diff --git a/app/web/routes.go b/app/web/routes.go
index 12ba5b1..a9550b3 100644
--- a/app/web/routes.go
+++ b/app/web/routes.go
@@ -14,4 +14,13 @@ func RegisterRoutes(f *flamego.Flame) {
 	})
 
 	// item list route - lists all of the items in the database
+	f.Group("/item", func() {
+		f.Get("/list", func(t template.Template, data template.Data) {
+			t.HTML(http.StatusOK, "item/list")
+		})
+
+		f.Get("/create", func(t template.Template, data template.Data) {
+			t.HTML(http.StatusOK, "item/create")
+		})
+	})
 }
diff --git a/views/index.html b/views/index.html
index fec188a..0389641 100644
--- a/views/index.html
+++ b/views/index.html
@@ -1,11 +1,9 @@
-{{ template "layout" . }}
+{{ template "layout_header" . }}
 
-{{ define "title" }}Dashboard{{ end }}
-
-{{ define "content" }}
-  <div class="row">
-    <div class="twelve columns">
-      <p>This is a test.</p>
-    </div>
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="twelve columns">
+    <p>This is a test.</p>
   </div>
-{{ end }}
+</div>
+
+{{ template "layout_footer" . }}
diff --git a/views/item/create.html b/views/item/create.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d7f85f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/item/create.html
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+{{ template "layout_header" . }}
+
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="twelve columns">
+    <h1>Create new item</h1>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+<div class="row">
+  <div class="twelve columns">
+    <form action="/item/create" method="POST" class="u-full-width">
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="columns twelve">
+          <label for="item_name">Item name:</label>
+          <input class="u-full-width" type="text" placeholder="My new item" id="item_name" name="item_name" required>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <label for="item_serial">Serial number:</label>
+          <input class="u-full-width" type="text" placeholder="0123456789" id="item_serial" name="item_serial">
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <label for="item_sku">SKU number:</label>
+          <input class="u-full-width" type="text" placeholder="ABC12345678" id="item_sku" name="item_sku">
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <label for="item_purchase_from">Purchased from:</label>
+          <input class="u-full-width" type="text" placeholder="Newegg" id="item_purchase_from" name="item_purchase_from">
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <label for="item_purchase_date">Purchased at:</label>
+          <input class="u-full-width" type="datetime-local" id="item_purchase_date" name="item_purchase_date">
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <div class="row">
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <label for="item_manufacturer">Manufacturer:</label>
+          <input class="u-full-width" type="text" placeholder="Manufacturer" id="item_manufacturer" name="item_manufacturer">
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="six columns">
+          <label for="item_type">Item type</label>
+          <select class="u-full-width" id="item_type" name="item_type">
+            <option value="cpu">Processor</option>
+            <option value="motherboard">Motherboard</option>
+            <option value="memory">Memory (RAM)</option>
+            <option value="psu">Power Supply</option>
+            <option value="case">Case</option>
+            <option value="storage">Storage Device</option>
+            <option value="gpu">Graphics Card</option>
+          </select>
+        </div>
+      </div>
+
+      <input class="button-primary u-full-width" type="submit" value="Submit">
+    </form>
+  </div>
+</div>
+
+{{ template "layout_footer" . }}
diff --git a/views/item/list.html b/views/item/list.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b6d5bcb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/item/list.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+{{ template "layout_header" . }}
+
+<p><a href="/item/create">Create new item</a></p>
+
+<ul>
+  {{ range .inventory }}
+    <li>{{ .name }}</li>
+  {{ end }}
+</ul>
+
+{{ template "layout_footer" . }}
diff --git a/views/layout/footer.html b/views/layout/footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a6edaa7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/views/layout/footer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{{ define "layout_footer" }}
+  </div>
+</body>
+</html>
+{{ end }}
diff --git a/views/layout/layout.html b/views/layout/header.html
similarity index 79%
rename from views/layout/layout.html
rename to views/layout/header.html
index efe9d30..6265844 100644
--- a/views/layout/layout.html
+++ b/views/layout/header.html
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
-{{ define "layout" }}
+{{ define "layout_header" }}
 <!DOCTYPE html>
 <html lang="en">
 <head>
   <meta charset="UTF-8">
   <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
   <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-  <title>{{ block "title" . }}{{ end }} | Raven</title>
+  <title>{{ .title }} | Raven</title>
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/skeleton/2.0.4/skeleton.min.css">
   <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/kraken.css">
   <script src="https://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/jquery/3.6.1/jquery.min.js"></script>
@@ -14,8 +14,4 @@
   {{ template "navbar" . }}
 
   <div id="main-wrapper" class="container">
-    {{ block "content" . }}{{ end }}
-  </div>
-</body>
-</html>
 {{ end }}