Web Page Border Problems

Hi

I'm new to NetSuite and I'm trying to implement a web design with a border around each page (see mock ups of the design at www.valleycountry.com/default2.htm and www.valleycountry.com/product_page.htm).

If I put the portlets (eg. login, shopping cart and navigation) where NS expects them, in the left sidebar, there's a problem with the page's side borders -- if the content table is longer than the left sidebar table, there's a gap in the left border, and vice versa.  Not a good look.

If I don't use the left sidebar (set width=0) and put the portlets in a left column in the content area table, the page borders work fine.  However in any tab apart form browse, NS shoves portlets into a left sidebar of its own making, shuffling the content area to the right.  An even worse look!