Send Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Your Huddled Masses...Your Blog Advice...

Today I'm seeking advice. Not for me, or for "a friend," but for my blog. It's time for a change, I think. So, I have had this blog background for more than a year now, and absolutely love it. It was the only one of the free ones from Cutest Blog on the Block that really spoke to me. It's called "Sun Dress," which I think is just perfect. Granted, I haven't perused Cutest Blog's backgrounds recently, so they may have added more "perfect" ones, but the biggest obstacle I seem to be coming up against with this format is space. It seems that the body of the blog is too narrow, with margins that are too wide on either side. So to have anything in my sidebar, which I do, it eats into my writing space and you have to scroll down forever and ever just to get to the bottom. I'd love to have enough room for two sidebars. And since I tend to get a bit verbose in my posts, having a wider writing space will at least make them look like they're not so massive and won't necessarily require numerous cups of coffee to keep the reader awake while they read. And read. And read. (However, the content may still require said cups of coffee, but that's another story altogether...)

I've seen some pretty amazing blog makeovers in the last year or so. I am hesitant to pay for a new format/background, but depending on what the costs are, I may be open to it. Do any of you know of any free or inexpensive options that will give me a background I like (I'm not asking you all to be psychic here for me, but I will say I don't like tacky. 'nuff said.) and the space that I need? Thanks in advance!