Enfold > Masonry blog > static masonry category, Hover over title + excerpt

Guys,

Have a client with a few requirements that I am exploring mostly to do with the Masonry Blog.

1. The ability to have a single larger image at the top left as a featured post. I was thinking that a separate category could get assigned this identifier and any post added to that category would be placed at that location. Is this possible?

2. The client wants it so the title, excerpt and and read more text appears on hover over each featured image on the masonry blog image layout. Similar to http://peacheyphotography.co.uk/

Are these two things possible? What is the starting direction for getting there?