from PyQt4 import QtGui class Deck(QtGui.QWidget): def __init__(self, filename, parent): super(Deck, self).__init__(parent) self.setMinimumSize(100, 150) self.setStyleSheet('background-color: yellow;') label = QtGui.QLabel("deck", self) label.show() app = QtGui.QApplication([]) main = Deck(None, None) main.show() app.exec_()