diff --git a/public/css/contact.css b/public/css/contact.css
index cd0cd7c..7014366 100644
--- a/public/css/contact.css
+++ b/public/css/contact.css
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
   align-items: center;
   gap: 0.5rem;
   margin-bottom: 1rem;
-  flex-wrap: no-wrap;
+  flex-wrap: nowrap;
 }
 .form-group input,
 .form-group textarea {
@@ -33,6 +33,27 @@
   flex: 1 1 auto;
   min-width: 200px;
 }
+.form-group.message-group textarea {
+  flex: 1 1 auto;
+  min-width: 250px;
+  min-height: 120px;
+  resize: vertical;
+}
+.form-group.message-group {
+  flex-direction: row;
+  align-items: center;
+  flex-wrap: nowrap;
+}
+
+.form-group.message-group label {
+  margin-right: 0;
+  margin-bottom: 0.25rem;
+  margin-top: 0.5em;
+  text-align: right;
+  align-self: flex-start;
+  width: auto;
+  flex: 0 0 120px;
+}
 
 button {
   padding: 0.6em 1.2em;
@@ -47,11 +68,13 @@
 button:hover {
   background-color: #005fa3;
 }
+/*
 label {
   flex: 0 0 120px;
   font-weight: 600;
   text-align: right;
 }
+*/
 label.required::after {
   content: " *";
   color: #d33;
diff --git a/src/views/pages/contact.handlebars b/src/views/pages/contact.handlebars
index 5822e70..2b35c2f 100644
--- a/src/views/pages/contact.handlebars
+++ b/src/views/pages/contact.handlebars
@@ -6,16 +6,16 @@
   <form action="/contact" method="POST">
     <div class="form-group">
       <label class="required" for="name">Name</label>
-      <input id="name" name="name" required />
+      <input id="name" name="name" placeholder="Your name" required />
     </div>
 
     <div class="form-group">
       <label class="required" for="email">Email</label>
-      <input id="email" name="email" type="email" required pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*" />
+      <input id="email" name="email" type="email" placeholder="me@example.com" required pattern="[a-zA-Z0-9-_\.]+@[a-zA-Z0-9-]+(?:\.[a-zA-Z0-9-]+)*" />
     </div>
-    <div class="form-group">
+    <div class="form-group message-group">
       <label class="required" for="message">Message</label>
-      <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="5" required></textarea>
+      <textarea id="message" name="message" rows="5" placeholder="Your message here..." required></textarea>
     </div>
 
     <button type="submit">Send</button>