I had the awesome privilege of designing a VIP lounge for the Widespread Panic concert at the Saint Augustine Amphitheatre in Florida last weekend. Mellow Mushroom sponsored the space and hired me to create a bohemian lounge in line with the restaurant and band's cool, chill, hippy vibe.

Decorators are always looking for unique boxes. We love to stack them, use them in bookshelves, on table tops, or, like in today's video series, use big ones as furniture pieces.

Vintage maps make great art. They also tell a story of where we have travelled, where we grew up or show where we dream to go someday.

People have strange relationships with books. Some people house them in shrines and stroke their spines in the moonlight. Others scroll on their electronic devices and only interact with the bound word when they dust the stack of old text books in the corner. But when it comes to decorating, to me, books are an essential element.

When shopping thrift, antique or flea markets, it is easy to miss the awesome in the sea of junk. (Editor's Note: The same also applies to men.)