Home Page Hacks

I found some ways to add a little style to the home page.
Refer to my page at https://www.couchpotatotalk.com

Add these to your CSS page.

Make the side bar fit widgets better
.widget {
padding-left: 25px;
}

Add a background image to the side bar
#secondary {
background:#F7F7F7 url(https://img url goes here) repeat-y scroll center top;
}

Change the title size of articles
.featured-content-secondary .entry-title {
font-size: 18px;
line-height: 20px;
}

couple things I want to figure out still:
Make featured articles contain no preview. I’ve been doing this just by adding a “more” tag in the post.
Dress up the featured article somehow, maybe put a box around them? I would like something like this… https://www.tested.com