I'd like the main forums page to have a cleaner look, but I'm not an artist. Mainly, get rid of any three-d looks, shading, excess borders. Scroll way down on the forums page and change the Default Style to Clean to see a shot at this. Also, does anyone use the New Posts section on the side bar at the right? Basically, I'd just like to simplify the main page. It's awfully busy.

Any suggestions are welcome.