Couple of things to help
You can add a matching background color to the headerWrapper in your stylesheet as similar to this where you seperate it from the multiple listing it is now in
Code:
#headerWrapper {
margin: 0em;
padding: 0em;
background-color: #ededd9;
}
Then in a copy for your template overrides structure of tpl_header.php at about line 90 or so find this and remove the <br class="clearBoth" /> entry as I have highlighted
Save it and upload it
Code:
<?php
}
}
?>
</div>
<?php } // no HEADER_SALES_TEXT or SHOW_BANNERS_GROUP_SET2 ?>
</div>
<br class="clearBoth" />
<!--eof-branding display-->