diff --git a/ui/stash.go b/ui/stash.go
index a0ee9de..e5f97c5 100644
--- a/ui/stash.go
+++ b/ui/stash.go
@@ -389,9 +389,9 @@ func stashView(m stashModel) string {
 	var s string
 	switch m.state {
 	case stashStateInit:
-		s += spinner.View(m.spinner) + " Loading stash..."
+		s += " " + spinner.View(m.spinner) + " Loading stash..."
 	case stashStateLoadingDocument:
-		s += spinner.View(m.spinner) + " Loading document..."
+		s += " " + spinner.View(m.spinner) + " Loading document..."
 	case stashStateReady:
 		fallthrough
 	case stashStateSettingNote:
@@ -454,15 +454,17 @@ func stashEmtpyView(m stashModel) string {
 }
 
 func stashPopulatedView(m stashModel) string {
-	var s string
+	var b strings.Builder
 
 	start, end := m.paginator.GetSliceBounds(len(m.markdowns))
 	docs := m.markdowns[start:end]
 
 	for i, md := range docs {
-		s += stashItemView(m, i, md) + "\n\n"
+		stashItemView(&b, m, i, md)
+		if i != len(docs)-1 {
+			fmt.Fprintf(&b, "\n\n")
+		}
 	}
-	s = strings.TrimRight(s, "\n")
 
 	// If there aren't enough items to fill up this page (always the last page)
 	// then we need to add some newlines to fill up the space to push the
@@ -470,10 +472,12 @@ func stashPopulatedView(m stashModel) string {
 	itemsOnPage := m.paginator.ItemsOnPage(len(m.markdowns))
 	if itemsOnPage < m.paginator.PerPage {
 		n := (m.paginator.PerPage - itemsOnPage) * stashViewItemHeight
-		s += strings.Repeat("\n", n)
+		for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
+			fmt.Fprint(&b, "\n")
+		}
 	}
 
-	return s
+	return b.String()
 }
 
 func stashHelpView(m stashModel) string {
diff --git a/ui/stashitem.go b/ui/stashitem.go
index 9615a5b..228507b 100644
--- a/ui/stashitem.go
+++ b/ui/stashitem.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package ui
 
 import (
 	"fmt"
+	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/boba/textinput"
 	"github.com/charmbracelet/charm/ui/common"
@@ -19,13 +20,13 @@ var (
 	green        = common.NewColorPair("#04B575", "#04B575")
 	dullFuchsia  = common.NewColorPair("#AD58B4", "#F793FF")
 	dullYellow   = common.NewColorPair("#9BA92F", "#6BCB94") // renders light green on light backgrounds
-	warmGray     = common.NewColorPair("#918892", "#847A85")
+	warmGray     = common.NewColorPair("#979797", "#847A85")
 	subtleIndigo = common.NewColorPair("#514DC1", "#7D79F6")
 )
 
-func stashItemView(m stashModel, index int, md *markdown) string {
-	truncateTo := m.terminalWidth - stashViewHorizontalPadding*2
+func stashItemView(b *strings.Builder, m stashModel, index int, md *markdown) *strings.Builder {
 
+	truncateTo := m.terminalWidth - stashViewHorizontalPadding*2
 	gutter := " "
 	title := md.Note
 	date := relativeTime(*md.CreatedAt)
@@ -76,7 +77,8 @@ func stashItemView(m stashModel, index int, md *markdown) string {
 		}
 	}
 
-	s := fmt.Sprintf("%s %s\n", gutter, title)
-	s += fmt.Sprintf("%s %s", gutter, date)
-	return s
+	fmt.Fprintf(b, "%s %s\n", gutter, title)
+	fmt.Fprintf(b, "%s %s", gutter, date)
+
+	return b
 }