diff --git a/src/app/(customer)/page.tsx b/src/app/(customer)/page.tsx
index 294026d..25d7348 100644
--- a/src/app/(customer)/page.tsx
+++ b/src/app/(customer)/page.tsx
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export default async function HomePage({ searchParams }: PageProps<"/">) {
         </div>
       )}
 
-      <section className="flex flex-col gap-3 pt-4">
+      <section className="flex flex-col gap-4 pt-4">
         <h2 className="px-4 text-2xl font-extrabold text-foreground">فروشگاه‌های نزدیک</h2>
         <Suspense fallback={null}>
           <CategoryChips categories={categories} />
diff --git a/src/app/globals.css b/src/app/globals.css
index 82d9e79..2da899b 100644
--- a/src/app/globals.css
+++ b/src/app/globals.css
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
  * don't invent any rather than guess.
  */
 :root {
-  --background: #f7f2fa; /* پس‌زمینه — app background */
+  --background: #FFFFFF; /* پس‌زمینه — app background */
   --surface: #fffbfe; /* سفید — card/sheet surface */
   --foreground: #111827; /* gray-900 */
 
diff --git a/src/components/home/category-chips.tsx b/src/components/home/category-chips.tsx
index 955ba63..082dc7c 100644
--- a/src/components/home/category-chips.tsx
+++ b/src/components/home/category-chips.tsx
@@ -18,13 +18,15 @@ export function CategoryChips({ categories }: { categories: StoreCategory[] }) {
   }
 
   return (
-    <div className="flex gap-2 overflow-x-auto px-4 pb-1">
+    <div className="flex gap-2 overflow-x-auto px-4 min-h-full my-3">
       <button
         type="button"
         onClick={() => select(null)}
         className={cn(
-          "shrink-0 rounded-full px-4 py-2.5 text-body-medium font-medium",
-          !activeUuid ? "bg-primary-action text-white" : "border border-gray-300 bg-white text-foreground",
+          "shrink-0 rounded-full px-4 py-2 mb-4 text-body-medium font-medium flex items-center",
+          !activeUuid
+            ? "bg-primary-action text-white"
+            : "border border-gray-300 bg-white text-foreground",
         )}
       >
         همه
@@ -35,7 +37,7 @@ export function CategoryChips({ categories }: { categories: StoreCategory[] }) {
           type="button"
           onClick={() => select(category.uuid)}
           className={cn(
-            "shrink-0 rounded-full px-4 py-2.5 text-body-medium font-medium",
+            "shrink-0 rounded-full px-3 py-2 text-body-medium font-medium flex items-center mb-4",
             activeUuid === category.uuid
               ? "bg-primary-action text-white"
               : "border border-gray-300 bg-white text-foreground",
diff --git a/src/lib/api/dev-logger.ts b/src/lib/api/dev-logger.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7c3b49
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/api/dev-logger.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import "server-only";
+
+const DEBUG = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
+const MAX_ARRAY_ITEMS = 3;
+
+const RESET = "\x1b[0m";
+const CYAN = "\x1b[36m";
+const GREEN = "\x1b[32m";
+const YELLOW = "\x1b[33m";
+const RED = "\x1b[31m";
+const BOLD = "\x1b[1m";
+const DIM = "\x1b[2m";
+
+function statusColor(status: number): string {
+  if (status >= 500) return RED;
+  if (status >= 400) return YELLOW;
+  return GREEN;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Keeps big paginated lists (e.g. a 19-store `results` array) from flooding the
+ * terminal — shows the first few items of any array plus a count, recursively.
+ */
+function truncateForLog(value: unknown): unknown {
+  if (Array.isArray(value)) {
+    const shown = value.slice(0, MAX_ARRAY_ITEMS).map(truncateForLog);
+    if (value.length > MAX_ARRAY_ITEMS) shown.push(`… ${value.length - MAX_ARRAY_ITEMS} more item(s)`);
+    return shown;
+  }
+  if (value && typeof value === "object") {
+    return Object.fromEntries(Object.entries(value).map(([key, v]) => [key, truncateForLog(v)]));
+  }
+  return value;
+}
+
+function prettyJson(value: unknown): string {
+  return JSON.stringify(truncateForLog(value), null, 2);
+}
+
+function indent(text: string): string {
+  return text
+    .split("\n")
+    .map((line) => `    ${line}`)
+    .join("\n");
+}
+
+/**
+ * Dev-only request/response logging — the terminal-equivalent of Chrome's Network
+ * tab for server-side calls, since they run on the Next.js server and the browser
+ * never sees them (no CORS on the Winofy API). Never runs in production.
+ */
+export function logWinofyRequest(method: string, url: string, body: unknown) {
+  if (!DEBUG) return;
+  console.log(`\n${CYAN}→ [winofy]${RESET} ${BOLD}${method}${RESET} ${url}`);
+  if (body !== undefined) console.log(`${DIM}  body:${RESET}\n${indent(prettyJson(body))}`);
+}
+
+export function logWinofyResponse(method: string, url: string, status: number, data: unknown) {
+  if (!DEBUG) return;
+  console.log(`${statusColor(status)}← [winofy] ${status}${RESET} ${BOLD}${method}${RESET} ${url}`);
+  if (data !== null && data !== undefined) console.log(`${DIM}  data:${RESET}\n${indent(prettyJson(data))}`);
+}
diff --git a/src/lib/api/winofy.ts b/src/lib/api/winofy.ts
index 7ccda3c..87487a6 100644
--- a/src/lib/api/winofy.ts
+++ b/src/lib/api/winofy.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 import "server-only";
 import { getValidSession } from "@/lib/auth/session";
 import { ApiError, type WinofyErrorDetails } from "./errors";
+import { logWinofyRequest, logWinofyResponse } from "./dev-logger";
 
 const BASE_URL = process.env.WINOFY_API_BASE_URL!;
-const DEBUG = process.env.NODE_ENV !== "production";
 
 interface WinofyFetchOptions extends Omit<RequestInit, "body"> {
   /** Attach the caller's bearer token. Defaults to true — set false for public endpoints. */
@@ -19,25 +19,6 @@ export interface PaginatedResponse<T> {
   results: T[];
 }
 
-/**
- * Dev-only request/response logging — this is the terminal-equivalent of Chrome's
- * Network tab for these calls, since they run server-side and the browser never
- * sees them (no CORS on the Winofy API). Prints method/URL/body going out and
- * status/body coming back. Never runs in production (checked once via DEBUG,
- * and nothing here writes to a file or leaves the process).
- */
-function logRequest(method: string, url: string, body: unknown) {
-  if (!DEBUG) return;
-  console.log(`\n→ [winofy] ${method} ${url}`);
-  if (body !== undefined) console.log("  body:", JSON.stringify(body));
-}
-
-function logResponse(method: string, url: string, status: number, data: unknown) {
-  if (!DEBUG) return;
-  console.log(`← [winofy] ${status} ${method} ${url}`);
-  console.log("  data:", JSON.stringify(data));
-}
-
 export async function winofyFetch<T>(path: string, options: WinofyFetchOptions = {}): Promise<T> {
   const { auth = true, params, headers, body, ...rest } = options;
   const method = rest.method ?? "GET";
@@ -60,7 +41,7 @@ export async function winofyFetch<T>(path: string, options: WinofyFetchOptions =
     if (session) finalHeaders.set("Authorization", `Bearer ${session.accessToken}`);
   }
 
-  logRequest(method, url.toString(), body);
+  logWinofyRequest(method, url.toString(), body);
 
   const res = await fetch(url.toString(), {
     ...rest,
@@ -70,12 +51,12 @@ export async function winofyFetch<T>(path: string, options: WinofyFetchOptions =
   });
 
   if (res.status === 204) {
-    logResponse(method, url.toString(), res.status, null);
+    logWinofyResponse(method, url.toString(), res.status, null);
     return undefined as T;
   }
 
   const data = await res.json().catch(() => null);
-  logResponse(method, url.toString(), res.status, data);
+  logWinofyResponse(method, url.toString(), res.status, data);
 
   if (!res.ok) {
     const envelope = data as { status_message?: string; details?: WinofyErrorDetails } | null;