It can be tricky to develop a bbPress theme if you are not very familiar with CSS and HTML. This is made more difficult by the need to copy theme files to remote FTP server so you can test them. Even if you’re a pro this can be time consuming!
You can save some time if [...]

bbPress is a forum … ? Right ? … Yes - so it should show the forums as tables that look more like table.
I have created new versions of all of the blank bbPress forum themes to provide a slightly more tabular style. This will give you a starting point that seems more natural.
Other [...]

The theme switcher plugin has now been installed and can be used to preview the blank / raw bbPress themes. Go to the bbprressraw forums to access the theme switcher (look for a drop-down box at the bottom of the page).

My bbpress blank themes are now available! The themes are available on the theme downloads page.
The themes have been tested with and are compatible with bbPress 0.8.3. Please post any issues in the forums.

A great new resource for bbPress forum administrators and web designers will be launching here soon. I’ve prepared a bunch of blank themes to use as a starting point for developing your own custom bbPress themes. I have developed a number of theme variations. These themes were inspired by the free blank Wordpress themes [...]