add a 10px space before the header

[justkaka]

I'm trying to "float" the main shop area

 

I tried adding a 10px margin on the Header (and footer)

 

margin-top: 10px;

margin-bottom: 10px;

 

I tried this with both BODY, PAGE (and even HTML)

 

but this ALL tend to add a 10px space on the BACKGROUND

 

body{

font:normal 11px/14px Arial, Verdana, sans-serif;

color:#222;

margin-top: 10px;

margin-bottom: 10px;

background:url('../img/bgX1.gif') #e5e5e5

}

 

pulling whats left of my hair out... any ideas ?