Justin, would you like to review my child theme.. but is still without theme option, page template etc..
After some review from you and anyone and some touch.. I have plan to make it free to download.. Now.. my site at http://webedewe.com using my child theme..
I choosed 3 column just got inspired with toonewsy. I disabled header, category navigation, and move the header to separate widget (before content, before secondary and before primary) and call the one header image with some function (not in widget) and make it background in css and change the bacground position to make it split preview.