Chage look on blog main page

Hello,

I posted this question on WP forums but I didn’t get any replies. English is not my first language, so it may be that questions are not properly presented. Basically, I would like to change the way posts appear on the blogs main page in these two ways and I’m wondering if it is possible and how to do it. Thank you.

I would like to know if one of the two options below (or both) are possible:

1- full posts to show thumbnail picture on the left and not at the top as they are currently shown (e.g. the theme explanade shows posts like that)

2- When posts are shown on a grid, can they display entry date, author, categories, etc. (if not all of them, at least the entry date would do it)

Thank you