Add a left column to the master page

Good day.
I am working on removing the Quick launch column from my master page and inserting in its place a column where i could put my own html with links, images, comments etc, basically a tall and narrow page on the left side of the master page.
I successfully removed the Quick launch bar (by display:none). But when i try to carve out a space for my own left column, using div or table, it gets ugly - when the IE opens any page in the site the contents of the page is displayed below - not alongside
and to the right - of my column.
Do you know how to create that custom left column on a master page?
Regards
Kamil

Hi Koan, check out these links for various ways to customize the QL:
http://sharepoint.stackexchange.com/questions/17268/customizing-sharepoint-2010-quick-launch-bar-for-certain-pages-only
http://sharepointpromag.com/sharepoint-administration/four-ways-add-or-remove-quick-launch-menu-control
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