There are lots of different ways to do this. The easiest is to use the Administration > Front Page > Front Page settings>>Include Topic setting.

Front Page settings that impact its look.

Images inside a HTML table in a label.

• Go to Front Page and change each setting to None, None, None None. 
• Go to Front page items when logged in and change each setting to what you want, or None, None, None, None. This displays after log in.
• Go to Include a topic section and click this ON, a tick appears in the check box.
• Go to Save Changes and when saved, return to the Front Page.
• Click the "Turn editing on" BUTTON and you should see two drop-down combo BOXES and a number of icons.
• Select the "Add a resource" and take your pick of either a Label or a WEB Page. (Hint: The label is perhaps a better option here, but suit yourself.
• At this point you can EDIT the label or web page any way you want. You are taken to the WYSIWYG editor so you can include any text or image you like. When done, save it and return to your Front Page and the changes you made should appear.

NOTE: This has been tested in Moodle 2.0 and the same conditions apply, so it will work. It is strongly recommended that to do this, use a Label as the container for your table though. Seems to sit more easily in the Front Page.

There are lots of different ways to do this. The easiest is to use the Administration > Front Page > Front Page settings>>Include Topic setting.

Front Page settings that impact its look.

Images inside a HTML table in a label.

NOTE: This has been tested in Moodle 2.0 and the same conditions apply, so it will work. It is strongly recommended that to do this, use a Label as the container for your table though. Seems to sit more easily in the Front Page.