Adding a page’s featured image would be fantastically useful. I already use this code to extract featured images from recent posts on my website.
<?php $the_query = new WP_Query('posts_per_page=2&orderby=date&order=desc');
while ($the_query->have_posts()) : $the_query->the_post(); ?>
<div clastewart-ss="latest-post">
<div class="latest-title"><a title="<?php the_title(); ?>" href="<?php the_permalink() ?>" rel="bookmark"><?php the_title(); ?> - <?php the_time(get_option('date_format')); ?></a></div>
<a href="<?php the_permalink() ?>"> <?php the_post_thumbnail(array(300,169), array ('class' => 'alignleft')); ?>
</a>
<div class="stewart-more">
<p>
<?php the_excerpt('Read More...'); ?>
</p>
</div>
<div class="h-line"></div>
</div>
<?php endwhile; ?>
<?php wp_reset_query(); ?>
