diff --git a/src/gui/views/content.rs b/src/gui/views/content.rs
index 624a038a..07a4b812 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/content.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/content.rs
@@ -98,6 +98,16 @@ impl ContentContainer for Content {
 		// its sidebar, so the network column stays hidden while it shows.
 		// Same for first-run onboarding, which owns the whole window.
 		let wallet_open = self.wallets.showing_wallet() || self.wallets.onboarding_active();
+		// On the returning-user wallet list the node is demoted to a chip:
+		// the panel opens only when explicitly toggled, never forced open by
+		// dual-panel mode (otherwise GRIM's node column dominates the list).
+		let list_screen = self.wallets.wallet_list_screen();
+		let show_network = !wallet_open
+			&& if list_screen {
+				Self::is_network_panel_open()
+			} else {
+				is_panel_open
+			};
 
 		// Show network content.
 		egui::SidePanel::left("network_panel")
@@ -106,7 +116,7 @@ impl ContentContainer for Content {
 			.frame(egui::Frame {
 				..Default::default()
 			})
-			.show_animated_inside(ui, is_panel_open && !wallet_open, |ui| {
+			.show_animated_inside(ui, show_network, |ui| {
 				self.network.ui(ui, cb);
 			});
 
diff --git a/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs b/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs
index 54fe198b..02164cb0 100644
--- a/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs
+++ b/src/gui/views/wallets/content.rs
@@ -210,9 +210,11 @@ impl ContentContainer for WalletsContent {
 			|| self.wallets.list().is_empty()
 			|| (showing_wallet && (!dual_panel || !AppConfig::show_wallets_at_dual_panel()));
 
-		// Show title panel, except over the full-bleed Goblin wallet surface
-		// and onboarding (they have their own header/navigation).
-		if !showing_wallet && !onboarding_active {
+		// Show title panel, except over the full-bleed Goblin wallet surface,
+		// onboarding, and the returning-user wallet list (all carry their own
+		// header; the yellow GRIM bar is off-brand on those surfaces).
+		let wallet_list_screen = self.wallet_list_screen();
+		if !showing_wallet && !onboarding_active && !wallet_list_screen {
 			self.title_ui(ui, dual_panel, cb);
 		}
 
@@ -423,6 +425,17 @@ impl WalletsContent {
 		self.settings_content.is_some()
 	}
 
+	/// Check if the returning-user wallet list owns the surface (wallets
+	/// exist, none open, not mid-onboarding/creation/settings). On this
+	/// screen the node panel is demoted to an opt-in chip, not a column.
+	pub fn wallet_list_screen(&self) -> bool {
+		!self.showing_wallet()
+			&& !self.onboarding_active()
+			&& !self.showing_settings()
+			&& !self.creating_wallet()
+			&& !self.wallets.list().is_empty()
+	}
+
 	/// Handle data from deeplink or opened file.
 	fn on_data(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui, data: Option<String>, cb: &dyn PlatformCallbacks) {
 		let wallets_size = self.wallets.list().len();
@@ -561,6 +574,72 @@ impl WalletsContent {
 		}
 	}
 
+	/// Slim header for the wallet-list surface: a tappable integrated-node
+	/// status chip (opens the full node panel — every feature intact, just
+	/// opt-in) on the left, and the app-settings gear on the right.
+	fn wallet_list_header_ui(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+		use crate::node::Node;
+		ui.add_space(6.0);
+		ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+			// Node status chip.
+			let running = Node::is_running();
+			let synced = running && Node::not_syncing();
+			let (dot, label) = if !running {
+				(Colors::gray(), "Node")
+			} else if synced {
+				(Colors::pos(), "Node synced")
+			} else {
+				(Colors::gold(), "Syncing…")
+			};
+			let galley = ui.painter().layout_no_wrap(
+				label.to_string(),
+				eframe::epaint::FontId::proportional(14.0),
+				Colors::text(false),
+			);
+			let pad = egui::Vec2::new(12.0, 7.0);
+			let chip_w = 10.0 + 8.0 + galley.size().x + pad.x * 2.0;
+			let (rect, resp) =
+				ui.allocate_exact_size(egui::Vec2::new(chip_w, 34.0), Sense::click());
+			ui.painter()
+				.rect_filled(rect, CornerRadius::same(17), Colors::fill_lite());
+			let dot_c = egui::pos2(rect.min.x + pad.x + 5.0, rect.center().y);
+			ui.painter().circle_filled(dot_c, 4.0, dot);
+			ui.painter().galley(
+				egui::pos2(dot_c.x + 13.0, rect.center().y - galley.size().y / 2.0),
+				galley,
+				Colors::text(false),
+			);
+			if resp
+				.on_hover_cursor(CursorIcon::PointingHand)
+				.on_hover_text("Node settings")
+				.clicked()
+			{
+				Content::toggle_network_panel();
+			}
+
+			// App-settings gear, right-aligned. Drawn manually (the title-bar
+			// button uses dark-on-yellow ink, invisible on this dark surface).
+			ui.with_layout(Layout::right_to_left(Align::Center), |ui| {
+				let (g_rect, g_resp) =
+					ui.allocate_exact_size(egui::Vec2::splat(34.0), Sense::click());
+				ui.painter().text(
+					g_rect.center(),
+					egui::Align2::CENTER_CENTER,
+					GEAR,
+					eframe::epaint::FontId::proportional(20.0),
+					Colors::text(false),
+				);
+				if g_resp
+					.on_hover_cursor(CursorIcon::PointingHand)
+					.on_hover_text("Settings")
+					.clicked()
+				{
+					self.settings_content = Some(SettingsContent::default());
+				}
+			});
+		});
+	}
+
 	/// Draw list of wallets.
 	fn wallet_list_ui(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui, cb: &dyn PlatformCallbacks) {
 		ScrollArea::vertical()
@@ -569,6 +648,13 @@ impl WalletsContent {
 			.auto_shrink([false; 2])
 			.show(ui, |ui| {
 				View::max_width_ui(ui, Content::SIDE_PANEL_WIDTH * 1.3, |ui| {
+					// Slim goblin header: node-status chip (opens the node
+					// panel) on the left, app-settings gear on the right —
+					// the controls the suppressed yellow title bar used to
+					// carry, restyled to match the open-wallet surface.
+					self.wallet_list_header_ui(ui);
+					ui.add_space(8.0);
+
 					// Show application logo and name.
 					View::app_logo_name_version(ui);
 					ui.add_space(15.0);