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-family: Patrick Hand SC, sans-serif; font-size: 1.2em;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.no-subject .entry .entry-title {
    background: none;
    }

h3.entry-title a { color: #EA6884; }

.datetime {
    font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: .8em;letter-spacing:2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #939393;
text-align: right;
    }
.datetime a { color: #939393; }

.entry .userpic {border-radius:10px;
    display: block;
    margin: 0;
    }

.entry .userpic img {border-radius:10px;
    border: 5px solid #EA6884;
    }

.poster {
    font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;letter-spacing:2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    }

.metadata { margin: 1.25em 0 0 0; }

.metadata.top-metadata { margin: 10px 0 1.25em 0; }

.metadata ul {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    }

.metadata ul li {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-transform: lowercase;
font-family: Quicksand;
    color: #939393;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    padding: 0;
    }

.tag-text {
    font-size: 0.8em;
    text-transform: lowercase;
font-family: Quicksand; letter-spacing:2px;
    }

.tag ul {
    display: inline;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

.tag ul li {
    display: inline;
    font-size: 0.8em;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    color: #939393;
    padding: 0;
font-family: Quicksand; letter-spacing:2px;
    }

ul.entry-management-links {text-align:center;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 10px 0 0 0;
    }

ul.entry-management-links li {
    display: inline;
    font-size: 60%;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    color: #939393;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    padding: 0 5px 0 0;
    }

ul.entry-interaction-links {
    padding: 0 0 5px 0;
    margin: 10px 0 0 0;
    text-align: center;
    }

ul.entry-interaction-links li {
    display: inline;
    font-weight: bold;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #939393;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    padding: 0 5px 0 0;
letter-spacing: 2px;
font-size: 0.8em;
font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif;
    }

/*-- archive --*/

li.active {
    display: inline;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 10px;
    }

.month {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    padding: 20px;
    margin: 0;
    }

.month h3 {
    font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    text-align: right;
    }

.month a {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.month a:visited {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.month a:hover {
    color: #acc5c9;
    }

.navigation ul { display: inline; }
.navigation li { display: inline; }

table.month { border: 0; }
.month caption { display: none; }
.month th {
    text-align: center;
    margin: 0 2px;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    font-weight: normal;
    }
.month td.day {
    font-weight: normal;
    color: #939393;
    }
.month td.day-has-entries {
    font-weight: normal;
    color: #EA6884;
    }
.month td.day-has-entries p {
    padding: 0 0 0 5px;
    margin: 0;
    display: inline;
    }
.month table {
    width: 100%;
    border: 0;
    margin: auto;
    }

td.day {
    padding: 10px;
    border: 0;
    text-align: center;
    }

/*-- tags --*/

.page-tags .tags-container {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .95em;
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    }

.page-tags .tags-container h2 {
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    padding: 0;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .7em;
    border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
    border-style: dotted;
    border-color: #d4d4d4;
    font-weight: normal;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    color: #939393;
    }

.page-tags .ljtaglist { list-style: none; margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.page-tags .ljtaglist li {
    padding: 0 0 0 10px;
    margin: 0;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    letter-spacing: 0;
    }

.page-tags .tags-container a {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.page-tags .tags-container a:visited {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.page-tags .tags-container a:hover {
    color: #acc5c9;
    }

.page-tags .tags_cloud { text-align: center; }

/*-- icons page --*/

.icons-container {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .95em;
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 0 0 10px;
    }

.icons-container h2 {
    border-color: #EA6884;
    border-style: dotted;
    border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
    color: #939393;
    font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: .8em;
    font-weight: normal;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    padding: 0;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    }

.icons-container a {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.icons-container a:visited {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.icons-container a:hover {
    color: #acc5c9;
    }

.sorting-options ul {
    padding-left: 0;
    }

.sorting-options ul li {
    display: inline;
    margin: 0;
    }

.icons-container .icon {
    margin: 1em 0;
    }

.icon-image {
    float: left;
    clear: left;
    margin-bottom: .25em;
    min-width: 100px;
    padding-right: 1em;
    }

.icon-info {
    min-height: 100px;
    }

.icon-info span {
    font-weight: bold;
    }

.icon-info .default {
    text-decoration: underline;
    }

.icon-keywords ul {
    display: inline;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 0;
    }

.icon-keywords ul li {
    display: inline;
    padding: 0;
    }

/*--- comments ---*/

#comments {
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .95em;
    }

.comment-wrapper {
    min-width: 15em;
}

.comment-title {
    font-family: Patrick Hand SC, sans-serif; 
    margin: 0;
    }

.no-subject .comment .comment-title {
    background: none;
    }

hr.above-entry-interaction-links, hr.below-reply-container { display: none; }

input, textarea {
    background-color: #ffffff;
    color: #939393;
    padding: 2px;
    border: 1px solid #EA6884;
border-radius: 10px;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; 
    font-size: 100%;
    }

textarea.textbox  { width: 90%!important; }

.poster-ip {
    font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;letter-spacing:2px;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #EA6884;
    display: block;
    text-align: left;
    }

.comment .userpic {border-radius: 10px;
    display: block;
    margin: 0;
    }

.comment .userpic img {border-radius:10px;
    border: 5px solid #EA6884;
    }

.comment {
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    padding: 20px;
    margin: 0;
    }

.comment-posted { font-weight:bold; }

.comment-wrapper { margin: 20px 0; padding: 0; }
.comment-content { margin: 10px 0; }

.bottomcomment, .comments-message {
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    padding: 20px;
    margin: 0;
    }

.comment a,
.bottomcomment a {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.comment a:visited,
.bottomcomment a:visited {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.comment a:hover,
.bottomcomment a:hover {
    color: #acc5c9;
    }

.comment-management-links ul, .comment-interaction-links ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.comment-management-links li, .comment-interaction-links li { display: inline; }

#qrform table { border: 0!important; }

.comment-poster {
    font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: .6em;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    color: #EA6884;
    }

.comment-management-links ul, .comment-interaction-links ul { margin: 0; padding: 0; }
.comment-management-links li, .comment-interaction-links li { display: inline; }

table.talkform {
    background: #ffffff;
    color: #7a7a7a;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .95em;
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 0 0 10px 0;
    }

table.talkform b {
    color: #7a7a7a;
    }

table.talkform a {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

table.talkform a:visited {
    color: #EA6884;
    }

table.talkform a:hover {
    color: #acc5c9;
    }

/*-- modules --*/

#secondary .module {
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .8em;
    }

#tertiary .module {
    float: left;
    padding: 0.5em 2em;
    font-family: Trebuchet MS, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: .8em;
    }
#secondary .module-navlinks { font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif; font-size: 1em;letter-spacing: 2px; }

#tertiary .module-navlinks {
    margin: 0;
    padding: 1em 5%;
    width: 90%;
    }

.module-navlinks {border-radius:10px;
font-family: Quicksand;
letter-spacing:2px;
    padding: 10px;
    margin: 0;
    margin-left: -.8em;
    background-color: #EA6884;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    }

.module-navlinks ul.module-list {
    list-style: none;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 0;
    }
.module-navlinks ul.module-list li {
    padding: 0px;
    margin: 0;
    }
.module-navlinks ul.module-list li a, .module-navlinks ul.module-list li a:link,.module-navlinks ul.module-list li a:visited { color: #FFF; }
.module-navlinks ul.module-list li a:hover { color: #dee0e0; }

.module-calendar { text-align: center;border-radius:10px; }
.module-customtext {border-radius:10px;
    padding: 0;
    margin: 20px 0 0 0;
    text-align: center;
    }

.module-header {
    font-family: Patrick Hand SC, sans-serif; font-size: 2em;
    font-weight: normal;
    letter-spacing: 2px;
    text-align: center;
    text-transform: lowercase;
    border-style: dotted;
    border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
    border-color: #d4d4d4;
    }

.module-customtext .module-header { text-align: center; border-radius:10px;}

#tertiary .module-header a,
#tertiary .module-header a:link,
#tertiary .module-header a:visited,
#tertiary .module-header a:hover
    { color: #EA6884;  }

.module-userprofile .journal-name,
.module-userprofile .userpic
    { text-align: center;border-radius:10px; }

.module-userprofile .userpic img { border:5px solid #EA6884;border-radius:10px; }

ul.userlite-interaction-links.icon-links {
    margin-left: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
    text-align: center;
text-transform: lowercase;
letter-spacing: 2px;
font-weight: 0.8em;
font-family: Quicksand, sans-serif;
    }

ul.userlite-interaction-links.icon-links li {
    display: inline;
    padding: 0 0.2em;
    }

.module-powered, .module-tags_cloud, .module-time { border-radius:10px;width: 90%; }

#tertiary .module-powered,
#tertiary .module-tags_cloud,
#tertiary .module-time {border-radius:10px;
  clear: both;
  float: none;
  width: auto;
}

.tags_cloud li, .module-tags_cloud li { display: inline; border-radius:10px;}

.manage-link {
    font-size: smaller;
    text-align: right;
    text-transform: uppercase;
    }

.module-time, .module-powered {
    border-style:dotted;
    border-width: 0 0 1px 0;
    border-color: #d4d4d4;
    letter-spacing: 1px;
    line-height: 125%;
    text-align: center;
    padding-top: 1em;
    }

.module-search .search-form { margin: .2em auto; border-radius:10px;}
.module-search .search-box { margin: .2em; max-width:100%;border-radius:10px; }

.search-form .search-box-item, 
.search-form .search-button-item {
    display: block
}
.search-form .comment_search_checkbox_item {
    display: inline
}

#tertiary .module-content ul {
    list-style-position: disc outside;
    margin-left: 1em;
    padding-left: 0;
    }

#tertiary .module-content li {
    margin: 0.5em 0;
    line-height: 100%;
    }

/*-- extras --*/

.ContextualPopup {border-radius:10px;
    background: #ffffff;
    border: 1px dotted #d4d4d4 !important;
    border-radius: 0;
    color: #939393;
text-transform: lowercase; 
letter-spacing: 2px;
    font-family: Quicksand, Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; 
    font-weight: normal;
    line-height: 1.8em;
    margin: 0;
    padding: 10px;
    position: relative;
    text-align: justify;
    }

.ContextualPopup .Relation {
font-family: Patrick Hand SC; font-size: 1em; text-transform: uppercase; font-weight: bold; letter-spacing: 2px;}

.ContextualPopup .Userpic {border-radius:10px;
    margin: 0px;
    border: 5px solid #EA6884;
    background: #ffffff !important;
    padding: 0px;
    }

.ContextualPopup a { color: #EA6884; }
.ContextualPopup a:visited { color: #EA6884; }
.ContextualPopup a:hover { color: #acc5c9; }
.ContextualPopup a:active { color: #EA6884; }

blockquote {border-radius: 10px;
    background: #f5f5f5;
    border: 1px solid #EA6884;
    font-size: 80%;
    font-style: italic;
    padding: 40px 20px;
    margin: 20px;
    color: #848484;
    }

hr {
    color: transparent;
    height: 1px;
    border-style: none;
    border-bottom: 2px solid #EA6884;
    }

.entry .userpic,
        .comment .userpic {border-radius:10px;
            float: left;
            text-align: right;
            margin-right: 10px;
            }
        @media only screen and (min-width: 45em) {
            .entry .userpic {border-radius:10px;
                margin-left: -105px;
                margin-right: 0;
                }
            .comment .userpic {border-radius:10px;
                margin-left: -115px;
                margin-right: 0;
                }
        }

Live preview: A temporary one at my testing journal -

dreamslayout. There's also an orange version used here at the comm, and a green version @ my personal blog.

Instructions:
Go to 'Customize' & apply 'Rust' for 'Brittle'.
Go to 'Customize your theme', then 'Custom CSS'.
Where it says 'Use layout's stylesheet(s)', click no.
Copy & Paste the CSS into the big white box.
Hit save, and voila!
Please credit cirque @ dustier :)
Let me know if you have any questions/need help.
Note! To change the accent colour, open the CSS up in Notepad (or similar) and go to EDIT -> REPLACE. Type EA6884 into the top box and find the hex code of the colour you'd like, and paste it into the bottom box. Hit REPLACE ALL and voila!

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