[jppope]

I think one thing that really helped me was to not start from a blank page and think you are going to build a good design just by throwing stuff on there... go find other designs that you like, look at the bits and pieces that make them a good design and take those parts. Get inspiration from places like dribbble.com or Awwwards.com... theres some really good work there that you can use to build from

[gurgus]

That's something similar to what I've been doing lately where I've been trying to use colour palettes I like from other sites in my own designs but it's so hard to get the feel right... This is probably why design is its own full-time job!