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	<title>Kyle Boyd &#124; Freelance Designer &#187; Textures</title>
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		<title>9 Great Websites with Textures.</title>
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At the end of January I began to redesign my entire website.  I felt it had such an out of date look that I began to resent it, this is a bad sign when you really need it to make some money.
I began to look at some current trends and realised that the &#8216;new look&#8217; [...]]]></description>
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<p>At the end of January I began to redesign my entire website.  I felt it had such an out of date look that I began to resent it, this is a bad sign when you really need it to make some money.</p>
<p>I began to look at some current trends and realised that the &#8216;new look&#8217; for this year is textured backgrounds.  <span id="more-146"></span>This could be anything from &#8217;scrunched up paper&#8217; too &#8216;rusty metal&#8217; or how about a nice piece of wooden paneling? I thought I was watching an episode of <a title="Changing Rooms" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Changing_Rooms" target="_blank"><span>Changing Rooms</span> </a>with Carol Smilie Smilie.  There are so many sites out there offering free texture&#8217;s like <a title="Textures" href="http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2009/02/50-free-rusted-metal-texture-backgrounds/"><span>here</span></a>, <a title="Textures" href="http://www.designshard.com/freebies/20-free-original-hi-res-grunge-stained-paper-textures/" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a> and <a title="Textures" href="http://www.bittbox.com/freebies/24-free-high-res-textures/" target="_blank"><span>here</span></a>.</p>
<p>Ok so maybe that is not strictly true, I just included it for a good read but it got me thinking textured backgrounds make some great looking websites and in turn I decided to make one myself with a nice papery effect.</p>
<p>So here I have listed  Ten Great Websites with textures.  These all look great, but I am sure I have left some out, if you know of anymore leave me a comment ;)</p>
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<h3 id="line1"><span>Satsu Design, Isle of Man Web Design Agency</p>
<p><a href="http://www.satsu.co.uk/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-158" title="satsu" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/satsu.jpg" alt="satsu" width="700" height="200" /></a></p>
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<h3><span>Scouting For Girls</p>
<p><a href="http://www.scoutingforgirls.co.uk/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-159" title="scouting" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/scouting.jpg" alt="scouting" width="700" height="200" /></a></p>
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<h3><span>Pikaboo</p>
<p><a href="http://www.pikaboo.be/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-156" title="oikaboo" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/oikaboo.jpg" alt="oikaboo" width="700" height="200" /></a></p>
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<h3 id="line1"><span>Element Fusion&#8217;s Internship Program</p>
<p><a href="http://www.efinterns.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-154" title="joinup" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/joinup.jpg" alt="joinup" width="700" height="200" /></a></p>
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<h3><span>Revive Africa</span></h3>
<p><a href="http://reviveafrica.com/index.php"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-157" title="revive" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/revive.jpg" alt="revive" width="700" height="200" /></a></li>
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<h3><span>Boot B &#8211; Unlimited Creativity</p>
<p><a href="http://www.bootb.com/en/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-152" title="bootb" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/bootb.jpg" alt="bootb" width="700" height="200" /></a></p>
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<h3><span>Web Designer Wall &#8211; Jobs</p>
<p><a href="http://jobs.webdesignerwall.com/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-161" title="wdw" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/wdw.jpg" alt="wdw" width="700" height="200" /></a></p>
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<h3><span>Lucy Blackmore</span></p>
<p><a href="http://www.lucyblackmore.co.uk/index.php/site/about/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-155" title="lucyblackmore" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/lucyblackmore.jpg" alt="lucyblackmore" width="700" height="200" /></a></h3>
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<h3><span>Slabovia</p>
<p><a href="http://www.slabovia.tv/"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-160" title="slabovia" src="http://www.kyleboyd.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/slabovia.jpg" alt="slabovia" width="700" height="200" /></a></p>
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