Last bump, I swear. I just completed the Ivory theme. Basically, it's a complete redesign of what I had when I first posted this thread. Be sure to check out the threads too, as I took some time to customize little things like the quote boxes. Here is a link to a thread:
http://forum.musiciansnook.com/showthread.php?t=22
The final big thing I need to do so far as the forum goes is redo the member profile page. I've still not decided if I want to give it a big makeover or use Drupal?which is what I'm using for the frontpage software?for the main member profiles.