This is a really interesting Theme, which I think will do everything I want, but I do want to change the overall look to match my existing site a bit more.
Starting at the top, I’m wondering how to edit the background colour of the #header id. Looking at the source, there is a section like this:
It would, the backend doesn’t allow that possibility however. You can track the source of that #505050 in functions.php, delete it and then declare your color in mystyle.css