Answer by Mustafa M Jalal for Why does this CSS margin-top style not work?

try this:

#outer {
    width:500px; 
    height:200px; 
    background:#FFCCCC;
    margin:50px auto 0 auto;
    display:table;
}
#inner {
    background:#FFCC33;
    margin:50px 50px 50px 50px;
    padding:10px;
    display:block;
}​

http://jsfiddle.net/7AXTf/

Good luck