diff --git a/frontend/src/components/drawer/DrawerSection.tsx b/frontend/src/components/drawer/DrawerSection.tsx
index f189bf3..cdea2c1 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/drawer/DrawerSection.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/drawer/DrawerSection.tsx
@@ -3,19 +3,23 @@ import { GearFineIcon } from "@phosphor-icons/react";
 interface DrawerSectionProps {
   id: string;
   title: string;
-  count: string;
+  count: number;
+  subtext: string;
   isOpen: boolean;
   onClick: () => void;
   children: React.ReactNode;
+  icon: React.ReactNode;
 }
 
 export function DrawerSection({
   id,
   title,
   count,
+  subtext,
   isOpen,
   onClick,
   children,
+  icon,
 }: DrawerSectionProps) {
   return (
     <div
@@ -23,20 +27,29 @@ export function DrawerSection({
       className={`join-item group flex flex-col transition-colors duration-3000 ease-in-out ${isOpen ? "bg-base-300/30" : ""}`}
     >
       <div
-        className={`transition-all duration-1500 ease-in-out bg-neutral/10 ${
-          isOpen
-            ? "max-h-125 opacity-100 py-3 border-b border-base-content/5 overflow-visible"
-            : "max-h-0 opacity-0 pointer-events-none"
-        }`}
+        className={`bg-neutral/10 transition-all duration-1000 ease-in-out overflow-visible ${isOpen ? "max-h-125" : "max-h-0 pointer-events-none"}`}
       >
-        {children}
+        <div
+          className={`transition-opacity ease-in-out ${
+            isOpen
+              ? "opacity-100 py-3 border-b border-base-content/5 duration-700 delay-500"
+              : "opacity-0 duration-100"
+          }`}
+        >
+          {children}
+          {count === 0 && (
+            <div className="text-sm text-center text-neutral">
+              This drawer remains silent...
+            </div>
+          )}
+        </div>
       </div>
 
       <button
         type="button"
         onClick={onClick}
         data-testid={`drawer-section-${id}`}
-        className={`w-full p-[24px_28px] cursor-pointer flex items-center gap-5 transition-all duration-2000 ease-in-out outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 focus-visible:ring-primary/50 border border-base-content/10 text-left bg-linear-to-r from-transparent to-base-100/40`}
+        className="w-full relative p-[24px_28px] cursor-pointer flex items-center gap-5 transition-all duration-2000 ease-in-out outline-none focus-visible:ring-2 overflow-hidden focus-visible:ring-primary/50 border border-base-content/10 text-left bg-linear-to-r from-transparent to-base-100/40"
       >
         <div className="flex-1">
           <div
@@ -48,8 +61,14 @@ export function DrawerSection({
           >
             {title}
           </div>
-          <div className="font-sans text-[0.6rem] text-base-content/20 mt-1">
-            {count}
+          <div className="font-sans text-xs text-base-content/20 mt-1">
+            <span className="font-mono text-xs md:text-base -mt-1 absolute text-primary/30">
+              {count}
+            </span>{" "}
+            <span className="ml-3">{subtext}</span>
+          </div>
+          <div className="absolute right-5 -translate-y-15 text-base-content/4">
+            {icon}
           </div>
         </div>
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/drawer/LetterItem.tsx b/frontend/src/components/drawer/LetterItem.tsx
index d373f4f..175f0c8 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/drawer/LetterItem.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/drawer/LetterItem.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ export function LetterItem({
       data-testid={`letter-item-${id}`}
       className={`${isLocked ? "pointer-events-none" : ""} p-4 border-base-content/3 flex items-start gap-4 hover:bg-base-300 transition-all delay-75 duration-100 group text-left cursor-pointer w-9/12 mx-auto hover:scale-120 hover:h-24 hover:-translate-y-3 hover:pb-4 hover:border-x-5 hover:border-t-5 border-t-2 hover:-mb-2`}
     >
-      <div className="text-[0.85rem] italic text-base-content/40 flex-1 truncate group-hover:text-base-content/60 transition-none animate-[opacity_200ms_linear_forwards]">
+      <div className="text-sm italic text-base-content/40 flex-1 truncate group-hover:text-base-content/60">
         {preview}
       </div>
       {unlock_at ? (
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ export function LetterItem({
           )}
         </div>
       ) : (
-        <div className="font-sans text-[0.6rem] text-base-content/20 transition-none">
+        <div className="font-sans text-xs text-base-content/20">
           {timestamp}
         </div>
       )}
diff --git a/frontend/src/pages/Drawer.tsx b/frontend/src/pages/Drawer.tsx
index c0e65ac..284d626 100644
--- a/frontend/src/pages/Drawer.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/pages/Drawer.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
-import { FeatherIcon } from "@phosphor-icons/react";
+import {
+  ArchiveIcon,
+  FeatherIcon,
+  FileDashedIcon,
+  PaperPlaneTiltIcon,
+  VaultIcon,
+} from "@phosphor-icons/react";
 import { useState } from "react";
 import { useLocation, useNavigate } from "react-router-dom";
 import { DrawerSection } from "../components/drawer/DrawerSection.tsx";
@@ -47,7 +53,7 @@ export default function Drawer() {
 
       {isAuthRequired && <PasskeyModal />}
       <header className="text-center mb-12 z-10 animate-in fade-in slide-in-from-top-4 duration-500">
-        <Logo />
+        <Logo type="logo" />
         <div className="font-sans text-xs tracking-widester uppercase text-base-content/40 mt-2">
           Personal Archive
         </div>
@@ -77,9 +83,11 @@ export default function Drawer() {
             <DrawerSection
               id="drafts"
               title="Drafts"
-              count={`${drafts.length} unfinished whispers`}
+              count={drafts.length}
+              subtext="unfinished whispers"
               isOpen={openSection === "drafts"}
               onClick={() => toggleSection("drafts")}
+              icon={<FileDashedIcon weight="thin" size={128} />}
             >
               {drafts.map((draft) => (
                 <LetterItem
@@ -95,9 +103,11 @@ export default function Drawer() {
             <DrawerSection
               id="kept"
               title="Kept"
-              count={`${kept.length} private letters`}
+              count={kept.length}
+              subtext="private letters"
               isOpen={openSection === "kept"}
               onClick={() => toggleSection("kept")}
+              icon={<ArchiveIcon weight="thin" size={128} />}
             >
               {kept.map((letter) => (
                 <LetterItem
@@ -112,9 +122,11 @@ export default function Drawer() {
             <DrawerSection
               id="sent"
               title="Sent"
-              count={`${sent.length} shared truths`}
+              count={sent.length}
+              subtext="shared truths"
               isOpen={openSection === "sent"}
               onClick={() => toggleSection("sent")}
+              icon={<PaperPlaneTiltIcon weight="thin" size={128} />}
             >
               {sent.map((letter) => (
                 <LetterItem
@@ -125,18 +137,15 @@ export default function Drawer() {
                   timestamp={formatRelativeDate(letter.updated_at)}
                 />
               ))}
-              {sent.length === 0 && (
-                <p className="text-center text-base-content/20 mt-4">
-                  This drawer remains silent
-                </p>
-              )}
             </DrawerSection>
             <DrawerSection
               id="vault"
               title="Vault"
-              count={`${vault.length} things locked;not lost;in time`}
+              count={vault.length}
+              subtext="things locked—not lost—in time"
               isOpen={openSection === "vault"}
               onClick={() => toggleSection("vault")}
+              icon={<VaultIcon weight="thin" size={128} />}
             >
               {vault.map((letter) => (
                 <LetterItem
@@ -179,7 +188,7 @@ export default function Drawer() {
         </span>
       </button>
 
-      <footer className="mt-25 font-sans text-[0.6rem] tracking-widester uppercase text-base-content/10 z-10">
+      <footer className="mt-25 font-sans text-xs tracking-widester uppercase text-base-content/10 z-10">
         For your unsaid.
       </footer>
       {!showWelcomeLetter && (