Subtle notification area for awesomewm that won't cover windows

subtle_notifications.lua

notification_box = wibox.widget {
    text = '',
    align  = 'left',
    valign = 'center',
    widget = wibox.widget.textbox
}

notification_timer = nil

naughty.dbus.config.mapping = {
    {{}, {
        callback = function(data, appname, replaces_id, icon, title, text, actions, hints, expire)
            notification_box.text = title .. ", " .. text
            notification_timer = timer {
                timeout = 1.5,
                autostart = true,
                single_shot = true,
                callback = function()
                    notification_box.text = ""
                end
            }
        end
    }},
}