diff --git a/src/ui/room.rs b/src/ui/room.rs
index fd274f1..a0b3067 100644
--- a/src/ui/room.rs
+++ b/src/ui/room.rs
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ impl EuphRoom {
     fn widget_without_nick_list(&self, status: &Option<Option<Status>>) -> BoxedWidget {
         VJoin::new(vec![
             Segment::new(Border::new(
-                Padding::new(self.status_widget(status)).left(1).right(1),
+                Padding::new(self.status_widget(status)).horizontal(1),
             )),
             Segment::new(self.chat.widget()).expanding(true),
         ])
@@ -99,13 +99,13 @@ impl EuphRoom {
         HJoin::new(vec![
             Segment::new(VJoin::new(vec![
                 Segment::new(Border::new(
-                    Padding::new(self.status_widget(status)).left(1).right(1),
+                    Padding::new(self.status_widget(status)).horizontal(1),
                 )),
                 Segment::new(self.chat.widget()).expanding(true),
             ]))
             .expanding(true),
             Segment::new(Border::new(
-                Padding::new(self.nick_list_widget(joined)).left(1).right(1),
+                Padding::new(self.nick_list_widget(joined)).horizontal(1),
             )),
         ])
         .into()
diff --git a/src/ui/widgets/padding.rs b/src/ui/widgets/padding.rs
index 7e30b5a..ba6a92a 100644
--- a/src/ui/widgets/padding.rs
+++ b/src/ui/widgets/padding.rs
@@ -32,6 +32,10 @@ impl Padding {
         self
     }
 
+    pub fn horizontal(self, amount: u16) -> Self {
+        self.left(amount).right(amount)
+    }
+
     pub fn top(mut self, amount: u16) -> Self {
         self.top = amount;
         self
@@ -41,6 +45,14 @@ impl Padding {
         self.bottom = amount;
         self
     }
+
+    pub fn vertical(self, amount: u16) -> Self {
+        self.top(amount).bottom(amount)
+    }
+
+    pub fn all(self, amount: u16) -> Self {
+        self.horizontal(amount).vertical(amount)
+    }
 }
 
 #[async_trait]