Customize home.php on the Associate Theme http://www.carriedils.com/customize-the-homepage-for-the-associate-theme/1090

associatehome.php

// Remove this original bit of code

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'featured' ) ) {
    echo '<div class="featured">';
    dynamic_sidebar( 'featured' );
    echo '</div><!-- end .featured -->';
}

// And add in our new code:

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'featured-left' ) ) {
    echo '<div class="featured"><div class="featured-left">'; //Add the left style div
    dynamic_sidebar( 'featured-left' ); //Add the featured left widget
    echo '</div><div class="featured-right">'; //Add the right style div
    dynamic_sidebar( 'featured-right' ); //Add the featured right widget
    echo ''; // close out the divs and BOOM!
}

if ( is_active_sidebar( 'home-middle-4' ) ) {
    echo '<div class="home-middle-4">';
    dynamic_sidebar( 'home-middle-4' );
    echo '</div><!-- end .home-middle-4 -->';
}