diff --git a/dashboard.php b/dashboard.php
index 0d9e658..312fbcd 100644
--- a/dashboard.php
+++ b/dashboard.php
@@ -65,11 +65,27 @@ class DashboardDispatcher extends KTStandardDispatcher {
         $this->oPage->setBreadcrumbDetails(_("Home"));
         $this->oPage->title = _("Dashboard");
     
+        // simplistic improvement over the standard rendering:  float half left
+        // and half right.  +Involves no JS -can leave lots of white-space at the bottom.
+
+        $aDashletsLeft = array();
+        $aDashletsRight = array(); 
+
+        $i = 0;
+        foreach ($aDashlets as $oDashlet) {
+            if ($i == 0) { $aDashletsLeft[] = $oDashlet; }
+            else {$aDashletsRight[] = $oDashlet; }
+            $i += 1;
+            $i %= 2;
+        }
+
+
         $oTemplating =& KTTemplating::getSingleton();
         $oTemplate = $oTemplating->loadTemplate("kt3/dashboard");
         $aTemplateData = array(
               "context" => $this,
-              "dashlets" => $aDashlets,
+              "dashlets_left" => $aDashletsLeft,
+              "dashlets_right" => $aDashletsRight,
         );
         return $oTemplate->render($aTemplateData);
     }
diff --git a/resources/css/kt-framing.css b/resources/css/kt-framing.css
index d45b595..b680167 100644
--- a/resources/css/kt-framing.css
+++ b/resources/css/kt-framing.css
@@ -784,11 +784,26 @@ The text will be hidden for screen view.  The generic fahrner-ish approach comes
 
 
 /* dashboard blocks. */
+
+#dashboard-container-left { 
+    width: 45%;
+    padding-right: 2em;
+    float: left;
+    padding-bottom: 2em;
+}
+
+#dashboard-container-right { 
+    width: 45%;
+    padding-right: 2em;
+    float: left;
+    padding-bottom: 2em;
+}
+
 .dashboard_block {
     float: left;
     position: relative;
-    width: 48%;
-    padding-right: 1em;
+    width: 100%;
+    padding-top: 2em;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty b/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty
index 05103dc..a989a0c 100644
--- a/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty
+++ b/templates/kt3/dashboard.smarty
@@ -1,9 +1,18 @@
-{foreach item=oDashlet from=$dashlets}
+<div id="dashboard-container-left">
+{foreach item=oDashlet from=$dashlets_left}
 <div class="dashboard_block">
 {$oDashlet->render()}
 </div>
 {/foreach}
+</div>
 
+<div id="dashboard-container-right">
+{foreach item=oDashlet from=$dashlets_right}
+<div class="dashboard_block">
+{$oDashlet->render()}
+</div>
+{/foreach}
+</div>