How to make my blog wider?

I am working on my wife's blog and would like to change the width of the post area to accommodate a pre-coded html flyer she can make about her listed real estate properties. I don't want her to have to modify the html every time, so I am trying to make the blog post area wider to get it to fit.

I know enough about css to change some colors and modify the images, but I cannot figure out how to make it wider.

The site is <snip>, I have a sample of the html coded flyer in there so you can see the width problem.

/*
Theme Name: example
Theme URI: http://example.com/
Description: <a href="http://example.com/free-themes/" title="example Theme">example</a> is a free wordpress theme, released by <a href="http://example.com" title="WordPress Theme Shop" target="_blank">WordPress Theme Shop</a>.
Version: 1.0
Author: name here
Author URI: http://example.com
*/

/* Elements */
*
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
body {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
background:#ffffff;
font-family: Verdana,Tahoma, Arial, Serif;
line-height: 1.5em;
font-size: 10px; /* IE5 Win */
voice-family: "\"}\"";
voice-family: inherit;
font-size: 10px; /* easy scaling */
font-size: 0.76em;
color: #333;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6 {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
font-family:Georgia, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Serif;
font-weight:normal;
color: #046BE5;
}

p, blockquote, ul, ol {
margin-top: 0;
padding-top: 0;
margin-bottom:0.5em;
}
p
{
line-height:1.8em;
}

a:link, a:visited {
color: #191970;
text-decoration:none;
border-bottom:#c96 1px dotted;
}
a:hover,a:active
{
color:#960;
text-decoration:none;
}
img.left
{
float:left;
margin:0 1em 1em 0;
}
img.right
{
float:right;
margin:0 0 1em 1em;
}
a img
{
border:0;
padding-bottom:2px;
border-bottom:1px dashed;
}
blockquote
{
margin:1em;
padding:0 2em;
background:url(img/quote.gif) no-repeat left top;
color:#666;
font-style:italic;
}
fieldset
{
border:none;
}

dl {
margin:1em 0px;
}
dt
{
font-weight:bold;
}
dd
{
margin:0.5em 1em;
padding:0;
}
/* Header */

#header {
width: 900px;
margin: 0 auto;
background:transparent;
}

/* Logo */

#logo {
padding-left:10px;
}

#logo h1{
padding: 10px 0;
font-size: 1.8em;
font-variant:small-caps;
}
#logo h2 {
padding: 0;
font-size: 1em;
color:#333;
}

#logo a {
text-decoration: none;
color:#333;
border:0;
}
#logo a:hover
{
text-decoration:underline;
}
/* Menu */

#menu {
text-align:right;
padding:10px 0 0;
height:30px;
line-height:30px;
font-family:Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Serif;
}

#menu ul {
margin: 0;
padding:0;
list-style: none;
}

#menu li {
display: inline;
}

#menu a
{
padding:8px 16px;
text-decoration: none;
font-variant:small-caps;
font-size: 1em;
background:#789;
border:0;
color:#eee;
}
#menu a:hover,
#menu a:active,
#menu li.current_page_item a:link,
#menu li.current_page_item a:visited,
#menu li.current_page_item a:hover,
#menu li.current_page_item a:active
{
background:#456;
color:#fff;
border:0;
}

/* Splash */

#splash {
background:url(img/header.jpg) no-repeat center;
height:180px;
width:900px;
margin:10px auto;/*Splash's redeclared in functions.php for WP 2.1 or greater */
}

/* Main */

#main {
width: 900px;
margin: 0 auto;
background:#fff;
border:#ddd 0px solid;
}

#main h2 {
padding: 4px;
font-size: 1.6em;
line-height:1.2em;
border-bottom:#ddd 1px solid;
}
#main h3 {
padding: 4px;
font-size: 1.4em;
line-height:1.2em;
border-bottom:#ddd 1px solid;
}
#main h2 a
{
border:0;
color:#046BE5;
}
#content ul {
margin: 0.5em 0;
padding: 0 0 0 2em;
list-style-type:none;
}
#content ul li
{
margin:0.75em 0;
padding:0;
list-style-image:url(img/arrows.gif);
line-height:1.8em;
}
#main ol
{
margin:0;
padding:0 0 0 3em;
}
#main ol li
{
margin:0;
padding:3px;
}
#main .post
{
margin-bottom:3em;

}
#main .entry
{
clear:both;
padding: 10px 5px;
}
.post .date {
float: right;
margin:5px 0 0 5px;
padding:0 10px;
text-align:center;
font-size: 0.8em;
border:#ccc 1px solid;
font-weight:bold;
background:url(img/ribbed.gif) repeat;
color:#556677;
font-family: "Lucida Sans", "Trebuchet MS", Verdana, Arial, Serif;
}
.post .date span
{
display:block;
}
.post .date .day
{
font-size:1.6em;
}
.post .meta {
margin-bottom: 10px;
padding-left: 5px;
font-size: 0.9em;
color:#999;
}
.post .comments
{
font-size:0.9em;
border-bottom:#ccc 1px dotted;
color:#999;
margin-left:5px;
padding-left:15px;
background:url(img/icon_comments.gif) no-repeat left center;
}
.post .comments a
{
border-bottom:0px;
}
#main .feed
{
background:url(img/icon_feed.gif) no-repeat left 3px;
padding-left:17px;
}
ul.authorposts
{
margin:0;
padding:0 2em;
}
ul.authorposts li
{
margin:0;
padding:5px;
}
ul.authorposts li em
{
float:right;
font-style:normal;
}
/* Content */

#content {
float: left;
width: 470px;
padding:10px;
}
/* Column Two */

#sidebar1 {
float: left;
width: 175px;
padding: 10px;
font-size:0.9em;
margin:5px;
}
/* Column Three */

#sidebar2 {
float: left;
width: 160px;
padding: 10px;
font-size:0.9em;
margin:5px;
}
#main .sidecol
{
border-left:#ccc 1px dotted;
}
#main .sidecol ul
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
}
#main .sidecol li
{
margin:0;
padding:0;
list-style:none;
background:none;
margin-bottom:2em;
}
#main .sidecol h2
{
padding: 0 0 5px;
font-variant:small-caps;
font-size:1.25em;
}
#main .sidecol p, #main .sidecol form
{
padding:10px;
margin:0;
}
#main .sidecol ul ul
{
margin:10px 0 0 20px;
padding:0;
}
#main .sidecol ul ul ul
{
margin:0px 0 0 10px;
padding:0;
}
#main .sidecol li li
{
list-style-image:url(img/bullet.jpg);
margin:0.5em 0;
padding:0;

}
/* Begin Calendar */
#wp-calendar {
empty-cells: show;
margin: 10px auto 0;
width: 155px;
}

#wp-calendar #next a {
padding-right: 10px;
text-align: right;
}

#wp-calendar #prev a {
padding-left: 10px;
text-align: left;
}

#wp-calendar a {
display: block;
text-decoration:none;
}
#wp-calendar #today
{
border:#999 1px solid;
}

#wp-calendar caption {
text-align: center;
width: 100%;
}

#wp-calendar td {
padding: 3px 0;
text-align: center;
}

#wp-calendar td.pad:hover { /* Doesn't work in IE */
background-color: #fff; }
/* End Calendar */
/* Comments */
input.textbox
{
border:#ccc 1px solid;
background:#f9f9f9;
font:1em Verdana, Arial, Serif;
padding:5px;
width:150px;
}
textarea{
width: 95%;
padding:5px;
height: 20em;
border: 1px solid #ccc;
background:#f9f9f9;
font:1em Verdana, Arial, Serif;
}
input.textbox:focus, textarea:focus
{
background:#fff;
border:#999 1px solid;
}
#commentform
{
margin:0;
padding:10px;
background:#fff;
}
#main .commentlist {
margin: 0;
padding: 0;
}
#main .commentlist li
{
list-style:none;
margin: 0;
padding: 1em;
border-bottom:#ddd 1px solid;
font-size:0.9em;
}
#main .commentlist li .cmtinfo
{
padding:5px;
margin-bottom: 5px;
position:relative;
}
#main .commentlist li .cmtinfo em
{
margin:0;
padding:0 1em;
font-weight:normal;
font-style:normal;
color:#999;
}
#main .commentlist li cite
{
font-style:normal;
font-weight:bold;
font-size:1.1em;
}
#main .commentlist li.alt
{
background:#f9f9f9;
}
#main .commentlist li.authorcomment
{
border:none;
border:#b0c4de 1px solid;
}
#main .nocomments
{
font-size:0.9em;
color:#999;
text-align:center;
}
#main .avatar
{
float:right;
margin:0 0 0.5em 0.5em;
}
/* Footer */

#footer {
margin: 5px auto 0;
padding:0 15px;
width:870px;
background: #333;
border:#ccc 3px solid;
}

#footer p {
margin: 0;
padding: 7px;
font-size: 0.9em;
color: #696;
}
#footer p span
{
float:right;
}
#footer a:link, #footer a:visited {
color: #696;
border:0;
}
#footer a:hover, #footer a:active,#footer p strong {
color: #eee;
text-decoration:none;
border:0;
}
#header, #main, #sidebar, #footer, .widget
{
overflow:hidden;
}

[edited by: engine at 5:13 pm (utc) on Aug. 26, 2009]
[edit reason] examplified [/edit]

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