Of course we do. So, with that idea firmly in mind, let's have some points of guidance. Pastels are dodgy. White space is white space even when it's orange. Netscape can be quietly ignored.
Content is a wonderful thing, and becoming disturbingly rare.
Code should be neater than the page itself. Girls can be kings, anyway. There was once an Egyptian royal-family woman who had herself declared legally male so that she could be made king. Fooled them suckers good, hah.