Bash and seq, 132 bytes

b(){ echo -n "|";for i in $(seq 3 $1);do echo -n "$2";done;echo "|";} r(){ b $1 "-";for i in $(seq 3 $2);do b $1 " ";done;b $1 "-";} 

Use calling r, like r 8 4:

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