Node with picture left and text right
This appears to be about primarily about the CSS, and the right answer depends on how the html is structured.

Have you tried any resources like Learn CSS Positioning in Ten Steps?

If there are already some containers, you can float both the containers left and give them specific widths (probably).  Or you could use absolute positioning.  Do you have to account for the picture potentially NOT being there?

My best suggestion is to use Firebug or Inspector or similar to try out a couple things based on your DOM