diff --git a/brick.cabal b/brick.cabal
index 73961ac..38660bd 100644
--- a/brick.cabal
+++ b/brick.cabal
@@ -62,6 +62,7 @@ library
     Brick
     Brick.AttrMap
     Brick.BChan
+    Brick.BorderMap
     Brick.Focus
     Brick.Forms
     Brick.Main
@@ -77,10 +78,10 @@ library
     Brick.Widgets.Edit
     Brick.Widgets.List
     Brick.Widgets.ProgressBar
-    Data.BorderMap
     Data.IMap
     Data.Text.Markup
   other-modules:
+    Brick.Types.Common
     Brick.Types.TH
     Brick.Types.Internal
     Brick.Widgets.Internal
diff --git a/src/Data/BorderMap.hs b/src/Brick/BorderMap.hs
similarity index 86%
rename from src/Data/BorderMap.hs
rename to src/Brick/BorderMap.hs
index 11c2c25..0e1e1ac 100644
--- a/src/Data/BorderMap.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/BorderMap.hs
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 {-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
 {-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
-module Data.BorderMap
+module Brick.BorderMap
     ( BorderMap
-    , Location(..), origin, locL
     , Edges(..)
     , eTopL, eBottomL, eRightL, eLeftL
     , empty, emptyCoordinates, singleton
@@ -16,57 +15,12 @@ module Data.BorderMap
     , translate
     ) where
 
-import Brick.Types.TH (suffixLenses)
+import Brick.Types.Common (Edges(..), Location(..), eTopL, eBottomL, eRightL, eLeftL, origin)
 import Control.Applicative (liftA2)
-import qualified Data.Semigroup as Sem
 import Data.IMap (IMap, Run(Run))
-import Lens.Micro (_1, _2)
-import Lens.Micro.Internal (Field1, Field2)
 import Prelude hiding (lookup)
 import qualified Data.IMap as IM
 
--- | A terminal screen location.
-data Location = Location { loc :: (Int, Int)
-                         -- ^ (Column, Row)
-                         }
-                deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
-
-suffixLenses ''Location
-
-instance Field1 Location Location Int Int where
-    _1 = locL._1
-
-instance Field2 Location Location Int Int where
-    _2 = locL._2
-
--- | The origin (upper-left corner).
-origin :: Location
-origin = Location (0, 0)
-
-instance Sem.Semigroup Location where
-    (Location (w1, h1)) <> (Location (w2, h2)) = Location (w1+w2, h1+h2)
-
-instance Monoid Location where
-    mempty = origin
-    mappend = (Sem.<>)
-
-data Edges a = Edges { eTop, eBottom, eLeft, eRight :: a }
-    deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show, Functor)
-
-suffixLenses ''Edges
-
-instance Applicative Edges where
-    pure a = Edges a a a a
-    Edges ft fb fl fr <*> Edges vt vb vl vr =
-        Edges (ft vt) (fb vb) (fl vl) (fr vr)
-
-instance Monad Edges where
-    Edges vt vb vl vr >>= f = Edges
-        (eTop    (f vt))
-        (eBottom (f vb))
-        (eLeft   (f vl))
-        (eRight  (f vr))
-
 -- | Internal use only.
 neighbors :: Edges a -> Edges (a, a)
 neighbors (Edges vt vb vl vr) = Edges horiz horiz vert vert where
diff --git a/src/Brick/Types/Common.hs b/src/Brick/Types/Common.hs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8b32318
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Brick/Types/Common.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveFunctor #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE MultiParamTypeClasses #-}
+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+
+module Brick.Types.Common
+  ( Location(..)
+  , locL
+  , origin
+  , Edges(..)
+  , eTopL, eBottomL, eRightL, eLeftL
+  ) where
+
+import Brick.Types.TH (suffixLenses)
+import qualified Data.Semigroup as Sem
+import Lens.Micro (_1, _2)
+import Lens.Micro.Internal (Field1, Field2)
+
+-- | A terminal screen location.
+data Location = Location { loc :: (Int, Int)
+                         -- ^ (Column, Row)
+                         }
+                deriving (Show, Eq, Ord)
+
+suffixLenses ''Location
+
+instance Field1 Location Location Int Int where
+    _1 = locL._1
+
+instance Field2 Location Location Int Int where
+    _2 = locL._2
+
+-- | The origin (upper-left corner).
+origin :: Location
+origin = Location (0, 0)
+
+instance Sem.Semigroup Location where
+    (Location (w1, h1)) <> (Location (w2, h2)) = Location (w1+w2, h1+h2)
+
+instance Monoid Location where
+    mempty = origin
+    mappend = (Sem.<>)
+
+data Edges a = Edges { eTop, eBottom, eLeft, eRight :: a }
+    deriving (Eq, Ord, Read, Show, Functor)
+
+suffixLenses ''Edges
+
+instance Applicative Edges where
+    pure a = Edges a a a a
+    Edges ft fb fl fr <*> Edges vt vb vl vr =
+        Edges (ft vt) (fb vb) (fl vl) (fr vr)
+
+instance Monad Edges where
+    Edges vt vb vl vr >>= f = Edges
+        (eTop    (f vt))
+        (eBottom (f vb))
+        (eLeft   (f vl))
+        (eRight  (f vr))
diff --git a/src/Brick/Types/Internal.hs b/src/Brick/Types/Internal.hs
index e8da32e..b72c638 100644
--- a/src/Brick/Types/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Types/Internal.hs
@@ -53,14 +53,15 @@ where
 import Data.Monoid
 #endif
 
-import Data.BorderMap (BorderMap, Edges(..), Location(..), locL, origin, eTopL, eBottomL, eLeftL, eRightL)
-import qualified Data.BorderMap as BM
 import Lens.Micro (_1, _2, Lens')
 import Lens.Micro.TH (makeLenses)
 import qualified Data.Set as S
 import qualified Data.Map as M
 import Graphics.Vty (Vty, Event, Button, Modifier, DisplayRegion, Image, Attr, emptyImage)
 
+import Brick.BorderMap (BorderMap)
+import qualified Brick.BorderMap as BM
+import Brick.Types.Common
 import Brick.Types.TH
 import Brick.AttrMap (AttrName, AttrMap)
 import Brick.Widgets.Border.Style (BorderStyle)
diff --git a/src/Brick/Widgets/Border.hs b/src/Brick/Widgets/Border.hs
index 053d515..888a60d 100644
--- a/src/Brick/Widgets/Border.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Widgets/Border.hs
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ import Brick.Widgets.Core
 import Brick.Widgets.Border.Style (BorderStyle(..))
 import Brick.Widgets.Internal (renderDynBorder)
 import Data.IMap (Run(..))
-import qualified Data.BorderMap as BM
+import qualified Brick.BorderMap as BM
 
 -- | The top-level border attribute name.
 borderAttr :: AttrName
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ hBorder =
       let bs = ctxBorderStyle ctx
           w = availWidth ctx
       db <- dynBorderFromDirections (Edges False False True True)
-      let dynBorders = BM.insertH BM.origin (Run w db)
+      let dynBorders = BM.insertH mempty (Run w db)
                      $ BM.emptyCoordinates (Edges 0 0 0 (w-1))
       setDynBorders dynBorders $ render $ vLimit 1 $ fill (bsHorizontal bs)
 
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ vBorder =
       let bs = ctxBorderStyle ctx
           h = availHeight ctx
       db <- dynBorderFromDirections (Edges True True False False)
-      let dynBorders = BM.insertV BM.origin (Run h db)
+      let dynBorders = BM.insertV mempty (Run h db)
                      $ BM.emptyCoordinates (Edges 0 (h-1) 0 0)
       setDynBorders dynBorders $ render $ hLimit 1 $ fill (bsVertical bs)
 
@@ -165,5 +165,5 @@ joinableBorder :: Edges Bool -> Widget n
 joinableBorder dirs = withAttr borderAttr . Widget Fixed Fixed $ do
     db <- dynBorderFromDirections dirs
     setDynBorders
-        (BM.singleton BM.origin db)
+        (BM.singleton mempty db)
         (render (raw (renderDynBorder db)))
diff --git a/src/Brick/Widgets/Core.hs b/src/Brick/Widgets/Core.hs
index 42ff16d..b392e78 100644
--- a/src/Brick/Widgets/Core.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Widgets/Core.hs
@@ -108,7 +108,6 @@ import qualified Data.DList as DL
 import qualified Data.Map as M
 import qualified Data.Set as S
 import qualified Data.IMap as I
-import qualified Data.BorderMap as BM
 import qualified Data.Function as DF
 import Data.List (sortBy, partition)
 import qualified Graphics.Vty as V
@@ -122,6 +121,7 @@ import Brick.Widgets.Border.Style
 import Brick.Util (clOffset, clamp)
 import Brick.AttrMap
 import Brick.Widgets.Internal
+import qualified Brick.BorderMap as BM
 
 -- | The class of text types that have widths measured in terminal
 -- columns. NEVER use 'length' etc. to measure the length of a string if
diff --git a/src/Brick/Widgets/Internal.hs b/src/Brick/Widgets/Internal.hs
index e0f0b25..e755a56 100644
--- a/src/Brick/Widgets/Internal.hs
+++ b/src/Brick/Widgets/Internal.hs
@@ -21,8 +21,8 @@ import Brick.Types
 import Brick.Types.Internal
 import Brick.AttrMap
 import Brick.Widgets.Border.Style
-import Data.BorderMap (BorderMap, Edges(..))
-import qualified Data.BorderMap as BM
+import Brick.BorderMap (BorderMap, Edges(..))
+import qualified Brick.BorderMap as BM
 
 renderFinal :: AttrMap
             -> [Widget n]