Image 1 is what I have. Image 2 is what I want. I want the header images to extend to the sides, but I don't want the title or the main body text to be effected, I like the space it has.

Also, I want to remove the space at the top, and I'd like to add a small drop shadow around the page (not in picture 2).

Any helpful ideas, pointers in the right direction, etc are greatly appreciated!

the to images look the same

What version of Atahualpa and P?
What is the URL?
What have you tried?
Have you looked at what is in CSS Insert to see if it is affecting your site?

Just added a third picture.

Sorry they look so similar, but they are indeed different. Just made pic 3, with red circles on the areas that I changed in pic 2. Basically eliminating the white area on either side of the headerpics, and the gray area at the top of the page. Unfortunately, the page isn't public yet, but installed locally.

I've tried messing with some options and css fields in the wordpress site admin section. To figure out what different things change, I change a little something, save it, see what it changes, change it back. But I can't find what to change to make these changes anywhere.

Latest version of Atahualpa (installed about a week ago), not sure about P?