I’ve been fiddling with Wordpress for the past few months, generally to less than satisfying results. I’ve tried a ton of free themes, but they never quite worked right or lacked the features and cool factor I was looking for.
Then I found Elegant Themes, and finally made the commitment to actually purchase a premium theme. Not only are the themes gorgeous with multiple color and customizations options, but it was only $20 for a year long membership, i.e. complete access to ALL the themes available on the site.
The install was easy, though it probably would have been less confusing if I actually had content on my fresh install of Wordpress. Soon as I dropped some images in my posts and added the widgets, it looked great.
Did I mention how much I love purple?
I really love purple.

I think it looks great, but I also really love purple.
I like it, however the click-through from the way “featured articles” area at the top of the homepage is a bit counter intuitive. It worked though. Hm…