I just prefer hiding all my icons into like 3 folders and choosing a custom icon for the folders.
Then adding a great photo for background, that way you don't need to dl any extra crap software onto your comp.
Some great wallpaper here an icons as well.
http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2008...op-wallpapers/
more artistic.
http://wallpaper.deviantart.com/?qh=1280x1024
and also creative commons search for photos you can use from flickr, just type wallpaper there about 70k of them.
http://search.creativecommons.org/