Nice start, your color choice is pleasant. I would suggest using maybe a third color in the content area for more contrast. Also while looking at your coding, try not to use so many non-breaking space and line breaks. (Ex:< /br>) Mess around with <div> padding and margins to achieve the spacing you are looking for. On your style sheet it would look something like this:
————-Example—————
#content{
  padding: 10, 5, 10, 5;
  margin-top: 10px;
}