Even though WPF developers have it easy, that doesn't mean you can't produce fancy UI's with WinForms:

XCoolForm is a library which allows you to paint fancy titlebars, borders, titlebar buttons, status bars, etc. It comes with a few pre-built styles, and you can easily make your own styles

In this extensive article Nedim Sabic explains everything you need to know to start using XCoolForm as well as the how and the why of the implementation.


So, if you're stuck in WinForms but still need eye-candy, check out XCoolForm.