diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/main.scss b/frontend/src/assets/main.scss
index 3f32eeb0..65cb28a5 100644
--- a/frontend/src/assets/main.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/assets/main.scss
@@ -357,3 +357,8 @@ a:visited {
 a.p-tabview-header-action {
   text-decoration: none;
 }
+
+/* forms */
+.field span[role="alert"] {
+  color: $bcbox-error;
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/assets/variables.scss b/frontend/src/assets/variables.scss
index a7c46cdb..ce744318 100644
--- a/frontend/src/assets/variables.scss
+++ b/frontend/src/assets/variables.scss
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ $bcbox-primary: #036;
 $bcbox-link-text: #1a5a96;
 $bcbox-link-text-hover: #00f;
 $bcbox-outline-on-primary: #fff;
+$bcbox-error: #d8292f;
 
 // highlighted sections, table rows
 $bcbox-highlight-background: #d9e1e8;
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketChildConfig.vue b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketChildConfig.vue
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..cac14e66
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketChildConfig.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,129 @@
+<script setup lang="ts">
+import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
+import { Form } from 'vee-validate';
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import { object, string } from 'yup';
+
+import TextInput from '@/components/form/TextInput.vue';
+import { Button, Dialog, Message, useToast } from '@/lib/primevue';
+import { useAuthStore, useBucketStore } from '@/store';
+
+import type { Ref } from 'vue';
+import type { Bucket } from '@/types';
+
+// Props
+const props = defineProps<{
+  parentBucket: Bucket;
+}>();
+
+// Store
+const bucketStore = useBucketStore();
+const { getUserId } = storeToRefs(useAuthStore());
+
+// Form validation
+const validationMessages: Ref<Array<string>> = ref([]);
+const schema = object({
+  bucketName: string().required().max(255).label('Folder display name'),
+  subKey: string()
+    .required()
+    .matches(/^[^/\\]+$/, 'Folder sub-path must not contain back or forward slashes')
+    .label('Folder sub-path')
+});
+
+// Actions
+const toast = useToast();
+const dialogIsVisible: Ref<boolean> = ref(false);
+const showDialog = (x: boolean) => {
+  dialogIsVisible.value = x;
+};
+
+const onSubmit = async (values: any) => {
+  try {
+    const formData = {
+      bucketName: values.bucketName.trim(),
+      subKey: values.subKey.trim()
+    };
+    // create bucket
+    await bucketStore.createBucketChild(props.parentBucket.bucketId, formData.subKey, formData.bucketName);
+    // refresh stores
+    await bucketStore.fetchBuckets({ userId: getUserId.value, objectPerms: true });
+    showDialog(false);
+    toast.success('Adding Folder to a bucket', 'Folder configuration successful');
+  } catch (error: any) {
+    validationMessages.value = [];
+    validationMessages.value.push(error.response.data.detail);
+  }
+};
+const onCancel = () => {
+  showDialog(false);
+};
+</script>
+
+<template>
+  <Button
+    v-tooltip.bottom="'Add folder to a bucket'"
+    class="p-button-lg p-button-text"
+    aria-label="Add folder to a bucket"
+    @click="showDialog(true)"
+  >
+    <font-awesome-icon icon="fa-solid fa-folder-plus" />
+  </Button>
+
+  <Dialog
+    class="bcbox-info-dialog"
+    :style="{ width: '50vw' }"
+    :modal="true"
+    :visible="dialogIsVisible"
+    @update:visible="showDialog(false)"
+  >
+    <template #header>
+      <font-awesome-icon
+        icon="fas fa-cog"
+        fixed-width
+      />
+      <span class="p-dialog-title">Add folder to bucket</span>
+    </template>
+
+    <h3 class="bcbox-info-dialog-subhead mb-0">{{ props.parentBucket.bucketName }}</h3>
+    <ul class="mt-0 pl-3">
+      <li>Sets a folder to appear within a bucket</li>
+    </ul>
+    <Form
+      :validation-schema="schema"
+      @submit="onSubmit"
+    >
+      <Message
+        v-for="msg of validationMessages"
+        :key="msg"
+        severity="error"
+      >
+        {{ msg }}
+      </Message>
+      <TextInput
+        name="subKey"
+        label="Folder sub-path"
+        placeholder="my-documents"
+        help-text="The directory will be created if it does not already exist.
+          Sub-paths are supported using '/' between levels.
+          This value cannot be changed after it is set."
+      />
+      <TextInput
+        name="bucketName"
+        label="Folder display name *"
+        placeholder="My Documents"
+        help-text="Your custom display name for the bucket - any name as you would like to see it listed in BCBox."
+        autofocus
+      />
+      <Button
+        class="p-button mt-2 mr-2"
+        label="Save"
+        type="submit"
+      />
+      <Button
+        class="p-button-outlined mt-2"
+        label="Cancel"
+        @click="onCancel"
+      />
+    </Form>
+  </Dialog>
+</template>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketConfigForm.vue b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketConfigForm.vue
index 365a888a..353b9888 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketConfigForm.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketConfigForm.vue
@@ -86,7 +86,6 @@ const onSubmit = async (values: any) => {
     await bucketStore.fetchBuckets({ userId: getUserId.value, objectPerms: true });
 
     // trim trailing "//", if present
-    // (modifying getBucketPath() instead seems to break nested bucket display [PR-146])
     const currBucketPath = getBucketPath(initialValues as Bucket).endsWith('//')
       ? getBucketPath(initialValues as Bucket).slice(0, -1)
       : getBucketPath(initialValues as Bucket);
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTable.vue b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTable.vue
index c481e64e..768af516 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTable.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTable.vue
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia';
 import { ref, watch } from 'vue';
 
-import { BucketPermission, BucketTableBucketName } from '@/components/bucket';
+import { BucketChildConfig, BucketPermission, BucketTableBucketName } from '@/components/bucket';
 import { Spinner } from '@/components/layout';
 import { SyncButton } from '@/components/common';
 import { Button, Column, Dialog, TreeTable, useConfirm } from '@/lib/primevue';
@@ -67,13 +67,6 @@ async function deleteBucket(bucketId: string) {
   await bucketStore.fetchBuckets({ userId: getUserId.value, objectPerms: true });
 }
 
-/** Get the full path to the first part of its key */
-function getFirstKeyPartPath(node: BucketTreeNode): string {
-  const parts = node.data.key.split(DELIMITER).filter((part) => part);
-
-  return `${node.data.endpoint}/${node.data.bucket}/${parts[0]}`;
-}
-
 /**
  * Finds the nearest indirect path to node \
  * Assumes the endpointMap paths have been pre sorted
@@ -197,8 +190,7 @@ watch(getBuckets, () => {
         } else {
           if (node.data.key !== '/') {
             // Top level bucket not at root so create dummy hierarchy to reach it
-            const rootFullPath = getFirstKeyPartPath(node);
-            const rootKey = node.data.key.split(DELIMITER).filter((part) => part)[0];
+            const rootFullPath = `${node.data.endpoint}/${node.data.bucket}//`;
             const dummyRootNode: BucketTreeNode = {
               key: rootFullPath,
               data: {
@@ -206,10 +198,10 @@ watch(getBuckets, () => {
                 active: false,
                 bucket: node.data.bucket,
                 bucketId: '',
-                bucketName: rootKey,
+                bucketName: node.data.bucket,
                 dummy: true,
                 endpoint: node.data.endpoint,
-                key: rootKey,
+                key: '/',
                 region: '',
                 secretAccessKey: ''
               },
@@ -296,10 +288,14 @@ watch(getBuckets, () => {
       header="Actions"
       header-class="text-right"
       body-class="action-buttons"
-      style="width: 250px"
+      style="width: 280px"
     >
       <template #body="{ node }">
         <span v-if="!node.data.dummy">
+          <BucketChildConfig
+            v-if="permissionStore.isBucketActionAllowed(node.data.bucketId, getUserId, Permissions.MANAGE)"
+            :parent-bucket="node.data"
+          />
           <Button
             v-if="permissionStore.isBucketActionAllowed(node.data.bucketId, getUserId, Permissions.UPDATE)"
             v-tooltip.bottom="'Configure bucket'"
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTableBucketName.vue b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTableBucketName.vue
index 71892f48..b1a9b024 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTableBucketName.vue
+++ b/frontend/src/components/bucket/BucketTableBucketName.vue
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 <script setup lang="ts">
 import { RouteNames } from '@/utils/constants';
+import { getBucketPath, getLastSegment } from '@/utils/utils';
 
 import type { BucketTreeNode } from '@/types';
 
@@ -15,29 +16,34 @@ const props = withDefaults(defineProps<Props>(), {});
   <span v-if="props.node.data.dummy">
     {{ props.node.data.bucketName }}
     <span
-      v-if="node.isRoot"
-      class="bucket-subtext pl-1"
+      v-if="props.node.data.key === '/'"
+      class="pl-2 text-xs"
     >
-      {{ node.data.bucket }}
+      {{ props.node.data.bucketName }}
+    </span>
+    <span
+      v-else
+      class="pl-2 text-xs"
+    >
+      {{ '/' + props.node.data.bucketName }}
     </span>
   </span>
+
   <span v-else>
     <router-link :to="{ name: RouteNames.LIST_OBJECTS, query: { bucketId: props.node.data.bucketId } }">
-      {{ node.data.bucketName }}
+      {{ props.node.data.bucketName }}
     </router-link>
     <span
-      v-if="node.isRoot"
-      class="bucket-subtext pl-2"
+      v-if="props.node.data.key === '/'"
+      class="pl-2 text-xs"
     >
-      {{ node.data.bucket }}
+      {{ getLastSegment(getBucketPath(props.node.data)) }}
+    </span>
+    <span
+      v-else
+      class="pl-2 text-xs"
+    >
+      {{ '/' + getLastSegment(getBucketPath(props.node.data)) }}
     </span>
   </span>
 </template>
-
-<style scoped lang="scss">
-.bucket-subtext {
-  font-size: small;
-  color: gray;
-  font-style: italic;
-}
-</style>
diff --git a/frontend/src/components/bucket/index.ts b/frontend/src/components/bucket/index.ts
index 9dda7bcd..04257c05 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/bucket/index.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/components/bucket/index.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+export { default as BucketChildConfig } from './BucketChildConfig.vue';
 export { default as BucketConfigForm } from './BucketConfigForm.vue';
 export { default as BucketList } from './BucketList.vue';
 export { default as BucketPermission } from './BucketPermission.vue';
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/bucketService.ts b/frontend/src/services/bucketService.ts
index 22f85a15..6ae6f723 100644
--- a/frontend/src/services/bucketService.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/services/bucketService.ts
@@ -25,6 +25,18 @@ export default {
     return comsAxios().put(`${BUCKET_PATH}`, data);
   },
 
+  /**
+   * @function createBucketChild
+   * Creates a bucket
+   * @param {string} parentBucketId ID of parent COMS 'bucket'
+   * @param {string} subKey 'sub-folder' name (last part of the key)
+   * @param {string} bucketName Display name for the mapped sub-folder
+   * @returns {Promise} An axios response
+   */
+  createBucketChild(parentBucketId: string, subKey: string, bucketName: string) {
+    return comsAxios().put(`${BUCKET_PATH}/${parentBucketId}/child`, { subKey, bucketName });
+  },
+
   /**
    * @function deleteBucket
    * Deletes a bucket
diff --git a/frontend/src/store/bucketStore.ts b/frontend/src/store/bucketStore.ts
index d7b0d549..dae9eaa2 100644
--- a/frontend/src/store/bucketStore.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/store/bucketStore.ts
@@ -41,6 +41,15 @@ export const useBucketStore = defineStore('bucket', () => {
     }
   }
 
+  async function createBucketChild(parentBucketId: string, subKey: string, bucketName: string) {
+    try {
+      appStore.beginIndeterminateLoading();
+      return await bucketService.createBucketChild(parentBucketId, subKey, bucketName);
+    } finally {
+      appStore.endIndeterminateLoading();
+    }
+  }
+
   async function deleteBucket(bucketId: string) {
     try {
       appStore.beginIndeterminateLoading();
@@ -120,6 +129,7 @@ export const useBucketStore = defineStore('bucket', () => {
 
     // Actions
     createBucket,
+    createBucketChild,
     deleteBucket,
     fetchBuckets,
     findBucketById,
diff --git a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
index 0a91ecc5..77c3c531 100644
--- a/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
+++ b/frontend/src/utils/utils.ts
@@ -127,3 +127,14 @@ export function setDispositionHeader(filename: string) {
 export function getBucketPath(bucket: Bucket): string {
   return `${bucket.endpoint}/${bucket.bucket}/${bucket.key}`;
 }
+
+/**
+ * @function getLastSegment
+ * Returns the last segment of a path, ignoring trailing slashes
+ * @param {string} path full path (eg: http://abc.com/bucket/)
+ * @returns {string} last segment of a path (eg: bucket)
+ */
+export function getLastSegment(path: string) {
+  const p = path.replace(/\/+$/, '');
+  return p.slice(p.lastIndexOf('/') + 1);
+}