I'm not a bspwm user myself, but it can look really nice as well (a different sort of nice I suppose). You could check /r/unixporn[1] for inspiration / examples / shameless copy-cat. It's really incredible what some people are pulling off[2][3][4].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn

[2] https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/3r85qh/bspwm_ligh...

[3] https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/3og32q/bspwm_wip_...

[4] https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/comments/3xen3g/bspwm_func...