You can disable the area the you have Blah Blah in and the artofmelbourne.com...
Kinda where boy meets girl but more art meets world!! lines.
If any of this was part of the original "Welcome Guest" message then
To turn off the Customer Greeting go to your admin -> configuration -> layout settings -> Customer Greeting - Show on Index Page set to "0"
Otherwise
Just edit the files where you entered the above and erase the text between the single quotations, leaving the quotes.
The home bread crumb in the center couumn can be turned off by
editing the file at includes > templates > YOUR_TEMPLATE > templates > common > tpl_main_page.php find the following code
Code:
<!-- bof breadcrumb -->
<?php if (DEFINE_BREADCRUMB_STATUS == '1') { ?>
<div id="navBreadCrumb"><?php echo $breadcrumb->trail(BREAD_CRUMBS_SEPARATOR); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<!-- eof breadcrumb -->
and edit to:
Code:
<!-- bof breadcrumb -->
<?php if (DEFINE_BREADCRUMB_STATUS == '1' && ($current_page!='index' || (int)$cPath>0 )) { ?>
<div id="navBreadCrumb"><?php echo $breadcrumb->trail(BREAD_CRUMBS_SEPARATOR); ?></div>
<?php } ?>
<!-- eof breadcrumb -->
This will move the center column items up.
You can disable the categories that are below your header in the admin > configuration > Layout Settings > Categories-Tabs Menu ON/OFF set to off or "0"?
This should get you started....