diff --git a/Widgets/AbstractScreen.cpp b/Widgets/AbstractScreen.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..d9216de1e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/AbstractScreen.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include "AbstractScreen.h"
+#include "EventLoop.h"
+#include "Event.h"
+#include "Widget.h"
+#include <AK/Assertions.h>
+
+static AbstractScreen* s_the;
+
+AbstractScreen& AbstractScreen::the()
+{
+    ASSERT(s_the);
+    return *s_the;
+}
+
+AbstractScreen::AbstractScreen(unsigned width, unsigned height)
+    : m_width(width)
+    , m_height(height)
+{
+    ASSERT(!s_the);
+    s_the = this;
+}
+
+AbstractScreen::~AbstractScreen()
+{
+}
+
+void AbstractScreen::setRootWidget(Widget* widget)
+{
+    // FIXME: Should we support switching root widgets?
+    ASSERT(!m_rootWidget);
+    ASSERT(widget);
+    
+    m_rootWidget = widget;
+    EventLoop::main().postEvent(m_rootWidget, make<ShowEvent>());
+}
diff --git a/Widgets/AbstractScreen.h b/Widgets/AbstractScreen.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..a6072217771
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/AbstractScreen.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#pragma once
+
+class Widget;
+
+class AbstractScreen {
+public:
+    virtual ~AbstractScreen();
+
+    unsigned width() const { return m_width; }
+    unsigned height() const { return m_height; }
+
+    void setRootWidget(Widget*);
+
+    static AbstractScreen& the();
+
+protected:
+    AbstractScreen(unsigned width, unsigned height);
+
+private:
+    unsigned m_width { 0 };
+    unsigned m_height { 0 };
+
+    Widget* m_rootWidget { nullptr };
+};
+
diff --git a/Widgets/Event.h b/Widgets/Event.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..28297a9b6c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Event.h
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <AK/Types.h>
+
+static const char* eventNames[] = {
+    "Invalid",
+    "Quit",
+    "Show",
+    "Hide",
+    "Paint",
+    "MouseMove",
+    "MouseDown",
+    "MouseUp",
+    "KeyDown",
+    "KeyUp",
+};
+
+class Event {
+public:
+    enum Type {
+        Invalid = 0,
+        Quit,
+        Show,
+        Hide,
+        Paint,
+        MouseMove,
+        MouseDown,
+        MouseUp,
+        KeyDown,
+        KeyUp,
+    };
+
+    Event() { }
+    ~Event() { }
+
+    Type type() const { return m_type; }
+
+    const char* name() const { return eventNames[(unsigned)m_type]; }
+
+protected:
+    explicit Event(Type type) : m_type(type) { }
+
+private:
+    Type m_type { Invalid };
+};
+
+class QuitEvent final : public Event {
+public:
+    QuitEvent()
+        : Event(Event::Quit)
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+class PaintEvent final : public Event {
+public:
+    PaintEvent()
+        : Event(Event::Paint)
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+class ShowEvent final : public Event {
+public:
+    ShowEvent()
+        : Event(Event::Show)
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+class HideEvent final : public Event {
+public:
+    HideEvent()
+        : Event(Event::Hide)
+    {
+    }
+};
+
+enum class MouseButton : byte {
+    None = 0,
+    Left,
+    Right,
+};
+
+class KeyEvent : public Event {
+public:
+    KeyEvent(Type type, int key)
+        : Event(type)
+        , m_key(key)
+    {
+    }
+
+    int key() const { return m_key; }
+
+private:
+    int m_key { 0 };
+};
+
+class MouseEvent : public Event {
+public:
+    MouseEvent(Type type, int x, int y, MouseButton button = MouseButton::None)
+        : Event(type)
+        , m_x(x)
+        , m_y(y)
+        , m_button(button)
+    {
+    }
+
+    int x() const { return m_x; }
+    int y() const { return m_y; }
+    MouseButton button() const { return m_button; }
+
+private:
+    int m_x { 0 };
+    int m_y { 0 };
+    MouseButton m_button { MouseButton::None };
+};
+
diff --git a/Widgets/EventLoop.cpp b/Widgets/EventLoop.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..aa227eb99bb
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/EventLoop.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+#include "EventLoop.h"
+#include "Event.h"
+#include "Object.h"
+
+static EventLoop* s_mainEventLoop;
+
+EventLoop::EventLoop()
+{
+    if (!s_mainEventLoop)
+        s_mainEventLoop = this;
+}
+
+EventLoop::~EventLoop()
+{
+}
+
+EventLoop& EventLoop::main()
+{
+    ASSERT(s_mainEventLoop);
+    return *s_mainEventLoop;
+}
+
+int EventLoop::exec()
+{
+    for (;;) {
+        if (m_queuedEvents.isEmpty())
+            waitForEvent();
+        auto events = std::move(m_queuedEvents);
+        for (auto& queuedEvent : events) {
+            auto* receiver = queuedEvent.receiver;
+            auto& event = *queuedEvent.event;
+            printf("EventLoop: Object{%p} event %u (%s)\n", receiver, (unsigned)event.type(), event.name());
+            if (!receiver) {
+                switch (event.type()) {
+                case Event::Quit:
+                    return 0;
+                default:
+                    printf("event type %u with no receiver :(\n", event.type());
+                    return 1;
+                }
+            } else {
+                receiver->event(event);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+void EventLoop::postEvent(Object* receiver, OwnPtr<Event>&& event)
+{
+    m_queuedEvents.append({ receiver, std::move(event) });
+}
+
diff --git a/Widgets/EventLoop.h b/Widgets/EventLoop.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..ca8b912bc02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/EventLoop.h
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <AK/OwnPtr.h>
+#include <AK/Vector.h>
+
+class Event;
+class Object;
+
+class EventLoop {
+public:
+    virtual ~EventLoop();
+
+    int exec();
+
+    virtual void waitForEvent() = 0;
+
+    void postEvent(Object* receiver, OwnPtr<Event>&&);
+
+    static EventLoop& main();
+
+protected:
+    EventLoop();
+
+private:
+    struct QueuedEvent {
+        Object* receiver { nullptr };
+        OwnPtr<Event> event;
+    };
+    Vector<QueuedEvent> m_queuedEvents;
+};
diff --git a/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.cpp b/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..8092a67bd08
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#include "EventLoopSDL.h"
+#include "Event.h"
+#include <SDL.h>
+
+EventLoopSDL::EventLoopSDL()
+{
+}
+
+EventLoopSDL::~EventLoopSDL()
+{
+}
+
+void EventLoopSDL::waitForEvent()
+{
+    SDL_Event sdlEvent;
+    while (SDL_WaitEvent(&sdlEvent) != 0) {
+        switch (sdlEvent.type) {
+        case SDL_QUIT:
+            postEvent(nullptr, make<QuitEvent>());
+            return;
+        }
+    }
+}
+
diff --git a/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.h b/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b5ac3490604
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/EventLoopSDL.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "EventLoop.h"
+
+class EventLoopSDL final : public EventLoop {
+public:
+    EventLoopSDL();
+    virtual ~EventLoopSDL() override;
+
+private:
+    virtual void waitForEvent() override;
+};
+
diff --git a/Widgets/FrameBuffer.o b/Widgets/FrameBuffer.o
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..73b4ce2597e
Binary files /dev/null and b/Widgets/FrameBuffer.o differ
diff --git a/Widgets/FrameBufferSDL.cpp b/Widgets/FrameBufferSDL.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..cc43c417068
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/FrameBufferSDL.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+#include "FrameBufferSDL.h"
+#include <AK/Assertions.h>
+
+FrameBufferSDL::FrameBufferSDL(unsigned width, unsigned height)
+    : AbstractScreen(width, height)
+{
+    initializeSDL();
+}
+
+FrameBufferSDL::~FrameBufferSDL()
+{
+    SDL_DestroyWindow(m_window);
+    m_surface = nullptr;
+    m_window = nullptr;
+
+    SDL_Quit();
+}
+
+void FrameBufferSDL::show()
+{
+}
+
+void FrameBufferSDL::initializeSDL()
+{
+    if (m_window)
+        return;
+
+    if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
+        ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
+    }
+
+    m_window = SDL_CreateWindow(
+        "FrameBuffer",
+        SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 
+        SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 
+        width(),
+        height(),
+        SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
+
+    ASSERT(m_window);
+
+    m_surface = SDL_GetWindowSurface(m_window);
+    ASSERT(m_surface);
+
+    SDL_FillRect(m_surface, nullptr, SDL_MapRGB(m_surface->format, 0xff, 0xff, 0xff));
+
+    SDL_UpdateWindowSurface(m_window);
+}
+
diff --git a/Widgets/FrameBufferSDL.h b/Widgets/FrameBufferSDL.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..9d588944271
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/FrameBufferSDL.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "AbstractScreen.h"
+#include <SDL.h>
+
+class FrameBufferSDL final : public AbstractScreen {
+public:
+    FrameBufferSDL(unsigned width, unsigned height);
+    virtual ~FrameBufferSDL() override;
+
+    void show();
+
+private:
+    void initializeSDL();
+
+    SDL_Window* m_window { nullptr };
+    SDL_Surface* m_surface { nullptr };
+};
+
diff --git a/Widgets/Makefile b/Widgets/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..58c3678f0c0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+PROGRAM = test
+
+AK_OBJS = \
+    ../AK/String.o \
+    ../AK/StringImpl.o \
+    ../AK/SimpleMalloc.o \
+    ../AK/kmalloc.o
+
+VFS_OBJS = \
+    AbstractScreen.o \
+    FrameBufferSDL.o \
+    EventLoop.o \
+    EventLoopSDL.o \
+    Object.o \
+    Widget.o \
+    RootWidget.o \
+    test.o
+
+OBJS = $(AK_OBJS) $(VFS_OBJS)
+
+CXXFLAGS = -std=c++17 -O0 -W -Wall -Wextra -Wconversion -I. -I.. -g `sdl2-config --cflags`
+
+LDFLAGS = `sdl2-config --libs`
+
+#test.o: BlockDevice.h FileBackedBlockDevice.h FileSystem.h Ext2FileSystem.h VirtualFileSystem.h FileHandle.h
+
+all:	$(PROGRAM)
+
+.cpp.o:
+	$(CXX) $(CXXFLAGS) -o $@ -c $<
+
+clean:
+	rm -f $(OBJS) $(PROGRAM)
+
+$(PROGRAM): $(OBJS)
+	$(CXX) $(LDFLAGS) -o $@ $(OBJS)
+
diff --git a/Widgets/Object.cpp b/Widgets/Object.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..bf7fa7469bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Object.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "Object.h"
+#include "Event.h"
+#include <AK/Assertions.h>
+
+Object::Object(Object* parent)
+    : m_parent(parent)
+{
+}
+
+Object::~Object()
+{
+}
+
+void Object::event(Event& event)
+{
+    switch (event.type()) {
+    case Event::Invalid:
+        ASSERT_NOT_REACHED();
+        break;
+    default:
+        break;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Widgets/Object.h b/Widgets/Object.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..4b0d0a64f9d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Object.h
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#pragma once
+
+class Event;
+
+class Object {
+public:
+    Object(Object* parent = nullptr);
+    virtual ~Object();
+
+    virtual void event(Event&);
+
+private:
+    Object* m_parent { nullptr };
+};
diff --git a/Widgets/RootWidget.cpp b/Widgets/RootWidget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b1b54a56825
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/RootWidget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+#include "RootWidget.h"
+#include <cstdio>
+
+RootWidget::RootWidget()
+{
+}
+
+RootWidget::~RootWidget()
+{
+}
+
+void RootWidget::onPaint(PaintEvent& event)
+{
+    printf("RootWidget::onPaint\n");
+    Widget::onPaint(event);
+}
+
+void RootWidget::onMouseMove(MouseEvent& event)
+{
+    printf("RootWidget::onMouseMove: x=%d, y=%d\n", event.x(), event.y());
+    Widget::onMouseMove(event);
+}
+
diff --git a/Widgets/RootWidget.h b/Widgets/RootWidget.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..c025ed688d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/RootWidget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Widget.h"
+
+class RootWidget final : public Widget {
+public:
+    RootWidget();
+    virtual ~RootWidget() override;
+
+private:
+    virtual void onPaint(PaintEvent&) override;
+    virtual void onMouseMove(MouseEvent&) override;
+};
diff --git a/Widgets/Widget.cpp b/Widgets/Widget.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3a1ec8e0f86
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Widget.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,76 @@
+#include "Widget.h"
+#include "Event.h"
+#include "EventLoop.h"
+#include <AK/Assertions.h>
+
+Widget::Widget(Widget* parent)
+    : Object(parent)
+{
+}
+
+Widget::~Widget()
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::event(Event& event)
+{
+    switch (event.type()) {
+    case Event::Paint:
+        return onPaint(static_cast<PaintEvent&>(event));
+    case Event::Show:
+        return onShow(static_cast<ShowEvent&>(event));
+    case Event::Hide:
+        return onHide(static_cast<HideEvent&>(event));
+    case Event::KeyDown:
+        return onKeyDown(static_cast<KeyEvent&>(event));
+    case Event::KeyUp:
+        return onKeyUp(static_cast<KeyEvent&>(event));
+    case Event::MouseMove:
+        return onMouseMove(static_cast<MouseEvent&>(event));
+    case Event::MouseDown:
+        return onMouseDown(static_cast<MouseEvent&>(event));
+    case Event::MouseUp:
+        return onMouseUp(static_cast<MouseEvent&>(event));
+    default:
+        return Object::event(event);
+    }
+}
+
+void Widget::onPaint(PaintEvent&)
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::onShow(ShowEvent&)
+{
+    update();
+}
+
+void Widget::onHide(HideEvent&)
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::onKeyDown(KeyEvent&)
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::onKeyUp(KeyEvent&)
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::onMouseDown(MouseEvent&)
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::onMouseUp(MouseEvent&)
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::onMouseMove(MouseEvent&)
+{
+}
+
+void Widget::update()
+{
+    EventLoop::main().postEvent(this, make<PaintEvent>());
+}
+
diff --git a/Widgets/Widget.h b/Widgets/Widget.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..be6966300d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/Widget.h
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Event.h"
+#include "Object.h"
+
+class Widget : public Object {
+public:
+    explicit Widget(Widget* parent = nullptr);
+    virtual ~Widget();
+
+    virtual void event(Event&);
+    virtual void onPaint(PaintEvent&);
+    virtual void onShow(ShowEvent&);
+    virtual void onHide(HideEvent&);
+    virtual void onKeyDown(KeyEvent&);
+    virtual void onKeyUp(KeyEvent&);
+    virtual void onMouseMove(MouseEvent&);
+    virtual void onMouseDown(MouseEvent&);
+    virtual void onMouseUp(MouseEvent&);
+
+    void update();
+
+private:
+    int m_x { 0 };
+    int m_y { 0 };
+};
diff --git a/Widgets/test.cpp b/Widgets/test.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..b42c7a82754
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Widgets/test.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#include "FrameBufferSDL.h"
+#include "EventLoopSDL.h"
+#include "RootWidget.h"
+#include <cstdio>
+
+int main(int c, char** v)
+{
+    FrameBufferSDL fb(800, 600);
+    fb.show();
+
+    EventLoopSDL loop;
+
+    RootWidget w;
+    fb.setRootWidget(&w);
+
+    return loop.exec();
+}