Good method for putting a border around the .page area ?

[jwocky]

I want to put a 4-5 pixel black border around the .page area, whats a good method? I thought about setting the background to a repeat-y bg, but that only works on one side of the border.

I was also thinking of just surrounding the whole thing with a table and putting two <td>'s on either side to create the border, but that doesnt seem like the best way of doing it. I see lots of fourums that have it done with even fades and other cool effects...

Any pointers on how to do this?

Thanks!