First, stop looking for a "better" design. Functional design is a much better goal. It's better to launch an ugly site and make it better over time (or not, se

First, stop looking for a "better" design. Functional design is a much better goal. It's better to launch an ugly site and make it better over time (or not, see Craig's List) than to never launch the site at all. As a developer, I found that writing code so that the site is easily skinned so as to accommodate quick re-skinning makes my fickle sense of design easier to overcome. The fact that "I CAN" re-skin it allows me to not focus on the fact that "I should" re-skin it. Using a modular template approach facilitates this... Load the various parts of the page from templates: top (pre-head), head, body top, body content, body footer, and finally page footer. Second, outsource the design and give that person the power to make the final decision. Finally, spend time (and money) on sites like ThemeForest.net (no affiliation) and 99Designs.com (no affiliation) to get implementation ideas and templates.