diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.1.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.1.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9325c148a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.1.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+ALTER TABLE {$NAMESPACE}_project.project_column
+  ADD properties LONGTEXT NOT NULL COLLATE utf8_bin;
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.2.sql b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.2.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d7716898dd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.2.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+UPDATE {$NAMESPACE}_project.project_column
+  SET properties = '{}' WHERE properties = '';
diff --git a/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.3.php b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.3.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..116cc773a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/sql/autopatches/20140808.boardprop.3.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+
+$table = new PhabricatorProjectColumn();
+$conn_w = $table->establishConnection('w');
+
+foreach (new LiskMigrationIterator($table) as $column) {
+  $id = $column->getID();
+
+  echo "Adjusting column {$id}...\n";
+  if ($column->getSequence() == 0) {
+
+    $properties = $column->getProperties();
+    $properties['isDefault'] = true;
+
+    queryfx(
+      $conn_w,
+      'UPDATE %T SET properties = %s WHERE id = %d',
+      $table->getTableName(),
+      json_encode($properties),
+      $id);
+  }
+}
+
+echo "Done.\n";
diff --git a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php
index 75823b3308..4861582a20 100644
--- a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController.php
@@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectBoardImportController
           ->setSequence($import_column->getSequence())
           ->setProjectPHID($project->getPHID())
           ->setName($import_column->getName())
+          ->setProperties($import_column->getProperties())
           ->save();
       }
       $table->saveTransaction();
diff --git a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController.php b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController.php
index 0660f8428a..864b28911f 100644
--- a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController.php
@@ -54,11 +54,9 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController
         return new Aphront404Response();
       }
 
-      // TODO: We could let you move the backlog column around if you really
-      // want, but for now we use sequence position 0 as magic.
       $target_column = $columns[$column_phid];
       $new_sequence = $request->getInt('sequence');
-      if ($target_column->isDefaultColumn() || $new_sequence < 1) {
+      if ($new_sequence < 0) {
         return new Aphront404Response();
       }
 
@@ -101,11 +99,6 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController
 
     $list_id = celerity_generate_unique_node_id();
 
-    $static_list = id(new PHUIObjectItemListView())
-      ->setUser($viewer)
-      ->setFlush(true)
-      ->setStackable(true);
-
     $list = id(new PHUIObjectItemListView())
       ->setUser($viewer)
       ->setID($list_id)
@@ -120,21 +113,15 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController
         $item->setDisabled(true);
       }
 
-      if ($column->isDefaultColumn()) {
-        $item->setDisabled(true);
-        $static_list->addItem($item);
-      } else {
-        $item->setGrippable(true);
-        $item->addSigil('board-column');
-        $item->setMetadata(
-          array(
-            'columnPHID' => $column->getPHID(),
-            'columnSequence' => $column->getSequence(),
-          ));
-
-        $list->addItem($item);
-      }
+      $item->setGrippable(true);
+      $item->addSigil('board-column');
+      $item->setMetadata(
+        array(
+          'columnPHID' => $column->getPHID(),
+          'columnSequence' => $column->getSequence(),
+        ));
 
+      $list->addItem($item);
     }
 
     Javelin::initBehavior(
@@ -147,9 +134,7 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectBoardReorderController
     return $this->newDialog()
       ->setTitle(pht('Reorder Columns'))
       ->setWidth(AphrontDialogView::WIDTH_FORM)
-      ->appendParagraph(pht('This column can not be moved:'))
-      ->appendChild($static_list)
-      ->appendParagraph(pht('Drag and drop these columns to reorder them:'))
+      ->appendParagraph(pht('Drag and drop columns to reorder them.'))
       ->appendChild($list)
       ->addSubmitButton(pht('Done'));
   }
diff --git a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php
index c670ef56cf..118593f39c 100644
--- a/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/controller/PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController.php
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectBoardViewController
           $unguarded = AphrontWriteGuard::beginScopedUnguardedWrites();
             $column = PhabricatorProjectColumn::initializeNewColumn($viewer)
               ->setSequence(0)
+              ->setProperty('isDefault', true)
               ->setProjectPHID($project->getPHID())
               ->save();
             $column->attachProject($project);
diff --git a/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProjectColumn.php b/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProjectColumn.php
index f602b7b217..eec88dbcbc 100644
--- a/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProjectColumn.php
+++ b/src/applications/project/storage/PhabricatorProjectColumn.php
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectColumn
   protected $status;
   protected $projectPHID;
   protected $sequence;
+  protected $properties = array();
 
   private $project = self::ATTACHABLE;
 
@@ -29,6 +30,9 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectColumn
   public function getConfiguration() {
     return array(
       self::CONFIG_AUX_PHID => true,
+      self::CONFIG_SERIALIZATION => array(
+        'properties' => self::SERIALIZATION_JSON,
+      ),
     ) + parent::getConfiguration();
   }
 
@@ -47,7 +51,7 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectColumn
   }
 
   public function isDefaultColumn() {
-    return ($this->getSequence() == 0);
+    return (bool)$this->getProperty('isDefault');
   }
 
   public function isHidden() {
@@ -75,9 +79,19 @@ final class PhabricatorProjectColumn
     if ($this->isDefaultColumn()) {
       return PHUIActionHeaderView::HEADER_DARK_GREY;
     }
+
     return PHUIActionHeaderView::HEADER_GREY;
   }
 
+  public function getProperty($key, $default = null) {
+    return idx($this->properties, $key, $default);
+  }
+
+  public function setProperty($key, $value) {
+    $this->properties[$key] = $value;
+    return $this;
+  }
+
 
 /* -(  PhabricatorPolicyInterface  )----------------------------------------- */
 
diff --git a/webroot/rsrc/js/application/projects/behavior-reorder-columns.js b/webroot/rsrc/js/application/projects/behavior-reorder-columns.js
index 8b0a2c33fa..0125f4d0e3 100644
--- a/webroot/rsrc/js/application/projects/behavior-reorder-columns.js
+++ b/webroot/rsrc/js/application/projects/behavior-reorder-columns.js
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ JX.behavior('reorder-columns', function(config) {
 
     var parameters = {
       columnPHID: node_data.columnPHID,
-      sequence: (sequence === null) ? 1 : (parseInt(sequence, 10) + 1)
+      sequence: (sequence === null) ? 0 : (parseInt(sequence, 10) + 1)
     };
 
     new JX.Workflow(config.reorderURI, parameters)