diff --git a/Gemfile b/Gemfile
index 38b9f90..3dd82d5 100644
--- a/Gemfile
+++ b/Gemfile
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ end
 
 group :development do
   gem 'kramdown'
-  gem "debugger"
+  gem "byebug"
   gem "pry"
   gem "rake"
   gem "flog"
diff --git a/Gemfile.lock b/Gemfile.lock
index 4c3503e..6f72ee9 100644
--- a/Gemfile.lock
+++ b/Gemfile.lock
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ GEM
     ast (1.1.0)
     autotest-growl (0.2.16)
     autotest-standalone (4.5.11)
+    byebug (3.2.0)
+      columnize (~> 0.8)
+      debugger-linecache (~> 1.2)
     celluloid (0.15.2)
       timers (~> 1.1.0)
     celluloid-io (0.15.0)
@@ -19,13 +22,8 @@ GEM
     charlock_holmes (0.6.9.4)
     coderay (1.1.0)
     colored (1.2)
-    columnize (0.3.6)
-    debugger (1.6.5)
-      columnize (>= 0.3.1)
-      debugger-linecache (~> 1.2.0)
-      debugger-ruby_core_source (~> 1.3.1)
+    columnize (0.8.9)
     debugger-linecache (1.2.0)
-    debugger-ruby_core_source (1.3.1)
     diff-lcs (1.2.5)
     docile (1.1.3)
     faraday (0.9.0)
@@ -158,8 +156,8 @@ DEPENDENCIES
   RedCloth
   autotest-growl
   autotest-standalone
+  byebug
   colored
-  debugger
   faraday
   flay
   flog
diff --git a/lib/command_line_reporter/column.rb b/lib/command_line_reporter/column.rb
index 1905724..6948182 100644
--- a/lib/command_line_reporter/column.rb
+++ b/lib/command_line_reporter/column.rb
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ def to_cell(str)
       # then colorize the cell text
       cell =  str.empty? ? blank_cell : aligned_cell(str)
       padding_str = ' ' * self.padding
-      padding_str + colorize(cell) + padding_str
+      colorize(padding_str + cell + padding_str)
     end
 
     def blank_cell
diff --git a/lib/command_line_reporter/row.rb b/lib/command_line_reporter/row.rb
index 7467de8..cfe4888 100644
--- a/lib/command_line_reporter/row.rb
+++ b/lib/command_line_reporter/row.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ module CommandLineReporter
   class Row
     include OptionsValidator
 
-    VALID_OPTIONS = [:header, :color, :bold, :encoding]
+    VALID_OPTIONS = [:header, :color, :border_color, :bold, :encoding]
     attr_accessor :columns, :border, *VALID_OPTIONS
 
     def initialize(options = {})
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ def initialize(options = {})
       self.border = false
       self.header = options[:header] || false
       self.color = options[:color]
+      self.border_color = options[:border_color]
       self.bold = options[:bold] || false
       self.encoding = options[:encoding] || :unicode
     end
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@ def add(column)
     def output
       screen_count.times do |sr|
         border_char = use_utf8? ? "\u2503" : '|'
+        border_char = border_char.send(self.border_color) if self.border_color
 
         line = (self.border) ? "#{border_char} " : ''
 
diff --git a/lib/command_line_reporter/table.rb b/lib/command_line_reporter/table.rb
index 9a90339..144a758 100644
--- a/lib/command_line_reporter/table.rb
+++ b/lib/command_line_reporter/table.rb
@@ -2,13 +2,14 @@ module CommandLineReporter
   class Table
     include OptionsValidator
 
-    VALID_OPTIONS = [:border, :width, :encoding]
+    VALID_OPTIONS = [:border, :border_color, :width, :encoding]
     attr_accessor :rows, *VALID_OPTIONS
 
     def initialize(options = {})
       self.validate_options(options, *VALID_OPTIONS)
 
       self.border = options[:border] || false
+      self.border_color = options[:border_color] || false
       self.width = options[:width] || false
       self.encoding = options[:encoding] || CommandLineReporter::DEFAULTS[:encoding]
 
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@ def initialize(options = {})
     def add(row)
       # Inheritance from the table
       row.border = self.border
+      row.border_color = self.border_color
 
       # Inherit properties from the appropriate row
       inherit_column_attrs(row) if self.rows[0]
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ def auto_adjust_widths
     def separator(type = 'middle')
       left, center, right, bar = use_utf8? ? utf8_separator(type) : ascii_separator
 
-      left + self.rows[0].columns.map {|c| bar * (c.width + 2)}.join(center) + right
+      separator_str = left + self.rows[0].columns.map {|c| bar * (c.width + 2)}.join(center) + right
+      separator_str.send(self.border_color) if self.border_color
     end
 
     def use_utf8?
diff --git a/spec/table_spec.rb b/spec/table_spec.rb
index df9b565..7eeed8c 100644
--- a/spec/table_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/table_spec.rb
@@ -16,6 +16,14 @@
       expect(CommandLineReporter::Table.new(:border => true).border).to eq(true)
     end
 
+    it 'defaults the border_color' do
+      expect(CommandLineReporter::Table.new.border_color).to be_false
+    end
+
+    it 'accepts the border_color' do
+      expect(CommandLineReporter::Table.new(:border_color => true).border_color).to eq(true)
+    end
+
     it 'output encoding should be ascii' do
       expect(CommandLineReporter::Table.new(:encoding => :ascii).encoding).to eq(:ascii)
     end
@@ -112,6 +120,7 @@
     end
   end
 
+  
   describe '#auto_adjust_widths' do
     it 'sets the widths of each column in each row to the maximum required width for that column' do
       table = CommandLineReporter::Table.new.tap do |t|