diff --git a/src/lib/components/PostCard.svelte b/src/lib/components/PostCard.svelte
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b24a662
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/components/PostCard.svelte
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+<script lang="ts">
+	interface PostCardProps {
+		slug: string;
+		title: string;
+		date: string;
+		excerpt: string;
+		image?: string;
+	}
+
+	let { slug, title, date, excerpt, image }: PostCardProps = $props();
+</script>
+
+<article class="group overflow-hidden rounded-lg border border-gray-200 transition hover:shadow-lg">
+	<a href="/posts/{slug}" class="block">
+		{#if image}
+			<div class="aspect-video w-full overflow-hidden bg-gray-100">
+				<img
+					src={image}
+					alt={title}
+					class="h-full w-full object-cover transition duration-300 group-hover:scale-105"
+				/>
+			</div>
+		{/if}
+		<div class="p-6">
+			<h2 class="mb-2 text-2xl font-semibold transition group-hover:text-electric-violet-800">
+				{title}
+			</h2>
+			<p class="mb-2 text-gray-600">{date}</p>
+			<p class="text-gray-700">{excerpt}</p>
+		</div>
+	</a>
+</article>
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.svelte b/src/routes/+page.svelte
index 8f6315a..feaa760 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/+page.svelte
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script lang="ts">
 	import type { PageData } from './$types';
+	import PostCard from '$lib/components/PostCard.svelte';
 
 	let { data }: { data: PageData } = $props();
 </script>
@@ -13,15 +14,13 @@
 
 	<div class="space-y-6">
 		{#each data.posts as post}
-			<article class="border-b pb-6">
-				<a href="/posts/{post.slug}" class="group">
-					<h2 class="mb-2 text-2xl font-semibold transition group-hover:text-electric-violet-800">
-						{post.title}
-					</h2>
-					<p class="mb-2 text-gray-600">{post.date}</p>
-					<p class="text-gray-700">{post.excerpt}</p>
-				</a>
-			</article>
+			<PostCard
+				slug={post.slug}
+				title={post.title}
+				date={post.date}
+				excerpt={post.excerpt}
+				image={post.image}
+			/>
 		{/each}
 	</div>
 </div>
diff --git a/src/routes/+page.ts b/src/routes/+page.ts
index 4ea049b..67bedbc 100644
--- a/src/routes/+page.ts
+++ b/src/routes/+page.ts
@@ -1,10 +1,9 @@
 import type { PageLoad } from './$types';
 
 export const load: PageLoad = async () => {
-	const postFiles = import.meta.glob<{ metadata: { title: string; date: string; excerpt: string } }>(
-		'./posts/*.md',
-		{ eager: true }
-	);
+	const postFiles = import.meta.glob<{
+		metadata: { title: string; date: string; excerpt: string; image?: string };
+	}>('./posts/*.md', { eager: true });
 
 	const posts = Object.entries(postFiles).map(([path, post]) => {
 		const slug = path.replace('./posts/', '').replace('.md', '');
@@ -13,7 +12,8 @@ export const load: PageLoad = async () => {
 			slug,
 			title: post.metadata.title,
 			date: post.metadata.date,
-			excerpt: post.metadata.excerpt
+			excerpt: post.metadata.excerpt,
+			image: post.metadata.image
 		};
 	});
 
diff --git a/src/routes/posts/[slug]/+page.svelte b/src/routes/posts/[slug]/+page.svelte
index 26dc231..74cd9c7 100644
--- a/src/routes/posts/[slug]/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/posts/[slug]/+page.svelte
@@ -14,6 +14,16 @@
 		<p class="text-gray-600">{data.metadata.date}</p>
 	</header>
 
+	{#if data.metadata.image}
+		<div class="mb-8 -mx-4 md:mx-0">
+			<img
+				src={data.metadata.image}
+				alt={data.metadata.title}
+				class="w-full rounded-lg"
+			/>
+		</div>
+	{/if}
+
 	<div
 		class="prose-headings:font-semibold prose-a:text-electric-violet-800 prose-a:no-underline hover:prose-a:underline"
 	>
diff --git a/src/routes/posts/homelab-journey.md b/src/routes/posts/homelab-journey.md
index bd6d89e..b83752d 100644
--- a/src/routes/posts/homelab-journey.md
+++ b/src/routes/posts/homelab-journey.md
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 title: "How It's Made - The Homelab (if I can call it that)"
 date: "2025-12-22"
 excerpt: "How I bought an office PC at a protest and turned it into  t h e  c l o u d  over the course of a weekend."
+image: "/images/posts/homelab-hp-prodesk.jpeg"
 ---
 
 ## Set And Setting
diff --git a/static/images/posts/homelab-hp-prodesk.jpeg b/static/images/posts/homelab-hp-prodesk.jpeg
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index 0000000..cb62c66
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