diff --git a/src/CSSWidgetWrapper.jl b/src/CSSWidgetWrapper.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..f3fabf84
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/CSSWidgetWrapper.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+export CSSWidgetWrapper
+
+"""
+    CSSWidgetWrapper(widget, style::Dict{String,String})
+
+Modify the style properties of the first HTML node for the given widget. 
+
+# Examples
+Generate a text field with a red background and white text.
+```
+@bind text CSSWidgetWrapper(TextField(),Dict("backgroundColor"=>"red","color"=>"white"))
+```
+Generate a text field with 1px wide solid red border.
+```
+@bind text CSSWidgetWrapper(TextField(),Dict("border"=>"1px solid red"))
+```
+"""
+struct CSSWidgetWrapper
+    widget
+    style::Dict{String,String}
+end
+
+function show(io::IO, m::MIME"text/html", w::CSSWidgetWrapper)
+    style = join(["widget.style.$k = '$v';" for (k,v) in w.style],"\n")
+    script = """
+        <script>
+        var widget = currentScript.parentElement.firstElementChild
+        $style    
+        </script>
+    """
+    show(io,m,w.widget)
+    print(io,script)
+end
+
+Base.get(w::CSSWidgetWrapper) = get(w.widget)
diff --git a/src/PlutoUI.jl b/src/PlutoUI.jl
index 135086cb..7bd58c8a 100644
--- a/src/PlutoUI.jl
+++ b/src/PlutoUI.jl
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ include("./Resource.jl")
 include("./Terminal.jl")
 include("./RangeSlider.jl")
 include("./DisplayTricks.jl")
+include("./CSSWidgetWrapper.jl")
 
 @reexport module MultiCheckBoxNotebook
     include("./MultiCheckBox.jl")