diff --git a/gulpfile.js b/gulpfile.js
index 36204a2..1c4ade8 100644
--- a/gulpfile.js
+++ b/gulpfile.js
@@ -6,19 +6,55 @@ var gulp          = require('gulp'),               // task runner/manager (even
     notify        = require('gulp-notify'),        // notifies us when a gulp task is completed through a system notifcation
     rename        = require('gulp-rename'),        // allows us to rename files (adding prefixes and suffixes is the main use here).
     autoprefixer  = require('gulp-autoprefixer'),  // great for catching those annoying vendor prefixes on css attributets and values.
-    minify        = require('cssnano'),            // minify our compiled css. sass can do this natively (kind of), so this is used in conjunction with gulp-sass.
+    minify        = require('gulp-cssnano'),            // minify our compiled css. sass can do this natively (kind of), so this is used in conjunction with gulp-sass.
     merge         = require('merge-stream'),       // used to merge multiple streams into a single stream for node.
     runseq        = require('run-sequence'),       // runs a sequence of gulp tasks. this is used because gulp.run is deprecated.
     del           = require('del');                // del is used to cleanup cache and build files.
 
+// Variables ====================================
+// silly, long, reused paths/dirs go here.
+
 // Gulp Tasks ===================================
 
+// Build CSS task ----------------------------
+// Compiles scss into css,
+// autoprefix necessary css attributes/values,
+// minify prefixed css,
+// rename minified file with a '.min' suffix,
+// place into ./css directory
+//
+gulp.task('build', function() {
+  return gulp.src('./sass/**/*.scss')
+    .pipe(sass())
+    .pipe(gulp.dest('./css'))
+    .pipe(autoprefixer({ browsers: ['last 2 versions'], cascade: false }))
+    .pipe(minify())
+    .pipe(rename({ suffix: '.min' }))
+    .pipe(gulp.dest('./css'))
+    .pipe(notify({ onLast: true, message: 'build task complete' }));
+});
+
+// Clean task -----------------------------------
+// Ensures that all artifacts/remnants of previous build are gone.
+//
+// $ gulp clean
+gulp.task('clean', function() {
+  return del(['./css/**/*.*']);
+});
+
+// Watch task -----------------------------------
+// Great for automating compilation during develpoment.
+//
+// $ gulp watch
+gulp.task('watch', function() {
+  gulp.watch('./sass/**/*.scss', ['clean', 'build']);
+});
+
 // Default task ---------------------------------
+// Runs the watch task as a task dependency by default.
 // To execute this command use one of the following commands
 // from within the project root.
 //
 // $ gulp
 // $ gulp default
-gulp.task('default', function() {
-  // ...
-});
+gulp.task('default', ['watch']);