To put patio11's last comment in perspective .... citing a resource on how some of the most popular sites looks liked in their initial stages: http://www.teleg

To put patio11's last comment in perspective .... citing a resource on how some of the most popular sites looks liked in their initial stages: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6125914/How-20-popular-websites-looked-when-they-launched.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/6125914/How-20-popular... OP : Thanks for asking this question. I've been pondering it last night since I am in a similar situation. Just my two cents, I've decided to use Themes from Themeforest that leverage other established frameworks (I prefer the ones that build on twitter bootstrap). I feel like sticking to a well accepted framework allows you to benefit from further releases since bugs keep getting fixed and you can freely upgrade using the new releases without having to wait for the original author of the theme to do it for you.