diff --git a/storage/src/nodestore.rs b/storage/src/nodestore.rs
index 44d51db81..4c011d70b 100644
--- a/storage/src/nodestore.rs
+++ b/storage/src/nodestore.rs
@@ -66,37 +66,68 @@ use super::linear::WritableStorage;
 
 /// [NodeStore] divides the linear store into blocks of different sizes.
 /// [AREA_SIZES] is every valid block size.
-const AREA_SIZES: [u64; 21] = [
-    1 << MIN_AREA_SIZE_LOG, // Min block size is 8
-    1 << 4,
-    1 << 5,
-    1 << 6,
-    1 << 7,
-    1 << 8,
-    1 << 9,
-    1 << 10,
-    1 << 11,
-    1 << 12,
-    1 << 13,
-    1 << 14,
-    1 << 15,
-    1 << 16,
-    1 << 17,
-    1 << 18,
-    1 << 19,
-    1 << 20,
-    1 << 21,
-    1 << 22,
-    1 << 23, // 16 MiB
+const AREA_SIZES: [u64; 23] = [
+    16, // Min block size
+    32,
+    64,
+    96,
+    128,
+    256,
+    512,
+    768,
+    1024,
+    1024 << 1,
+    1024 << 2,
+    1024 << 3,
+    1024 << 4,
+    1024 << 5,
+    1024 << 6,
+    1024 << 7,
+    1024 << 8,
+    1024 << 9,
+    1024 << 10,
+    1024 << 11,
+    1024 << 12,
+    1024 << 13,
+    1024 << 14,
 ];
 
+// TODO: automate this, must stay in sync with above
+fn index_name(index: AreaIndex) -> &'static str {
+    match index {
+        0 => "16",
+        1 => "32",
+        2 => "64",
+        3 => "96",
+        4 => "128",
+        5 => "256",
+        6 => "512",
+        7 => "768",
+        8 => "1024",
+        9 => "2048",
+        10 => "4096",
+        11 => "8192",
+        12 => "16384",
+        13 => "32768",
+        14 => "65536",
+        15 => "131072",
+        16 => "262144",
+        17 => "524288",
+        18 => "1048576",
+        19 => "2097152",
+        20 => "4194304",
+        21 => "8388608",
+        22 => "16777216",
+        _ => "unknown",
+    }
+}
+
 /// The type of an index into the [AREA_SIZES] array
 /// This is not usize because we can store this as a single byte
 pub type AreaIndex = u8;
 
 // TODO danlaine: have type for index in AREA_SIZES
 // Implement try_into() for it.
-const MIN_AREA_SIZE_LOG: AreaIndex = 3;
 const NUM_AREA_SIZES: usize = AREA_SIZES.len();
 const MIN_AREA_SIZE: u64 = AREA_SIZES[0];
 const MAX_AREA_SIZE: u64 = AREA_SIZES[NUM_AREA_SIZES - 1];
@@ -114,13 +145,16 @@ fn area_size_to_index(n: u64) -> Result<AreaIndex, Error> {
         return Ok(0);
     }
 
-    let mut log = n.ilog2();
-    // If n is not a power of 2, we need to round up to the next power of 2.
-    if n != 1 << log {
-        log += 1;
-    }
-
-    Ok(log as AreaIndex - MIN_AREA_SIZE_LOG)
+    AREA_SIZES
+        .iter()
+        .position(|&size| size >= n)
+        .map(|index| index as AreaIndex)
+        .ok_or_else(|| {
+            Error::new(
+                ErrorKind::InvalidData,
+                format!("Node size {} is too large", n),
+            )
+        })
 }
 
 /// Objects cannot be stored at the zero address, so a [LinearAddress] is guaranteed not
@@ -413,8 +447,10 @@ impl<S: ReadableStorage> NodeStore<Arc<ImmutableProposal>, S> {
                 *free_stored_area_addr = free_head.next_free_block;
             }
 
-            counter!("firewood.space.reused").increment(AREA_SIZES[index]);
-            counter!("firewood.space.wasted").increment(AREA_SIZES[index] - n);
+            counter!("firewood.space.reused", "index" => index_name(index as u8))
+                .increment(AREA_SIZES[index]);
+            counter!("firewood.space.wasted", "index" => index_name(index as u8))
+                .increment(AREA_SIZES[index] - n);
 
             // Return the address of the newly allocated block.
             trace!(
@@ -425,7 +461,8 @@ impl<S: ReadableStorage> NodeStore<Arc<ImmutableProposal>, S> {
         }
 
         trace!("No free blocks of sufficient size {index_wanted} found");
-        counter!("firewood.space.notfree").increment(AREA_SIZES[index_wanted as usize]);
+        counter!("firewood.space.from_end", "index" => index_name(index_wanted as u8))
+            .increment(AREA_SIZES[index_wanted as usize]);
         Ok(None)
     }
 
@@ -474,8 +511,9 @@ impl<S: WritableStorage> NodeStore<Committed, S> {
 
         let (area_size_index, _) = self.area_index_and_size(addr)?;
         trace!("Deleting node at {addr:?} of size {}", area_size_index);
-        counter!("firewood.delete_node").increment(1);
-        counter!("firewood.space.freed").increment(AREA_SIZES[area_size_index as usize]);
+        counter!("firewood.delete_node", "index" => index_name(area_size_index)).increment(1);
+        counter!("firewood.space.freed", "index" => index_name(area_size_index))
+            .increment(AREA_SIZES[area_size_index as usize]);
 
         // The area that contained the node is now free.
         let area: Area<Node, FreeArea> = Area::Free(FreeArea {