diff --git a/scss/base/variables.scss b/scss/base/variables.scss
index 0032b22e..28782cde 100644
--- a/scss/base/variables.scss
+++ b/scss/base/variables.scss
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ $background-color: $color-white;
 
 $cursor-url: url(https://unpkg.com/nes.css/assets/cursor.png);
 $cursor-click-url: url(https://unpkg.com/nes.css/assets/cursor-click.png);
+$border-size: 0.25em;
 
 $default-colors: (
   normal: $background-color,
diff --git a/scss/elements/balloons.scss b/scss/elements/balloons.scss
index 76690ea3..f6bcb0cc 100644
--- a/scss/elements/balloons.scss
+++ b/scss/elements/balloons.scss
@@ -1,25 +1,12 @@
 .nes-balloon {
+  @include rounded-corners();
   position: relative;
   display: inline-block;
   padding: 1rem 1.5rem;
   margin: 8px;
   margin-bottom: 30px;
-  background-color: $background-color;
 
-  // prettier-ignore
-  box-shadow:
-    0 -4px $background-color,
-    0 -8px $base-color,
-    4px 0 $background-color,
-    4px -4px $base-color,
-    8px 0 $base-color,
-    0 4px $background-color,
-    0 8px $base-color,
-    -4px 0 $background-color,
-    -4px 4px $base-color,
-    -8px 0 $base-color,
-    -4px -4px $base-color,
-    4px 4px $base-color;
+  background-color: $background-color;
 
   > :last-child {
     margin-bottom: 0;
diff --git a/scss/elements/buttons.scss b/scss/elements/buttons.scss
index 28a2fca4..1f428198 100644
--- a/scss/elements/buttons.scss
+++ b/scss/elements/buttons.scss
@@ -1,81 +1,34 @@
 @mixin btn-style($color, $background, $hover-background, $shadow) {
   color: $color;
   background-color: $background;
-  box-shadow: inset -4px -4px $shadow;
 
-  &:hover,
-  &:focus {
-    background-color: $hover-background;
-    box-shadow: inset -6px -6px $shadow;
-  }
-
-  &:active {
-    box-shadow: inset 4px 4px $shadow;
+  &::after {
+    position: absolute;
+    top: -$border-size;
+    right: -$border-size;
+    bottom: -$border-size;
+    left: -$border-size;
+    content: "";
+    box-shadow: inset -4px -4px $shadow;
   }
-}
-
-@mixin btn-extra-pixelize-style($color, $background, $hover-background, $shadow) {
-  color: $color;
-  background-color: $background;
 
   &:hover,
   &:focus {
     background-color: $hover-background;
-    outline: 0;
-    // prettier-ignore
-    box-shadow:
-      0 -4px $hover-background,
-      inset 0 -2px $shadow,
-      0 -8px $base-color,
-      4px 0 $shadow,
-      4px -4px $base-color,
-      8px 0 $base-color,
-      0 4px $shadow,
-      4px 4px $base-color,
-      0 8px $base-color,
-      -4px 0 $hover-background,
-      inset -2px 0 $shadow,
-      -4px -4px $base-color,
-      -8px 0 $base-color,
-      -4px 4px $base-color;
-  }
 
-  &:active {
-    // prettier-ignore
-    box-shadow:
-      0 -4px $shadow,
-      0 -8px $base-color,
-      4px 0 $hover-background,
-      4px -4px $base-color,
-      8px 0 $base-color,
-      0 4px $hover-background,
-      4px 4px $base-color,
-      0 8px $base-color,
-      -4px 0 $shadow,
-      -4px -4px $base-color,
-      -8px 0 $base-color,
-      -4px 4px $base-color;
+    &::after {
+      box-shadow: inset -6px -6px $shadow;
+    }
   }
 
-  // prettier-ignore
-  box-shadow:
-    0 -4px $background,
-    0 -8px $base-color,
-    4px 0 $shadow,
-    4px -4px $base-color,
-    8px 0 $base-color,
-    0 4px $shadow,
-    4px 4px $base-color,
-    0 8px $base-color,
-    -4px 0 $background,
-    -4px -4px $base-color,
-    -8px 0 $base-color,
-    -4px 4px $base-color;
+  &:active::after {
+    box-shadow: inset 4px 4px $shadow;
+  }
 }
 
 // Default style
 .nes-btn {
-  $border-size: 4px;
+  @include compact-rounded-corners();
 
   position: relative;
   display: inline-block;
@@ -85,7 +38,6 @@
   vertical-align: middle;
   cursor: $cursor-click-url, pointer;
   user-select: none;
-  border: none;
 
   @include btn-style(
     $base-color,
@@ -94,32 +46,6 @@
     map-get($default-colors, "shadow")
   );
 
-  &::before,
-  &::after {
-    position: absolute;
-    box-sizing: content-box;
-    width: 100%;
-    height: 100%;
-    content: "";
-    border-color: $base-color;
-    border-style: solid;
-    border-width: $border-size;
-  }
-
-  &::before {
-    top: $border-size * -1;
-    left: 0;
-    border-right: $border-size / 2;
-    border-left: $border-size / 2;
-  }
-
-  &::after {
-    top: 0;
-    left: $border-size * -1;
-    border-top: $border-size / 2;
-    border-bottom: $border-size / 2;
-  }
-
   &:focus {
     outline: 0;
   }
@@ -147,30 +73,4 @@
       @include btn-style(nth($type, 2), nth($type, 3), nth($type, 4), nth($type, 5));
     }
   }
-
-  &.is-rounded {
-    box-sizing: content-box;
-    padding: 6px 8px;
-    @include btn-extra-pixelize-style(
-      $base-color,
-      map-get($default-colors, "normal"),
-      map-get($default-colors, "hover"),
-      map-get($default-colors, "shadow")
-    );
-
-    &::before,
-    &::after {
-      border-width: 0;
-    }
-    @each $type in $types {
-      &.is-#{nth($type, 1)} {
-        @include btn-extra-pixelize-style(
-          nth($type, 2),
-          nth($type, 3),
-          nth($type, 4),
-          nth($type, 5)
-        );
-      }
-    }
-  }
 }
diff --git a/scss/elements/containers.scss b/scss/elements/containers.scss
index 04a5fe94..110b39b1 100644
--- a/scss/elements/containers.scss
+++ b/scss/elements/containers.scss
@@ -1,36 +1,14 @@
 .nes-container {
   position: relative;
   padding: 1.5rem 2rem;
+  border-color: black;
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-width: 4px;
 
   > :last-child {
     margin-bottom: 0;
   }
 
-  &::before,
-  &::after {
-    position: absolute;
-    z-index: -1;
-    content: "";
-  }
-
-  &::before {
-    top: 0;
-    right: 0;
-    bottom: 0;
-    left: 0;
-  }
-
-  &::after {
-    top: 2px;
-    right: 2px;
-    bottom: 2px;
-    left: 2px;
-    border-color: $base-color;
-    border-style: solid;
-    border-width: 4px;
-    border-radius: 4px;
-  }
-
   &.is-centered {
     text-align: center;
   }
@@ -65,13 +43,8 @@
 
   &.is-dark {
     color: $background-color;
-    &::before {
-      background-color: $base-color;
-    }
-
-    &::after {
-      border-color: #fff;
-    }
+    background-color: $base-color;
+    border-color: white;
 
     &.with-title {
       > .title {
@@ -81,45 +54,14 @@
     }
   }
 
-  @mixin rounded($base, $background) {
-    color: $base;
-    border: none;
-    border-radius: 0;
-    // prettier-ignore
-    box-shadow:
-      0 -4px $background,
-      0 -8px,
-      4px 0 $background,
-      4px -4px,
-      8px 0,
-      0 4px $background,
-      0 8px,
-      -4px 0 $background,
-      -4px 4px,
-      -8px 0,
-      -4px -4px,
-      4px 4px;
-  }
-
   &.is-rounded {
+    @include rounded-corners();
+
     padding: 1rem 1.5rem;
     margin: 14px 8px;
 
-    &::after {
-      @include rounded($base-color, $background-color);
-    }
-
     &.is-dark {
-      &::after {
-        @include rounded($background-color, $base-color);
-      }
-
-      &::before {
-        top: -8px;
-        right: -8px;
-        bottom: -8px;
-        left: -8px;
-      }
+      @include rounded-corners(true);
     }
 
     &.with-title {
diff --git a/scss/elements/dialogs.scss b/scss/elements/dialogs.scss
index 4e2e8e32..8a4c236f 100644
--- a/scss/elements/dialogs.scss
+++ b/scss/elements/dialogs.scss
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
   }
 
   &.is-rounded {
-    border: none;
-    box-shadow: 4px 0 $base-color, -4px 0 $base-color, 0 4px $base-color, 0 -4px $base-color;
+    @include rounded-corners();
   }
 }
diff --git a/scss/elements/progress.scss b/scss/elements/progress.scss
index 007a87f7..53c6b132 100644
--- a/scss/elements/progress.scss
+++ b/scss/elements/progress.scss
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 .nes-progress {
+  @include compact-rounded-corners();
   width: 100%;
   height: 48px;
-  padding: 4px;
   margin: 4px;
   color: $base-color;
   background-color: $background-color;
-  box-shadow: 4px 0, -4px 0, 0 4px, 0 -4px;
+
   -webkit-appearance: none;
   appearance: none;
 
diff --git a/scss/elements/tables.scss b/scss/elements/tables.scss
index 2e9a94ed..17b7dfd4 100644
--- a/scss/elements/tables.scss
+++ b/scss/elements/tables.scss
@@ -3,42 +3,69 @@
   overflow-x: auto;
   overflow-y: hidden;
 }
+
 .nes-table {
   table-layout: fixed;
   background-color: $background-color;
-  @mixin thsAndTdsBoxShadow($color) {
-    th,
-    td {
-      padding: 0.5rem;
-      word-wrap: break-word;
+
+  tr {
+    margin-left: -0.25em;
+  }
+
+  th,
+  td {
+    position: relative;
+    padding: 0.5rem;
+    word-wrap: break-word;
+    border-color: $base-color;
+    border-style: solid;
+    border-width: 0 0.25em 0.25em 0;
+
+    &:last-child {
+      border-right-width: 0;
     }
 
-    tr {
-      th + th {
-        box-shadow: -4px 0 $color;
-      }
-      td {
-        box-shadow: 0 -4px $color;
-      }
-      td:not(:first-child) {
-        box-shadow: -4px 0 $color, 0 -4px $color;
-      }
+    &::after,
+    &::before {
+      position: absolute;
+      display: block;
+      width: 0.25em;
+      height: 0.25em;
+      content: "";
+      background-color: $base-color;
+    }
+
+    &::after {
+      bottom: -0.25em;
+      left: -0.25em;
+    }
+
+    &::before {
+      top: -0.25em;
+      right: -0.25em;
+    }
+
+    &:last-child::before {
+      top: initial;
+      bottom: -0.25em;
     }
   }
+
   &.is-centered th {
     text-align: center;
   }
+
   &.is-bordered {
     margin: 4px;
-    box-shadow: 4px 0 $base-color, 0 -4px $base-color, -4px 0 $base-color, 0 4px $base-color;
-    @include thsAndTdsBoxShadow($base-color);
+    border-spacing: 0;
+    border-collapse: separate;
+
+    @include compact-rounded-corners();
   }
+
   &.is-dark {
-    position: relative;
     color: $background-color;
     background-color: $base-color;
-    box-shadow: 4px -4px $base-color, -4px -4px $base-color, -4px 4px $base-color,
-      4px 4px $base-color;
 
     &::before {
       position: absolute;
@@ -47,14 +74,40 @@
       bottom: 0;
       left: 0;
       content: "";
-      background: linear-gradient(to left, transparent 4px, $background-color 4px) no-repeat,
-        linear-gradient(to bottom, transparent 4px, $background-color 4px) no-repeat,
-        linear-gradient(to right, transparent 4px, $background-color 4px) no-repeat,
-        linear-gradient(to top, transparent 4px, $background-color 4px) no-repeat;
-      background-position: 100% 0, 100% 0, 0 100%, 0 100%;
-      background-size: calc(100% - 4px) 4px, 4px calc(100% - 4px);
     }
 
-    @include thsAndTdsBoxShadow($background-color);
+    &.is-bordered {
+      @include compact-rounded-corners(true);
+    }
+
+    th,
+    td {
+      border-color: $background-color;
+
+      &::after,
+      &::before {
+        display: none;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+
+  /***************************************************************************  \
+    This eliminates the gap between the last row in a table and the border, as
+    well as hiding the derelict pixels in the bottom right and bottom left of
+    the last row of a table
+  \  ***************************************************************************/
+  tbody,
+  thead:last-child {
+    tr:last-child {
+      th,
+      td {
+        border-bottom-width: 0;
+
+        &:first-child::after,
+        &:last-child::before {
+          display: none;
+        }
+      }
+    }
   }
 }
diff --git a/scss/form/inputs.scss b/scss/form/inputs.scss
index 55d3a6d9..5a33ebdd 100644
--- a/scss/form/inputs.scss
+++ b/scss/form/inputs.scss
@@ -1,19 +1,15 @@
 .nes-input,
 .nes-textarea {
   @mixin border-style($border, $outline) {
+    @include compact-rounded-corners();
+    @include compact-border-image($border);
+
     outline-color: $outline;
-    // prettier-ignore
-    box-shadow:
-      0 4px $border,
-      0 -4px $border,
-      4px 0 $border,
-      -4px 0 $border;
   }
 
   width: 100%;
   padding: 0.5rem 1rem;
   margin: 4px;
-  border: none;
 
   @include border-style($base-color, map-get($default-colors, "hover"));
 
diff --git a/scss/form/selects.scss b/scss/form/selects.scss
index 69dd0dc9..32bb098d 100644
--- a/scss/form/selects.scss
+++ b/scss/form/selects.scss
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@
   margin: 4px;
 
   select {
+    @include compact-rounded-corners();
     width: 100%;
     padding: 0.5rem 2.5rem 0.5rem 1rem;
-    -webkit-appearance: none;
-    appearance: none;
     cursor: $cursor-click-url, pointer;
-    border: none;
     border-radius: 0;
     outline-color: map-get($default-colors, "hover");
-    box-shadow: 0 4px $color-black, 0 -4px $color-black, 4px 0 $color-black, -4px 0 $color-black;
+
+    -webkit-appearance: none;
+    appearance: none;
 
     &:invalid {
       color: map-get($disabled-colors, shadow);
@@ -56,8 +56,9 @@
       }
 
       select {
+        @include compact-border-image($color);
+
         outline-color: nth($type, 3);
-        box-shadow: 0 4px $color, 0 -4px $color, 4px 0 $color, -4px 0 $color;
       }
     }
   }
diff --git a/scss/utilities/_index.scss b/scss/utilities/_index.scss
index eee79a50..84834150 100644
--- a/scss/utilities/_index.scss
+++ b/scss/utilities/_index.scss
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 
 @import "animations.scss";
 @import "icon-mixin.scss";
+@import "rounded-corners-mixin.scss";
diff --git a/scss/utilities/rounded-corners-mixin.scss b/scss/utilities/rounded-corners-mixin.scss
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a96d94f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scss/utilities/rounded-corners-mixin.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+%rounded-corner-defaults {
+  border-style: solid;
+  border-width: $border-size;
+}
+
+@mixin border-image($color) {
+  border-image-source: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><svg version="1.1" width="8" height="8" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path class="svg-border" d="M3 1 h1 v1 h-1 z M4 1 h1 v1 h-1 z M2 2 h1 v1 h-1 z M5 2 h1 v1 h-1 z M1 3 h1 v1 h-1 z M6 3 h1 v1 h-1 z M1 4 h1 v1 h-1 z M6 4 h1 v1 h-1 z M2 5 h1 v1 h-1 z M5 5 h1 v1 h-1 z M3 6 h1 v1 h-1 z M4 6 h1 v1 h-1 z" fill="#{$color}" /></svg>');
+}
+
+@mixin compact-border-image($color) {
+  border-image-source: url('data:image/svg+xml;utf8,<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" ?><svg version="1.1" width="5" height="5" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><path class="svg-border" d="M2 1 h1 v1 h-1 z M1 2 h1 v1 h-1 z M3 2 h1 v1 h-1 z M2 3 h1 v1 h-1 z" fill="#{$color}" /></svg>');
+}
+
+@mixin rounded-corners($isDark: false) {
+  @extend %rounded-corner-defaults;
+
+  border-image-slice: 3;
+  border-image-width: 3;
+
+  @if $isDark {
+    @include border-image($color-white);
+
+    border-image-outset: 0;
+  } @else {
+    @include border-image($color-black);
+
+    border-image-outset: 2;
+  }
+}
+
+@mixin compact-rounded-corners($isDark: false) {
+  @extend %rounded-corner-defaults;
+
+  border-image-slice: 2;
+  border-image-width: 2;
+
+  @if $isDark {
+    @include compact-border-image($color-white);
+
+    border-image-outset: 0;
+  } @else {
+    @include compact-border-image($color-black);
+
+    border-image-outset: 2;
+  }
+}