To Christine,
I understand the difficulty with the header. I am the same about that kind of complexity.
I went to Odesk and had someone put it in (Alfryngel Beltran) (he designed it too). He was great and very talented.
The nice thing about this theme is, when you get the hang of it, is that the author cares about it and updates it regularly.
Most of the free themes are wayyyy outdated and are abandoned.
I just had one break –It was an awesome theme too. SO sad (garland revisited)
You can change the size of the header (better to have someone do that) , the background color in the sidebars and the center. You can also have 2 or three sidebars and it has a footer widget.
One problem. I just inserted the update and lost my header and footer. But Alfryngel fixed it in a flash.
I am not trying to talk you into anything, but this author is one of the few that cares. Premium are probably the best, but I am still a newbie, so I dont know the difference yet!
Good luck to you! Mary