diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index 6746edc1..cd4a052a 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -178,7 +178,8 @@ include("plot.jl")
 include("series_args.jl")
 include("series_new.jl")
 # include("subplot.jl")
-include("layouts.jl")
+# include("layouts.jl")
+include("subplots.jl")
 include("recipes.jl")
 include("animation.jl")
 include("output.jl")
diff --git a/src/backends/winston.jl b/src/backends/winston.jl
index 29347e81..4ea2ce54 100644
--- a/src/backends/winston.jl
+++ b/src/backends/winston.jl
@@ -127,7 +127,8 @@ function getWinstonItems(plt::Plot)
   window, canvas, wplt
 end
 
-function _add_series(::WinstonBackend, plt::Plot, d::KW)
+function _add_series(plt::Plot{WinstonBackend}, series::Series)
+    d = series.d
   window, canvas, wplt = getWinstonItems(plt)
 
   # until we call it normally, do the hack
@@ -212,8 +213,8 @@ function _add_series(::WinstonBackend, plt::Plot, d::KW)
   # optionally add a regression line
   d[:smooth] && d[:seriestype] != :hist && addRegressionLineWinston(d, wplt)
 
-  push!(plt.seriesargs, d)
-  plt
+  # push!(plt.seriesargs, d)
+  # plt
 end
 
 
diff --git a/src/layouts.jl b/src/old_layouts.jl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/layouts.jl
rename to src/old_layouts.jl
diff --git a/src/subplot.jl b/src/old_subplot.jl
similarity index 100%
rename from src/subplot.jl
rename to src/old_subplot.jl
diff --git a/src/subplots.jl b/src/subplots.jl
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1e99829f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/subplots.jl
@@ -0,0 +1,118 @@
+
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+# GridLayout
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+"nested, gridded layout with optional size percentages."
+immutable GridLayout <: SubplotLayout
+    grid::Matrix # Nested layouts. Each position is an AbstractSubplot or another GridLayout
+    widths::Vector{Float64}
+    heights::Vector{Float64}
+end
+
+Base.size(layout::GridLayout) = size(layout.grid)
+Base.length(layout::GridLayout) = length(layout.grid)
+# Base.start(layout::GridLayout) = 1
+# Base.done(layout::GridLayout, state) = state > length(layout)
+# function Base.next(layout::GridLayout, state)
+#     # TODO: change this method to return more info
+#     # TODO: might consider multiple iterator types.. some backends might have an easier time row-by-row for example
+#     error()
+#     r = 1
+#     c = 0
+#     for i = 1:state
+#         c += 1
+#         if c > layout.rowcounts[r]
+#             r += 1
+#             c = 1
+#         end
+#     end
+#     (r,c), state + 1
+# end
+
+nrows(layout::GridLayout) = size(layout, 1)
+ncols(layout::GridLayout) = size(layout, 2)
+
+# get the plot index given row and column
+Base.getindex(layout::GridLayout, r::Int, c::Int) = layout.grid[r,c]
+
+# -----------------------------------------------------------
+
+# # we're taking in a nested structure of some kind... parse it out and build a GridLayout
+# function subplotlayout(mat::AbstractVecOrMat; widths = nothing, heights = nothing)
+#     n = 0
+#     nr, nc = size(mat)
+#     grid = Array(IntOrFlex, nr, nc)
+#     for i=1:nr, j=1:nc
+#         v = mat[i,j]
+#
+#         if isa(v, Integer)
+#             grid[i,j] = Int(v)
+#             n += 1
+#
+#         elseif isa(v, Tuple)
+#             warn("need to handle tuples somehow... (idx, sizepct)")
+#             grid[i,j] = nothing
+#
+#         elseif v == nothing
+#             grid[i,j] = nothing
+#
+#         elseif isa(v, AbstractVecOrMat)
+#             grid[i,j] = layout(v)
+#             n += grid[i,j].n
+#
+#         else
+#             error("How do we process? $v")
+#         end
+#     end
+#
+#     if widths == nothing
+#         widths = ones(nc) ./ nc
+#     end
+#     if heights == nothing
+#         heights = ones(nr) ./ nr
+#     end
+#
+#     GridLayout(n, grid, widths, heights)
+# end
+#
+#
+# function subplotlayout(sz::Tuple{Int,Int})
+#   GridLayout(sz...)
+# end
+#
+# function subplotlayout(rowcounts::AVec{Int})
+#   RowsLayout(sum(rowcounts), rowcounts)
+# end
+#
+# function subplotlayout(numplts::Int, nr::Int, nc::Int)
+#
+#   # figure out how many rows/columns we need
+#   if nr == -1
+#     if nc == -1
+#       nr = round(Int, sqrt(numplts))
+#       nc = ceil(Int, numplts / nr)
+#     else
+#       nr = ceil(Int, numplts / nc)
+#     end
+#   else
+#     nc = ceil(Int, numplts / nr)
+#   end
+#
+#   # if it's a perfect rectangle, just create a grid
+#   if numplts == nr * nc
+#     return GridLayout(nr, nc)
+#   end
+#
+#   # create the rowcounts vector
+#   i = 0
+#   rowcounts = Int[]
+#   for r in 1:nr
+#     cnt = min(nc, numplts - i)
+#     push!(rowcounts, cnt)
+#     i += cnt
+#   end
+#
+#   RowsLayout(numplts, rowcounts)
+# end
diff --git a/src/types.jl b/src/types.jl
index 6776b358..0f581d79 100644
--- a/src/types.jl
+++ b/src/types.jl
@@ -21,7 +21,10 @@ type AxisView
     axis::Axis
 end
 
-type Subplot
+abstract AbstractSubplot
+immutable EmptySubplot <: AbstractSubplot end
+
+type Subplot <: AbstractSubplot
     axisviews::Vector{AxisView}
     subplotargs::KW  # args specific to this subplot
     obj  # can store backend-specific data... like a pyplot ax
@@ -29,18 +32,18 @@ end
 
 type Series
     d::KW
-    x
-    y
-    z
+    # x
+    # y
+    # z
     # subplots::Vector{Subplot}
 end
 
-function Series(d::KW)
-    x = pop!(d, :x)
-    y = pop!(d, :y)
-    z = pop!(d, :z)
-    Series(d, x, y, z)
-end
+# function Series(d::KW)
+#     x = pop!(d, :x)
+#     y = pop!(d, :y)
+#     z = pop!(d, :z)
+#     Series(d, x, y, z)
+# end
 
 # -----------------------------------------------------------
 # Plot