diff --git a/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/BlockElementExpression.cs b/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/BlockElementExpression.cs
index 2091ea5..aad5a06 100644
--- a/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/BlockElementExpression.cs
+++ b/src/Html2OpenXml/Expressions/BlockElementExpression.cs
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ class BlockElementExpression: PhrasingElementExpression
 {
     private readonly OpenXmlLeafElement[]? defaultStyleProperties;
     protected readonly ParagraphProperties paraProperties = new();
-    // some style attributes, such as borders, must be applied on multiple paragraphs
-    // in order to render as one single block of content.
-    protected bool renderAsOneBlock;
+    // some style attributes, such as borders or bgcolor, will convert this node to a framed container
+    protected bool renderAsFramed;
+    private HtmlBorder styleBorder;
 
 
     public BlockElementExpression(IHtmlElement node, OpenXmlLeafElement? styleProperty) : base(node)
@@ -58,20 +58,69 @@ public override IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement> Interpret (ParsingContext context)
             p.AppendChild(new BookmarkEnd() { Id = bookmarkId });
         }
 
-        if (!renderAsOneBlock || childElements.Count() < 2)
+        if (!renderAsFramed)
             return childElements;
 
-        // to group together those paragraphs, we must force some indentation requirement
-        foreach (var p in childElements.OfType<Paragraph>())
+        var paragraphs = childElements.OfType<Paragraph>();
+        if (!paragraphs.Any()) return childElements;
+
+        // if we have only 1 paragraph, just inline the styles
+        if (paragraphs.Count() == 1)
         {
-            p.ParagraphProperties ??= new();
-            // do not override indentation if `text-indent` was previously set
-            if ((p.ParagraphProperties.Indentation?.FirstLine?.HasValue) != true)
+            var p = paragraphs.First();
+
+            if (!styleBorder.IsEmpty && p.ParagraphProperties?.ParagraphBorders is null)
             {
-                p.ParagraphProperties.Indentation = new() { Right = "0" };
+                p.ParagraphProperties ??= new();
+                p.ParagraphProperties!.ParagraphBorders = new ParagraphBorders {
+                    LeftBorder = Converter.ToBorder<LeftBorder>(styleBorder.Left),
+                    RightBorder = Converter.ToBorder<RightBorder>(styleBorder.Right),
+                    TopBorder = Converter.ToBorder<TopBorder>(styleBorder.Top),
+                    BottomBorder = Converter.ToBorder<BottomBorder>(styleBorder.Bottom)
+                };
             }
+
+            return childElements;
+        }
+
+        // if we have 2+ paragraphs, we will embed them inside a stylised table
+        return [CreateFrame(childElements)];
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Group all the paragraph inside a framed table.
+    /// </summary>
+    private Table CreateFrame(IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement> childElements)
+    {
+        TableCell cell;
+        TableProperties tableProperties;
+        Table framedTable = new(
+            tableProperties = new TableProperties {
+                TableWidth = new() { Type = TableWidthUnitValues.Auto, Width = "0" } // 100%
+            },
+            new TableGrid(
+                new GridColumn() { Width = "5610" }),
+            new TableRow(
+                cell = new TableCell(childElements)
+                )
+            );
+
+        if (!styleBorder.IsEmpty)
+        {
+            tableProperties.TableBorders = new TableBorders {
+                LeftBorder = Converter.ToBorder<LeftBorder>(styleBorder.Left),
+                RightBorder = Converter.ToBorder<RightBorder>(styleBorder.Right),
+                TopBorder = Converter.ToBorder<TopBorder>(styleBorder.Top),
+                BottomBorder = Converter.ToBorder<BottomBorder>(styleBorder.Bottom)
+            };
+        }
+
+        if (runProperties.Shading != null)
+        {
+            cell.TableCellProperties = new() { Shading = (Shading?) runProperties.Shading.Clone() };
         }
-        return childElements;
+
+        return framedTable;
     }
 
     protected override IEnumerable<OpenXmlElement> Interpret (
@@ -163,18 +212,10 @@ protected override void ComposeStyles (ParsingContext context)
         }
 
 
-        var styleBorder = styleAttributes.GetBorders();
+        styleBorder = styleAttributes.GetBorders();
         if (!styleBorder.IsEmpty)
         {
-            var borders = new ParagraphBorders {
-                LeftBorder = Converter.ToBorder<LeftBorder>(styleBorder.Left),
-                RightBorder = Converter.ToBorder<RightBorder>(styleBorder.Right),
-                TopBorder = Converter.ToBorder<TopBorder>(styleBorder.Top),
-                BottomBorder = Converter.ToBorder<BottomBorder>(styleBorder.Bottom)
-            };
-
-            paraProperties.ParagraphBorders = borders;
-            renderAsOneBlock = true;
+            renderAsFramed = true;
         }
 
         foreach (string className in node.ClassList)
@@ -187,8 +228,8 @@ protected override void ComposeStyles (ParsingContext context)
             }
         }
 
-        Margin margin = styleAttributes.GetMargin("margin");
-        Indentation? indentation = null;
+        var margin = styleAttributes.GetMargin("margin");
+         Indentation? indentation = null;
         if (!margin.IsEmpty)
         {
             if (margin.Top.IsFixed || margin.Bottom.IsFixed)
@@ -264,6 +305,9 @@ protected override void ComposeStyles (ParsingContext context)
                 };
             }
         }
+
+        if (runProperties.Shading != null)
+            renderAsFramed = true;
     }
 
     /// <summary>
diff --git a/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/DivTests.cs b/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/DivTests.cs
index 2fa421c..25e8098 100644
--- a/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/DivTests.cs
+++ b/test/HtmlToOpenXml.Tests/DivTests.cs
@@ -149,9 +149,9 @@ public void WithOnlyLineBreak_ReturnsEmptyRun()
         }
 
         [Test(Description = "Border defined on container should render its content with one bordered frame #168")] 
-        public async Task WithBorders_ReturnsAsOneFramedBlock()
+        public async Task WithBorders_MultipleParagraphs_ReturnsAsOneFramedBlock()
         {
-            await converter.ParseBody(@"<div style='margin-top: 20px; border: 1px dashed rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); display: flex; gap: 5px; padding: 6px 8px; font-size: 14px;'>
+            await converter.ParseBody(@"<div style='margin-top: 20px; border: 1px dashed rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.4); padding: 6px 8px; font-size: 14px;'>
               <div>
                 <p>Header placeholder:</p>
                 <ol>
@@ -164,19 +164,46 @@ public async Task WithBorders_ReturnsAsOneFramedBlock()
             AssertThatOpenXmlDocumentIsValid();
 
             var paragraphs = mainPart.Document.Body!.Elements<Paragraph>();
-            Assert.That(paragraphs, Is.Not.Empty);
-            Assert.That(paragraphs.Select(p => p.ParagraphProperties?.ParagraphBorders), Has.All.Not.Empty);
-            Assert.That(paragraphs.SelectMany(p => p.ParagraphProperties?.ParagraphBorders!.Elements<BorderType>()!)
+            Assert.That(paragraphs, Is.Empty, "Assert that all the paragraphs stand inside the framed table");
+
+            var framedTable = mainPart.Document.Body!.Elements<Table>().FirstOrDefault();
+            Assert.That(framedTable, Is.Not.Null);
+
+            var borders = framedTable.GetFirstChild<TableProperties>()?.TableBorders;
+            Assert.That(borders, Is.Not.Null, "Assert that border is applied on table scope");
+            Assert.That(borders.Elements<BorderType>()!
                 .Select(b => b.Val?.Value),
                 Has.All.EqualTo(BorderValues.Dashed));
 
-            Assert.That(paragraphs.Take(paragraphs.Count() - 1)
-                .Select(p => p.ParagraphProperties?.Indentation?.Right?.Value), Has.All.EqualTo("0"),
-                "Assert that all paragraphs right indentation is reset");
+            var cell = framedTable.GetFirstChild<TableRow>()?.GetFirstChild<TableCell>();
+            Assert.That(cell, Is.Not.Null);
+            paragraphs = cell.Elements<Paragraph>();
+            Assert.That(paragraphs, Is.Not.Empty);
+
             Assert.That(paragraphs.Last().ParagraphProperties?.Indentation?.FirstLine?.Value, Is.EqualTo("1080"),
                 "Assert that paragraph with text-indent is preserved");
             Assert.That(paragraphs.Last().ParagraphProperties?.Indentation?.Right, Is.Null,
                 "Assert that paragraph with right indentation is preserved");
         }
+
+        [Test(Description = "Background color defined on container should render its content with one bordered frame")] 
+        public async Task WithBgcolor_MultipleParagraphs_ReturnsAsOneFramedBlock()
+        {
+            await converter.ParseBody(@"<article style='background: orange'>
+                <header>Header placeholder</header>
+                <p>Body Placeholder</p>
+            </article>");
+            AssertThatOpenXmlDocumentIsValid();
+
+            var paragraphs = mainPart.Document.Body!.Elements<Paragraph>();
+            Assert.That(paragraphs, Is.Empty, "Assert that all the paragraphs stand inside the framed table");
+
+            var framedTable = mainPart.Document.Body!.Elements<Table>().FirstOrDefault();
+            Assert.That(framedTable, Is.Not.Null);
+
+            var shading = framedTable.GetFirstChild<TableRow>()?.GetFirstChild<TableCell>()?.TableCellProperties?.Shading;
+            Assert.That(shading, Is.Not.Null, "Assert that background-color is applied on table scope");
+            Assert.That(shading.Fill?.Value, Is.EqualTo("FFA500"));
+        }
     }
 }
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