Help learning how to go about making this background

Hello Im a noob coder and needing some help here.

my site is site

The following link is an image of what I want the background for my site to look like.

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With all the content living in that red area and the grey being what expands with the browser size(dunno lingo).

Essentially I am not sure how to do this and what would be the smartest way to go about doing it. Can I get some help? Thanks in advance.

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