diff --git a/csharp-version/src/MarkdownToDocx.Core/OpenXml/OpenXmlDocumentBuilder.cs b/csharp-version/src/MarkdownToDocx.Core/OpenXml/OpenXmlDocumentBuilder.cs
index b879a0a..baa37d3 100644
--- a/csharp-version/src/MarkdownToDocx.Core/OpenXml/OpenXmlDocumentBuilder.cs
+++ b/csharp-version/src/MarkdownToDocx.Core/OpenXml/OpenXmlDocumentBuilder.cs
@@ -941,7 +941,11 @@ private void AddQuoteAsTable(QuoteContent content, QuoteStyle style)
         int cellWidthTwips = Math.Max(0, fullTextAreaTwips - leftIndentTwips);
 
         // Spacer paragraph before the quote (mirrors AddTable spacing semantics).
-        AddTableSpacer(style.SpaceBefore);
+        // Collapsing semantics: when the previous body element is already an empty
+        // spacer paragraph (e.g., the after-spacer of an immediately preceding
+        // quote-table or table), do not stack a second spacer — keep the larger
+        // gap of the two so adjacent ::: note blocks don't accumulate whitespace.
+        AddCollapsingBeforeSpacer(style.SpaceBefore);
 
         var table = _body.AppendChild(new Table());
 
@@ -1305,8 +1309,9 @@ public void AddTable(TableData tableData, CoreTableStyle style)
             - pageConfig.GutterMargin;
         int textAreaTwips = (int)(fullTextAreaTwips * style.WidthPercent / 100.0);
 
-        // Spacer paragraph before table
-        AddTableSpacer(style.SpaceBefore);
+        // Spacer paragraph before table (collapses with a preceding spacer paragraph
+        // — see AddCollapsingBeforeSpacer for the margin-collapse rationale).
+        AddCollapsingBeforeSpacer(style.SpaceBefore);
 
         var table = _body.AppendChild(new Table());
         table.AppendChild(CreateTableProperties(style));
@@ -1334,6 +1339,49 @@ private void AddTableSpacer(string spacing)
         spacer.AppendChild(spacerProps);
     }
 
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Adds a "before" spacer in front of a block element (table or quote-table)
+    /// while collapsing against an immediately preceding spacer paragraph. When
+    /// the previous body element is already an empty spacer paragraph (typically
+    /// the after-spacer of a sibling table/quote-table), the larger of the two
+    /// requested gaps is preserved instead of stacking two paragraphs. This
+    /// prevents the visible whitespace doubling reported when adjacent ::: note
+    /// blocks render as single-cell tables.
+    /// </summary>
+    private void AddCollapsingBeforeSpacer(string spacing)
+    {
+        if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(spacing) || spacing == "0") return;
+
+        if (_body.LastChild is Paragraph prev && IsBodySpacerParagraph(prev))
+        {
+            var existingSpacing = prev.ParagraphProperties!.GetFirstChild<SpacingBetweenLines>()!;
+            int existing = ParseTwipsOrZero(existingSpacing.After?.Value);
+            int desired = ParseTwipsOrZero(spacing);
+            if (desired > existing)
+            {
+                existingSpacing.After = desired.ToString(CultureInfo.InvariantCulture);
+            }
+            return;
+        }
+
+        AddTableSpacer(spacing);
+    }
+
+    /// <summary>
+    /// Returns true if the paragraph is one of our body-level spacer paragraphs:
+    /// no runs/hyperlinks and a SpacingBetweenLines element with Before="0" and a
+    /// non-empty After value. Heading after-spacers also match this shape, which
+    /// is intentional — collapsing against them preserves the larger gap.
+    /// </summary>
+    private static bool IsBodySpacerParagraph(Paragraph p)
+    {
+        if (p.Elements<Run>().Any()) return false;
+        if (p.Elements<Hyperlink>().Any()) return false;
+        var spacing = p.ParagraphProperties?.GetFirstChild<SpacingBetweenLines>();
+        if (spacing == null) return false;
+        return spacing.Before?.Value == "0" && !string.IsNullOrEmpty(spacing.After?.Value);
+    }
+
     /// <summary>
     /// Creates TableProperties with percentage-based width (overflow safety net) and
     /// fixed layout so Word honours the tblGrid column widths.
diff --git a/csharp-version/tests/MarkdownToDocx.Tests/Unit/OpenXmlDocumentBuilderTests.cs b/csharp-version/tests/MarkdownToDocx.Tests/Unit/OpenXmlDocumentBuilderTests.cs
index e50f49b..a0b68ff 100644
--- a/csharp-version/tests/MarkdownToDocx.Tests/Unit/OpenXmlDocumentBuilderTests.cs
+++ b/csharp-version/tests/MarkdownToDocx.Tests/Unit/OpenXmlDocumentBuilderTests.cs
@@ -747,6 +747,127 @@ public void AddQuote_WithValidParameters_ShouldAddQuote()
         textContent.Should().Contain("This is a quoted text.");
     }
 
+    [Fact]
+    public void AddQuote_AdjacentTableQuotes_ShouldCollapseSpacersToSingleParagraph()
+    {
+        // Arrange: BG + PaddingSpace forces table-mode (issue #76 path).
+        using var builder = new OpenXmlDocumentBuilder(_stream, _horizontalProvider);
+        var style = CreateDefaultQuoteStyle() with
+        {
+            BackgroundColor = "fdf0ed",
+            PaddingSpace = 4,
+            SpaceBefore = "160",
+            SpaceAfter = "160"
+        };
+
+        // Act: render three adjacent ::: note blocks back-to-back.
+        builder.AddQuote(ToQuoteContent("first"), style);
+        builder.AddQuote(ToQuoteContent("second"), style);
+        builder.AddQuote(ToQuoteContent("third"), style);
+        builder.Save();
+
+        // Assert: between each pair of <w:tbl> there is exactly one empty
+        // spacer paragraph (the previous after-spacer), not two.
+        _stream.Position = 0;
+        using var doc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(_stream, false);
+        var bodyChildren = doc.MainDocumentPart!.Document.Body!.ChildElements.ToList();
+
+        var tableIndices = bodyChildren
+            .Select((el, i) => (el, i))
+            .Where(t => t.el is Table)
+            .Select(t => t.i)
+            .ToList();
+
+        tableIndices.Count.Should().Be(3, "three quote-tables were added");
+
+        // Between consecutive tables, only one body element (the spacer) should sit.
+        for (int k = 0; k < tableIndices.Count - 1; k++)
+        {
+            int gap = tableIndices[k + 1] - tableIndices[k] - 1;
+            gap.Should().Be(1,
+                $"adjacent quote-tables should have exactly one spacer paragraph between them, but found {gap}");
+        }
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AddQuote_AdjacentTableQuotes_ShouldKeepLargerCollapsedSpacing()
+    {
+        // Arrange: differing SpaceAfter / SpaceBefore values should collapse to max,
+        // matching CSS-like margin-collapse semantics.
+        using var builder = new OpenXmlDocumentBuilder(_stream, _horizontalProvider);
+        var firstStyle = CreateDefaultQuoteStyle() with
+        {
+            BackgroundColor = "fdf0ed",
+            PaddingSpace = 4,
+            SpaceBefore = "100",
+            SpaceAfter = "100"
+        };
+        var secondStyle = CreateDefaultQuoteStyle() with
+        {
+            BackgroundColor = "fdf0ed",
+            PaddingSpace = 4,
+            SpaceBefore = "400",
+            SpaceAfter = "100"
+        };
+
+        // Act
+        builder.AddQuote(ToQuoteContent("first"), firstStyle);
+        builder.AddQuote(ToQuoteContent("second"), secondStyle);
+        builder.Save();
+
+        // Assert
+        _stream.Position = 0;
+        using var doc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(_stream, false);
+        var bodyChildren = doc.MainDocumentPart!.Document.Body!.ChildElements.ToList();
+
+        var firstTableIdx = bodyChildren.FindIndex(c => c is Table);
+        var secondTableIdx = bodyChildren.FindIndex(firstTableIdx + 1, c => c is Table);
+
+        secondTableIdx.Should().Be(firstTableIdx + 2, "exactly one collapsed spacer between tables");
+
+        var spacer = (Paragraph)bodyChildren[firstTableIdx + 1];
+        var spacing = spacer.ParagraphProperties!.GetFirstChild<SpacingBetweenLines>()!;
+        spacing.After!.Value.Should().Be("400",
+            "the gap should collapse to max(prev.SpaceAfter, next.SpaceBefore)");
+    }
+
+    [Fact]
+    public void AddTable_AdjacentTables_ShouldCollapseSpacersToSingleParagraph()
+    {
+        // Arrange: same collapse rule applies to plain Markdown tables — guard so
+        // the rare case of consecutive tables doesn't regress either.
+        using var builder = new OpenXmlDocumentBuilder(_stream, _horizontalProvider);
+        var tableData = new TableData
+        {
+            ColumnCount = 1,
+            Rows =
+            [
+                new TableRowData
+                {
+                    IsHeader = false,
+                    Cells = [new TableCellData { Runs = [new InlineRun { Text = "x" }], Alignment = "left" }]
+                }
+            ]
+        };
+        var style = CreateDefaultTableStyle();
+
+        // Act
+        builder.AddTable(tableData, style);
+        builder.AddTable(tableData, style);
+        builder.Save();
+
+        // Assert
+        _stream.Position = 0;
+        using var doc = WordprocessingDocument.Open(_stream, false);
+        var bodyChildren = doc.MainDocumentPart!.Document.Body!.ChildElements.ToList();
+
+        var firstTableIdx = bodyChildren.FindIndex(c => c is Table);
+        var secondTableIdx = bodyChildren.FindIndex(firstTableIdx + 1, c => c is Table);
+
+        (secondTableIdx - firstTableIdx).Should().Be(2,
+            "exactly one spacer paragraph should sit between adjacent tables");
+    }
+
     [Fact]
     public void AddThematicBreak_ShouldAddHorizontalLine()
     {