Just to say before i begin, i'm not the world's best person at explaining myself, so sorry if any of this is unclear.

Ok, I've made a layout, got the 2 content boxes using div thingys, and the graphic thing all sorted at the top, everything is in the postition i want.
The problem comes with the fact that just a plain coloured background to the page is a little bit boring, so I'd like to use a striped one, a bit like i have seen on various sites in the past. Is it possible to do this with css, like, putting it in somehow, so that there are two background colours or something, or would it have to be a tiled graphic/picture? Also, if it's the latter, how would i keep my current graphic on the layout, and also have a striped background? or is the whole thing impossible?

If anyone could help me, i would be most greatful, thank you in advance!

The striped background would have to be a tiled background image.
To keep your current main graphic you would just have to include it on the page as you would a regular image.