diff --git a/Just/Just.csproj b/Just/Just.csproj
index db7e65b..62615a9 100644
--- a/Just/Just.csproj
+++ b/Just/Just.csproj
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     </PropertyGroup>
     <ItemGroup>
       <Folder Include="app\" />
+      <Folder Include="src\utils\" />
       <Folder Include="src\views\" />
     </ItemGroup>
 </Project>
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diff --git a/Just/src/App.vue b/Just/src/App.vue
index 6e8d1a3..e522b9a 100644
--- a/Just/src/App.vue
+++ b/Just/src/App.vue
@@ -1,11 +1,47 @@
 <template>
-  <aside class="sidebar">
+  <aside class="menu">
     <img class="logo" src="/just.svg" :alt="$t('app.name')" />
+    <nav class="navigation">
+      <navigation-item name="Shopping" symbol="ListTodo" :active="true" :count="7" />
+      <navigation-item name="Work" symbol="ListTodo" :count="702" />
+      <navigation-item name="Apartment" symbol="ListTodo" />
+      <navigation-item name="Add a list" symbol="ListPlus" :minor="true" />
+    </nav>
+    <div class="menu-bottom">
+      <navigation-item name="Settings" symbol="Bolt" :minor="true" />
+    </div>
   </aside>
 </template>
 
 <script setup lang="ts">
+  import NavigationItem from '@/components/navigation-item.vue';
   import { posts } from '@/db';
+
   let items = posts.find().fetch();
   console.info(items);
-</script>
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+</script>
+
+<style lang="scss" scoped>
+  .menu
+  {
+    width: 260px;
+    margin: 10px;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    background: var(--color-menu-bg);
+    height: calc(100vh - 20px);
+    overflow-y: auto;
+    padding: 16px;
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-rows: auto minmax(0, 1fr) auto;
+  }
+
+  .logo
+  {
+    width: 30px;
+  }
+
+  .navigation
+  {
+    margin-top: 12px;
+  }
+</style>
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diff --git a/Just/src/components/index.ts b/Just/src/components/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b500a02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Just/src/components/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import { type App } from 'vue';
+import uiIcon from './ui-icon.vue';
+
+export function createComponents (app: App)
+{
+  app.component('ui-icon', uiIcon);
+}
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diff --git a/Just/src/components/navigation-item.vue b/Just/src/components/navigation-item.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dfea7a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Just/src/components/navigation-item.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,106 @@
+<template>
+  <button type="button" class="navigation-item" :class="classes">
+    <ui-icon :symbol="symbol" class="navigation-item-icon" />
+    <span class="navigation-item-text" v-text="name"></span>
+    <span class="navigation-item-count" v-if="count > 0" v-text="count"></span>
+  </button>
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+  import { reactive } from 'vue'
+
+  interface Props {
+    symbol: string,
+    name: string,
+    count?: number,
+    active?: boolean,
+    minor?: boolean
+  }
+
+  const { symbol, name, count = 0, active, minor } = defineProps<Props>();
+
+  const classes = reactive({
+    'is-active': active,
+    'is-list': !minor
+  })
+</script>
+
+<style scoped lang="scss">
+  .navigation-item
+  {
+    appearance: none;
+    height: 38px;
+    border-radius: 6px;
+    display: grid;
+    grid-template-columns: auto minmax(0, auto) 1fr;
+    text-decoration: none;
+    align-items: center;
+    gap: 8px;
+    background: transparent;
+    padding: 0 12px;
+    width: 100%;
+    border: 1px solid transparent;
+    cursor: pointer;
+    //transition: background-color 0.2s ease;
+
+    &.is-active, &:hover
+    {
+      background: var(--color-menu-item-hover-bg);
+
+      .navigation-item-count
+      {
+        background: var(--color-menu-item-hover-count-bg);
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  .navigation:has(.navigation-item:not(.is-active):hover)
+  {
+    .navigation-item.is-active
+    {
+      background: transparent;
+    }
+    .navigation-item.is-active .navigation-item-count
+    {
+      background: var(--color-menu-item-count-bg);
+    }
+  }
+
+  .navigation-item-icon
+  {
+    height: 20px;
+    stroke-width: 1.5px;
+    color: var(--color-text-dim);
+    margin-right: 8px;
+  }
+
+  .navigation-item-text
+  {
+    white-space: nowrap;
+    overflow: hidden;
+    text-overflow: ellipsis;
+    color: var(--color-text-dim);
+
+    .navigation-item.is-list &
+    {
+      font-weight: 500;
+      color: var(--color-text);
+    }
+  }
+
+  .navigation-item-count
+  {
+    height: 16px;
+    justify-self: start;
+    min-width: 16px;
+    padding: 0 6px;
+    display: inline-flex;
+    justify-content: center;
+    align-items: center;
+    border-radius: 8px;
+    font-size: 0.6em;
+    background: var(--color-menu-item-count-bg);
+    color: var(--color-text-dim);
+    //transition: background-color 0.2s ease;
+  }
+</style>
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diff --git a/Just/src/components/ui-icon.vue b/Just/src/components/ui-icon.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..244eabc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Just/src/components/ui-icon.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<template>
+  <component
+    :is="icon"
+    :size="size"
+    :color="color"
+    :stroke-width="strokeWidth" :default-class="defaultClass"
+  />
+</template>
+
+<script setup lang="ts">
+  import { computed } from 'vue';
+  import * as icons from "lucide-vue-next";
+
+  const props = defineProps({
+    symbol: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true
+    },
+    size: Number,
+    color: String,
+    strokeWidth: Number,
+    defaultClass: String
+  })
+
+  const icon = computed(() => icons[props.symbol]);
+</script>
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diff --git a/Just/src/main.ts b/Just/src/main.ts
index 1fa956a..e8f18ee 100644
--- a/Just/src/main.ts
+++ b/Just/src/main.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { createApp } from 'vue'
 import { createPinia } from 'pinia'
 import { createI18n } from 'vue-i18n'
+import { createComponents } from '@/components'
 
 import './styles/styles.scss'
 import App from './App.vue'
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ import App from './App.vue'
 import en_translations from './locales/en.json'
 const app = createApp(App)
 
+createComponents(app)
 app.use(createPinia())
 app.use(createI18n<[typeof en_translations], 'en'>({
   locale: 'en',
diff --git a/Just/src/styles/main.scss b/Just/src/styles/main.scss
index 25a61e4..e72a303 100644
--- a/Just/src/styles/main.scss
+++ b/Just/src/styles/main.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ body
 {
   color: var(--color-text);
   font-family: 'inter', sans-serif;
-  font-size: 16px;
+  font-size: 14px;
   line-height: 1.5;
   background: var(--color-layout-bg);
 }
diff --git a/Just/src/styles/theme.scss b/Just/src/styles/theme.scss
index 9e14c90..523e8a9 100644
--- a/Just/src/styles/theme.scss
+++ b/Just/src/styles/theme.scss
@@ -18,6 +18,14 @@
   --color-layout-icons-fg: var(--color-fg-shade-3);
   --color-layout-icons-hover-fg: var(--color-fg-shade-2);
 
+  // menu shades
+  --color-menu-bg: var(--color-bg-shade-3);
+  --color-menu-item-hover-bg: var(--color-bg-shade-4);
+  --color-menu-item-count-bg: var(--color-bg-shade-4);
+  --color-menu-item-hover-count-bg: var(--color-bg-shade-5);
+
   // general text shades
   --color-text: var(--color-fg-shade-1);
+  --color-text-dim: var(--color-fg-shade-2);
+  --color-text-dim-one: var(--color-fg-shade-3);
 }
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diff --git a/Just/vite.config.ts b/Just/vite.config.ts
index d67f3c6..6276d76 100644
--- a/Just/vite.config.ts
+++ b/Just/vite.config.ts
@@ -7,8 +7,8 @@ import vueDevTools from 'vite-plugin-vue-devtools'
 // https://vite.dev/config/
 export default defineConfig({
   plugins: [
-    vue()
-    //vueDevTools(),
+    vue(),
+    //vueDevTools()
   ],
   resolve: {
     alias: {