One of the things about WordPress is that most people don’t seem to think their install is complete until they have a theme with 50 columns, giant buttons, and ads everywhere. I had to laugh a few weeks ago when The Blog Herald ran a series of articles about reducing template clutter — seriously, go visit their site for what passes as on the simple side in the WordPress community (thank goodness for Google Reader).
On the other hand, this is my idea of a simple, no nonsense template that doesn’t make the visitor’s eyes bleed (demo this template here).
C’mon guys — sometimes less really is more.