Header white space, menu design, and background color

A few questions. I am using Catch Everest theme, my site is: http://www.afghanistan-parsa.org/ 1. I am trying to reduce the white space in the header above and below my logo. I was able to reduce it above using code you provided in another post: #site-logo, hgroup.with-logo { padding-top: 0; } However I still have not found a way to reduce the white space below my logo. I tried: #site-logo, hgroup.with-logo { padding-bottom: 0; } But this did not work. 2. How is it possible to split the background colour horizontally into 2 or more colours. At Appearance>Options>Display Options the only choice is one solid colour. 3. I like the style of sidebar menu at jimchicago’s site http://www.pmcsconsulting.com/dev/ How do I customize the font and style of my sidebar menu? Thanks again for your help, I hope my question is a little more clear this time!