Flash alone does not a well-designed website make.
Confronted with the idea of CSS and Photoshop as design tools, don't forget the basic lessons of hierarchy, scale change and effective use of space to emphasize and organize elements.
Regarding your Photoshop layouts: if it looks like some developer did it, and not a graphic designer, do it again. Images, background images, graphics, color, etc. can all be utilized to frame or contextualize your content, to make it sing, and give it resonance.
Take a look at some great examples of designers working magic within a restricted set of tools:
www.corporateriskwatch.com (great text flow AND emphasis, click through a bit)
www.experimenta.co.nz (fantastic reveal of info and sweet scrolling right column)
ilovetypography.com (good definition of "main" content vs supplemental columns)
www.subtraction.com (the oft copied blog design by Khoi Vihn)
paul-rand.com (a visually-rich and content-rich site without a whif of Flash)
www.markboulton.co.uk (Hierarchy, and content you should read.)
www.good.is
www.lamosca.com
www.blanka.co.uk
wearebuild.com
www.thegridsystem.org
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