diff --git a/table.scm b/table.scm
index ffc6ba5..6559f0c 100644
--- a/table.scm
+++ b/table.scm
@@ -162,8 +162,8 @@
  ;; Table border styles in visual form
  (define table-borders-lookup-source
    '((ascii
-      "/~,\\"
-      "| ||"
+      "/=,\\"
+      "] |["
       ">-+<"
       "'~^`")
      (unicode
@@ -175,9 +175,27 @@
  ;; Compiled table borders for rendering
  (define table-borders-lookup
    (map (lambda (src)
-	  (cons (car src) (apply string-intersperse (cdr src))))
+	  (cons (car src) (string-intersperse (cdr src) "")))
 	table-borders-lookup-source))
 
+ ;; Accepts a table row - list of list of strings - and returns a list
+ ;; of lines (list of strings).
+ (define (table-row->lines row left-border cell-separator right-border)
+   (if (null? row)
+       '()
+       (let yloop ((row row)
+		   (res '()))
+	 (if (null? (car row))
+	     (reverse res)
+	     (yloop (map cdr row)
+		    (cons
+		     (string-append left-border
+				    (string-intersperse
+				     (map car row)
+				     cell-separator)
+				    right-border)
+		     res))))))
+
  (define (table->string tbl . args)
    (let ((table-border (get-keyword #:table-border args (lambda () #f)))
 	 (cell-border (get-keyword #:cell-border args (lambda () #f)))
@@ -228,6 +246,9 @@
 		    (("") ("b") ("z") ("x"))))
 		 '((("a") ("bb") ("ccc") (" "))
 		   ((" ") ("b ") ("z  ") ("x"))))
+    (test-equal? table-row->lines
+		 (table-row->lines '(("a ") ("bb") ("ccc") ("    ")) "]" "|" "[")
+		 '("]a |bb|ccc|    ["))
     ))
 
  )