There are lots of people out there building websites, and now that you're about to become one of them, you should take a look around. Imitation really is the sicerest form of flattery...

Jeff Zeldman
http://www.zeldman.com

This guy is one of the hottest designers out there, in my humble opinion. He does new and interesting stuff all the time, and is one of the moderators of A List Apart, a mailing list for professional web designers.

The Fray
http://www.fray.com

Winner of the coveted "Cool Site of the Year" award, Derek Powazek is the acknowledged master of frames. His innovative designs mesh perfectly with the intensely personal stories The Fray features, and is a perfect example of form and content working together to create a whole that is greater than the sum of its parts.

Digital Moments
http://www.menuez.com

Photographer Doug Menuez has put together a virtual photo gallery that actually takes advantage of the unique possibilites of the 'Net.

Killer Web Sites
http://www.killersites.com/2-sites/index.html

David Seigal is one of the design gurus of the web. This site is a companion to his book, Creating Killer Web Sites (2nd Ed.), and pretty much all of the sites he's choosen as examples are great.