diff --git a/demo/demo26.ts b/demo/demo26.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9fa560d260
--- /dev/null
+++ b/demo/demo26.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+// Creates two paragraphs, one with a border and one without
+// Import from 'docx' rather than '../build' if you install from npm
+import * as fs from "fs";
+import { Document, Packer, Paragraph } from "../build";
+
+const doc = new Document();
+
+const paragraph = new Paragraph("No border!");
+
+doc.addParagraph(paragraph);
+
+const borderParagraph = new Paragraph("I have borders on my top and bottom sides!").createBorder();
+borderParagraph.Borders.addTopBorder();
+borderParagraph.Borders.addBottomBorder();
+
+doc.addParagraph(borderParagraph);
+
+const packer = new Packer();
+
+packer.toBuffer(doc).then((buffer) => {
+    fs.writeFileSync("My Document.docx", buffer);
+});
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts b/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts
index 9ceb0c1336..f37854a3c7 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/formatting/border.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,63 @@
 // http://officeopenxml.com/WPborders.php
 import { Attributes, XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 
-class Border extends XmlComponent {
+class BorderProperty extends XmlComponent {
+    public setProperties(color: string, space: string, value: string, size: string): XmlComponent {
+        const attrs = new Attributes({
+            color: color,
+            space: space,
+            val: value,
+            sz: size,
+        });
+        this.root.push(attrs);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+}
+
+export class Border extends XmlComponent {
     constructor() {
-        super("w:bottom");
-        this.root.push(
-            new Attributes({
-                color: "auto",
-                space: "1",
-                val: "single",
-                sz: "6",
-            }),
-        );
+        super("w:pBdr");
+    }
+
+    public addTopBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+        const top = new BorderProperty("w:top");
+        top.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
+        this.root.push(top);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public addBottomBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+        const bottom = new BorderProperty("w:bottom");
+        bottom.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
+        this.root.push(bottom);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public addLeftBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+        const left = new BorderProperty("w:left");
+        left.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
+        this.root.push(left);
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public addRightBorder(color: string = "auto", space: string = "1", value: string = "single", size: string = "6"): XmlComponent {
+        const right = new BorderProperty("w:right");
+        right.setProperties(color, space, value, size);
+        this.root.push(right);
+
+        return this;
     }
 }
 
 export class ThematicBreak extends XmlComponent {
     constructor() {
         super("w:pBdr");
-        this.root.push(new Border());
+        const bottom = new BorderProperty("w:bottom");
+        bottom.setProperties("auto", "1", "single", "6");
+        this.root.push(bottom);
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
index e00fa6167c..2413769b1e 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.spec.ts
@@ -144,6 +144,51 @@ describe("Paragraph", () => {
         });
     });
 
+    describe("#paragraphBorders()", () => {
+        it("should add a left and right border to a paragraph", () => {
+            paragraph.createBorder();
+            paragraph.Borders.addLeftBorder();
+            paragraph.Borders.addRightBorder();
+            const tree = new Formatter().format(paragraph);
+            expect(tree).to.deep.equal({
+                "w:p": [
+                    {
+                        "w:pPr": [
+                            {
+                                "w:pBdr": [
+                                    {
+                                        "w:left": [
+                                            {
+                                                _attr: {
+                                                    "w:color": "auto",
+                                                    "w:space": "1",
+                                                    "w:sz": "6",
+                                                    "w:val": "single",
+                                                },
+                                            },
+                                        ],
+                                    },
+                                    {
+                                        "w:right": [
+                                            {
+                                                _attr: {
+                                                    "w:color": "auto",
+                                                    "w:space": "1",
+                                                    "w:sz": "6",
+                                                    "w:val": "single",
+                                                },
+                                            },
+                                        ],
+                                    },
+                                ],
+                            },
+                        ],
+                    },
+                ],
+            });
+        });
+    });
+
     describe("#pageBreak()", () => {
         it("should add page break to JSON", () => {
             paragraph.pageBreak();
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts
index 09348b2eaa..42b34e0c0d 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/paragraph.ts
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ import { XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
 
 import { Alignment } from "./formatting/alignment";
 import { Bidirectional } from "./formatting/bidirectional";
-import { ThematicBreak } from "./formatting/border";
+import { Border, ThematicBreak } from "./formatting/border";
 import { IIndentAttributesProperties, Indent } from "./formatting/indent";
 import { KeepLines, KeepNext } from "./formatting/keep";
 import { PageBreak, PageBreakBefore } from "./formatting/page-break";
@@ -30,6 +30,15 @@ export class Paragraph extends XmlComponent {
         }
     }
 
+    public get Borders(): Border {
+        return this.properties.paragraphBorder;
+    }
+
+    public createBorder(): Paragraph {
+        this.properties.createBorder();
+        return this;
+    }
+
     public addRun(run: Run): Paragraph {
         this.root.push(run);
         return this;
diff --git a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
index 93fba4ce31..5f0c651246 100644
--- a/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
+++ b/src/file/paragraph/properties.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,17 @@
 // http://officeopenxml.com/WPparagraphProperties.php
 import { XmlComponent } from "file/xml-components";
+import { Border } from "./formatting/border";
 
 export class ParagraphProperties extends XmlComponent {
+    public paragraphBorder: Border;
+
     constructor() {
         super("w:pPr");
+        this.paragraphBorder = new Border();
+    }
+
+    public createBorder(): void {
+        this.push(this.paragraphBorder);
     }
 
     public push(item: XmlComponent): void {