538673 Magento: Products on homepage and text header bar

I need to display some products on the homepage of my magento modern theme. I am thinking 2 rows x 6 columns and they should be optimized to mesh well with the site design. It should be easy to add products from that backend and they should go well with. Underneath that should be a header bar for the blurb of homepage text. See attached for expectations. Please note you will NOT be designing graphics.