diff --git a/grid.c b/grid.c
index 3a595b61..4ccb27ac 100644
--- a/grid.c
+++ b/grid.c
@@ -183,6 +183,13 @@ grid_reflow(struct grid *grid, int new_rows, int new_cols,
             }                                                           \
         } while(0)
 
+#define print_spacer() \
+        do { \
+            new_row->cells[new_col_idx].wc = CELL_MULT_COL_SPACER;      \
+            new_row->cells[new_col_idx].attrs = old_cell->attrs;        \
+            new_row->cells[new_col_idx].attrs.clean = 1;                \
+        } while (0)
+
         /*
          * Keep track of empty cells. If the old line ends with a
          * string of empty cells, we don't need to, nor do we want to,
@@ -231,11 +238,8 @@ grid_reflow(struct grid *grid, int new_rows, int new_cols,
                 /* Out of columns on current row in new grid? */
                 if (new_col_idx + max(1, wcwidth(old_cell->wc)) > new_cols) {
                     /* Pad to end-of-line with spacers, then line-wrap */
-                    for (;new_col_idx < new_cols; new_col_idx++) {
-                        new_row->cells[new_col_idx] = (struct cell){};
-                        new_row->cells[new_col_idx].wc = CELL_MULT_COL_SPACER;
-                        new_row->cells[new_col_idx].attrs.clean = 1;
-                    }
+                    for (;new_col_idx < new_cols; new_col_idx++)
+                        print_spacer();
                     line_wrap();
                 }
 
@@ -262,9 +266,7 @@ grid_reflow(struct grid *grid, int new_rows, int new_cols,
                  * subsequent cells */
                 for (size_t i = 0; i < width - 1; i++) {
                     assert(new_col_idx < new_cols);
-                    new_row->cells[new_col_idx] = (struct cell){};
-                    new_row->cells[new_col_idx].wc = CELL_MULT_COL_SPACER;
-                    new_row->cells[new_col_idx].attrs.clean = 1;
+                    print_spacer();
                     new_col_idx++;
                 }
             }
@@ -278,6 +280,7 @@ grid_reflow(struct grid *grid, int new_rows, int new_cols,
             line_wrap();
         }
 
+#undef print_spacer
 #undef line_wrap
     }