Back in the days when I was a big fan of using Adobe Flex I remember one of the complaints against it was that the default look and feel (while quite nice) was always used and rarely changed, which made every single app look the same as the other. A bit like this:

My love of Flex waned. This was mainly because I realised that using it was becoming less and less viable, but also because, when Flex 4 came out, they tried to make it so that you had to customise the UI. I see where they were coming from but I didn't like it.

I've since become a fan of the next best thing, which is Bootstrap and is simply pure HTML and CSS.

The same arguments could be made of Bootstrap - that it's all too easy to make all the web apps you make look just like the last. A bit like this:

All very samey. And it's all too easy not to bother changing it. Although, luckily for us, if you choose to, then customising Bootstrap is a whole lot easier than they'd made it to customize Flex 4.

Because Bootstrap is just HTML and CSS you customise it in any way you like. If you don't feel that adventurous then there are loads of sites out there to help.

Wrap Bootstrap

Take a look at WrapBootstrap.com where there are plenty of skins to choose from and most look amazing. Of particular interest to us guys, I guess, is the "Admin and Dashboards" category. In no time at all you can throw together an amazing looking web app (based on Classic Domino if you wish).

Jetstrap

Once you've settled on a look and feel you can use a site like jetstrap.com to start combining the Bootstrap components on a page using drag and drop. Very cool and worth a look!