Okay I managed to get it sorted, for anyone viewing and wondering how.
I used this code for the display posts in the index.php
Code:
<table cellpadding="10" cellspacing="10" border="0">
<?php $column = 1; ?>
<?php // The LOOP. Do this for all posts:
while (have_posts()) : the_post(); $bfa_ata['postcount']++; ?>
<?php if ($column == 1) echo "<tr>"; ?>
<td class="column<?php echo $col;?>" style="vertical-align: top" width="50%">
<?php // Deactivated since 3.6.5
#include 'bfa://content_inside_loop';
// Uses the following static code instead: ?>
<?php bfa_next_previous_post_links('Top'); // For SINGLE post pages if activated at ATO -> Next/Previous Navigation ?>
<?php /* Post Container starts here */
if ( function_exists('post_class') ) { ?>
<div <?php if ( is_page() ) { post_class('post'); } else { post_class(); } ?> id="post-<?php the_ID(); ?>">
<?php } else { ?>
<div class="<?php echo ( is_page() ? 'page ' : '' ) . 'post" id="post-'; the_ID(); ?>">
<?php } ?>
<?php bfa_post_kicker('<div class="post-kicker">','</div>'); ?>
<?php bfa_post_headline('<div class="post-headline">','</div>'); ?>
<?php bfa_post_byline('<div class="post-byline">','</div>'); ?>
<?php bfa_post_bodycopy('<div class="post-bodycopy clearfix">','</div>'); ?>
<?php bfa_post_pagination('<p class="post-pagination"><strong>'.__('Pages:','atahualpa').'</strong>','</p>'); ?>
<?php bfa_post_footer('<div class="post-footer">','</div>'); ?>
</div><!-- / Post -->
</td>
<?php if ($column == 2) echo "</tr>"; (($column==1) ? $column=2 : $column=1); ?>
<?php // END of the LOOP
endwhile; ?>
</table>
Then used featured images to have a thumb nail on the excerpts.
Have a look at the result here:
http://www.lakewoodmedia.co.uk