diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/base/styles/grid.module.css b/apps/client/src/features/base/styles/grid.module.css
index f5dc16a32..da7b381ea 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/base/styles/grid.module.css
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/base/styles/grid.module.css
@@ -10,9 +10,16 @@
 .grid {
   display: grid;
   min-width: max-content;
-  border: 1px solid
-    light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-2), var(--mantine-color-dark-4));
-  border-radius: var(--mantine-radius-sm);
+  /* Outer border + radius is the panel-style framing for the standalone
+   * full-page base. Inline embeds override these vars to drop the outer
+   * frame so the table reads as part of the document — cell-level
+   * borders below still provide the gridline separators. */
+  border: var(
+    --grid-outer-border,
+    1px solid
+      light-dark(var(--mantine-color-gray-2), var(--mantine-color-dark-4))
+  );
+  border-radius: var(--grid-outer-radius, var(--mantine-radius-sm));
   /* When the embed wrapper extends the scroll viewport leftward, this
    * padding pushes the first cell back to page-content alignment so
    * the table looks aligned on load. The padded area is part of the
diff --git a/apps/client/src/features/editor/components/base-embed/base-embed-view.tsx b/apps/client/src/features/editor/components/base-embed/base-embed-view.tsx
index 8da3401f6..8bd81bba6 100644
--- a/apps/client/src/features/editor/components/base-embed/base-embed-view.tsx
+++ b/apps/client/src/features/editor/components/base-embed/base-embed-view.tsx
@@ -28,6 +28,10 @@ function applyExtension(wrapper: HTMLDivElement) {
   wrapper.style.setProperty("--embed-extend-l", `${extendLeft}px`);
   wrapper.style.setProperty("--embed-extend-r", `${extendRight}px`);
   wrapper.style.setProperty("--embed-grid-pad-left", `${extendLeft}px`);
+  // Drop the standalone "panel" frame: inline databases read as part
+  // of the document, with only cell separators as gridlines.
+  wrapper.style.setProperty("--grid-outer-border", "none");
+  wrapper.style.setProperty("--grid-outer-radius", "0");
 }
 
 export function BaseEmbedView({ node }: NodeViewProps) {