diff --git a/lintunes/__init__.py b/lintunes/__init__.py
index a0de2ea..8156cc1 100644
--- a/lintunes/__init__.py
+++ b/lintunes/__init__.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """LinTunes — iTunes-style music library manager and player for Linux."""
 
-__version__ = "0.31.5"
+__version__ = "0.31.6"
diff --git a/lintunes/gui/sidebar.py b/lintunes/gui/sidebar.py
index 05bbddf..0decca9 100644
--- a/lintunes/gui/sidebar.py
+++ b/lintunes/gui/sidebar.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ from PyQt6.QtWidgets import (
     QWidget, QVBoxLayout, QPushButton, QTreeWidget, QTreeWidgetItem, QMenu,
     QInputDialog, QMessageBox, QAbstractItemView, QLineEdit, QApplication,
     QHBoxLayout, QListWidget, QListWidgetItem, QStackedWidget, QSizePolicy,
+    QFrame,
 )
 from PyQt6.QtCore import Qt, QTimer, QPoint, pyqtSignal
 from PyQt6.QtGui import QBrush, QPainter, QPalette, QPixmap
@@ -75,17 +76,28 @@ class SidebarPanel(QWidget):
         self.header = top
         top.header_owner = self
 
+        # The playlists and the album art under them are one group inside
+        # one frame — the list's own frame, drawn around both, so the art
+        # sits within it rather than hanging below.
+        group = QFrame()
         self._lists = QStackedWidget()
         self.tree = PlaylistTree(manager)
         self._lists.addWidget(self.tree)
         self.friend_list = FriendPlaylistList()
         self._lists.addWidget(self.friend_list)
-        layout.addWidget(self._lists, stretch=1)
-        # What the header row lines the Library button up with.
-        self.list_area = self._lists
-
+        group.setFrameShape(self.tree.frameShape())
+        group.setFrameShadow(self.tree.frameShadow())
+        for view in (self.tree, self.friend_list):
+            view.setFrameShape(QFrame.Shape.NoFrame)
+        inner = QVBoxLayout(group)
+        inner.setContentsMargins(0, 0, 0, 0)
+        inner.setSpacing(0)
+        inner.addWidget(self._lists, stretch=1)
         self.art = SidebarArt(player)
-        layout.addWidget(self.art)
+        inner.addWidget(self.art)
+        layout.addWidget(group, stretch=1)
+        # What the header row lines the Library button up with.
+        self.list_area = group
 
         self.library_button.clicked.connect(self._on_library_clicked)
         self.tree.playlist_selected.connect(self._on_playlist_selected)
@@ -305,7 +317,9 @@ class SidebarArt(QWidget):
 
     def paintEvent(self, event):
         painter = QPainter(self)
-        painter.fillRect(self.rect(), self.palette().mid().color())
+        # A shade lighter than mid: the sidebar group's frame line is drawn
+        # in mid, and would vanish into a placeholder of the same gray.
+        painter.fillRect(self.rect(), self.palette().mid().color().lighter(112))
         if self._pixmap is None or self._pixmap.isNull():
             return
         scaled = self._pixmap.scaled(
diff --git a/lintunes/gui/transport.py b/lintunes/gui/transport.py
index f51bbce..410f03e 100644
--- a/lintunes/gui/transport.py
+++ b/lintunes/gui/transport.py
@@ -276,6 +276,10 @@ class HeaderRow(QWidget):
     # lists: every item in the row stands on one floor, BOTTOM px up.
     TOP_PAD = 2
     BOTTOM = 5
+    # Text and the playhead have no hard bottom edge, so on the floor itself
+    # they read as sitting lower than the Library button beside them; this
+    # lifts them onto the button's bottom line by eye.
+    LIFT = 2
 
     def __init__(self, seek: QWidget, parent=None):
         super().__init__(parent)
@@ -336,7 +340,7 @@ class HeaderRow(QWidget):
         self.seek.layout().invalidate()
         self.seek.setGeometry(seek_left, self.TOP_PAD,
                               max(0, panel.right() + 1 - seek_left),
-                              box_h + drop)
+                              box_h + drop - self.LIFT)
         header = self.view_header
         if header is not None:
             width = max(0, seek_left - self.GAP - content_left)
@@ -344,7 +348,7 @@ class HeaderRow(QWidget):
                 header.setAlignment(Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignLeft
                                     | Qt.AlignmentFlag.AlignBottom)
                 header.setGeometry(content_left, self.TOP_PAD, width,
-                                   box_h + self._drop(header))
+                                   box_h + self._drop(header) - self.LIFT)
             else:
                 header.setGeometry(content_left, self.TOP_PAD, width, box_h)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_round69.py b/tests/test_round69.py
index 3a9dde3..f84ad52 100644
--- a/tests/test_round69.py
+++ b/tests/test_round69.py
@@ -52,6 +52,8 @@ def test_library_button_spans_the_playlist_list(qapp, tmp_path):
     window = _window(qapp, tmp_path)
     header = window.sidebar.header
     lists = window.sidebar.list_area
+    # The frame around the playlists takes in the album art too.
+    assert window.sidebar.art.parentWidget() is lists
     assert header.parentWidget() is not window.sidebar
     assert _gx(header) == _gx(lists) > _gx(window)
     assert header.width() == lists.width()
@@ -71,12 +73,13 @@ def test_header_row_items_share_one_floor(qapp, tmp_path):
 
     assert bottom(window.sidebar.library_button) == floor
     assert bottom(window._library_view._search) == floor
-    assert bottom(window._transport._slider) == floor
+    # Text and the playhead sit LIFT px up, on the button's bottom line by eye.
+    assert bottom(window._transport._slider) == floor - HeaderRow.LIFT
     window._show_playlist("abcd1234")
     qapp.processEvents()
     label = window._playlist_view.header
     baseline = bottom(label) - label.fontMetrics().descent()
-    assert abs(baseline - floor) <= 1
+    assert abs(baseline - (floor - HeaderRow.LIFT)) <= 1
 
 
 def test_search_then_title_sit_where_the_view_starts(qapp, tmp_path):