After reading this post, I decided to give Hybrid a try, and I liked it so much that I have just finished migrating this site to the Hybrid framework!
I didn’t have to create any custom page templates, however, I did have to dig into the functions.php file and play around with filter hooks and the likes.
It was hard work but worth it.

I haven’t posted any designs in the last two days, but that doesn’t mean I’ve been doing nothing! I plan on adding another service to my offering soon, that is Magento theme design.
The reason: I feel that although I enjoy very much working with WordPress as a CMS, I don’t want to put all my eggs in one basket, and it will allow me to reach more potential customers.
I spent all day yesterday reading up on Magento’s theme design process, and the least I can say is that it’s a steep learning curve!
What’s more, the documentation is not very easy to read, nor is it complete.
I also read the book Magento 1.3 theme design, but I have the same gripes as with other books by this publisher, they are not easy to follow, the examples don’t always work, so I’m still not satisfied.
Then I stumbled upon this screencast series which is very recent, only two episodes have been published, but it looks promising and I can’t wait for the next episodes.

Here is another resource : http://www.designdisclosure.com/2009/07/how-to-magento-ecommerce-tutorials/