I recently read “Is Drupal Good for Design?” from Spekyboy.com and realize what I’ve been thinking all along. “[Drupal is] a code monkey’s playground.” It is not for designers and probably is not the best CMS to hand off to clients for lack of usability. Read the full article here http://speckyboy.com/2011/12/21/is-drupal-good-for-design-what-do-you-think/