Can I ask some basic blog questions guys?

[virgohippy]

Originally Posted by NobleSavage

To customize the look and feel you need to mess around with the files in your theme folder

/wp-content/themes/yourtheme/files

You can also start with a stylish theme of your choice, and go from there:

http://themes.wordpress.net/

It'll take far less effort to get the end result if you start someplace close to it already.