Simple category display on homepage

We are working through our first configuration and are having trouble getting the category images to show up on the home page the way we would like.

I have figured out how to get them to display the via "Smart Product Collections" plug-in but this is not what we want.   We are looking to have the top 4 category images side by side just under the slider similar to the default NOP theme.  When I disable the "Smart Product Collection" that renders the category product collection, the behavior does no go back to default.

Any ideas on how we might accomplish this?  

Hello,

Usually, the theme's home page layout is thought to use the Smart Product Collections as a navigation throughout the Categories of the Theme. That is why the default Home Page Category boxes are hidden with CSS and are not displaying. However, it is very easy to display them, just add this CSS code inside your Custom Head Styles:

.home-page-category-grid {
    display: block;
}

P.S. The Custom Head Styles text field is located in your Theme's plugin in the Administration -> Nop Templates -> Themes -> Pavilion -> Settings.