diff --git a/sdk/home.dart b/sdk/home.dart
index aad73300d9b..5cce0dfb23a 100644
--- a/sdk/home.dart
+++ b/sdk/home.dart
@@ -106,9 +106,10 @@ List<Widget> demos = [
 ];
 
 const double kCardHeight = 120.0;
+const EdgeDims kListPadding = const EdgeDims.all(4.0);
 
 class DemoList extends FixedHeightScrollable {
-  DemoList({ String key }) : super(key: key, itemHeight: kCardHeight) {
+  DemoList({ String key }) : super(key: key, itemHeight: kCardHeight, padding: kListPadding) {
     itemCount = demos.length;
   }
 
diff --git a/sdk/lib/widgets/card.dart b/sdk/lib/widgets/card.dart
index 93f67d7bb4e..6c373768631 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/widgets/card.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/widgets/card.dart
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ class Card extends Component {
 
   Widget build() {
     return new Container(
-      margin: const EdgeDims(8.0, 8.0, 0.0, 8.0),
+      margin: const EdgeDims.all(4.0),
       child: new Material(
         color: materialColor,
         edge: MaterialEdge.card,
diff --git a/sdk/lib/widgets/fixed_height_scrollable.dart b/sdk/lib/widgets/fixed_height_scrollable.dart
index 18a4109540c..01ac4f9ac36 100644
--- a/sdk/lib/widgets/fixed_height_scrollable.dart
+++ b/sdk/lib/widgets/fixed_height_scrollable.dart
@@ -12,7 +12,9 @@ import 'scrollable.dart';
 
 abstract class FixedHeightScrollable extends Scrollable {
 
-  FixedHeightScrollable({ String key, this.itemHeight, Color backgroundColor })
+  final EdgeDims padding;
+
+  FixedHeightScrollable({ String key, this.itemHeight, Color backgroundColor, this.padding })
       : super(key: key, backgroundColor: backgroundColor) {
     assert(itemHeight != null);
   }
@@ -32,7 +34,10 @@ abstract class FixedHeightScrollable extends Scrollable {
   void set itemCount (int value) {
     if (_itemCount != value) {
       _itemCount = value;
-      scrollBehavior.contentsHeight = itemHeight * _itemCount;
+      double contentsHeight = itemHeight * _itemCount;
+      if (padding != null)
+         contentsHeight += padding.top + padding.bottom;
+      scrollBehavior.contentsHeight = contentsHeight;
     }
   }
 
@@ -76,7 +81,10 @@ abstract class FixedHeightScrollable extends Scrollable {
       child: new ClipRect(
         child: new Transform(
           transform: transform,
-          child: new Block(items)
+          child: new Container(
+            padding: padding,
+            child: new Block(items)
+          )
         )
       )
     );