Redesign and ASAP

You know, I find that I get tired of site design very quickly. And I feel that the time has come for the company site to be refurbished. Ive been playing around with some ideas. You can view them below, each links to a bigger picture.

I feel like the first one is just to… dirty looking. I like the second one but to be honest the conept is not mine. John Hicks I basically liked his concept a lot because of how simple it was. Easy to navigate. Alas I wouldn’t feel right about using it. I would feel like a second rate designer if I used someone elses concept. So I shall keep working on, but I wanted to share. Comments and suggestions are by all means welcome. PLEASE, GIVE ME YOUR IDEAS!!!