You probably want to ask your question in the Container Gardening forum, where they talk about mixes. Here is where we argue about composting methods and mulching. http://forums2.gardenweb.com/forums/contain

Thank you, yes the picture fits that wall perfectly and the existing picture/canvas is a tad small but I was getting desperate and just wanted to finish this room. Then I found the crab, birds with reflection and oyster and clam shells pictures. Just was concerned if this fits in with the rest of the room. It is whimsical and It makes me smile. it’s been a challenge to find some nice piece of artwork or architectural piece for that wall space because of the the switchplate location. I cannot enter and hang anything above the switch plate because would be way too high so I have to use the space between the switch plate in the corner of the wall. A decorating challenge!!

I've lived in houses located on a very old country dirt road ( named after my late father in law) for most of my adult life) and the level parts of it have a lot of dump truck loads of "crusher run" on them -- relatively small rock and lots of sand mixed into it. On any slope, however, if you add "crusher run", the sand and even the smallest rock can wash away. Would not use small "round" rock for a walk path. This video is about crusher run: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FEddV8_WgCQ Consider making your driveway wide enough for people and horses to pass each other going opposite directions. Draining the water off your path before it can run down your path and wash away your gravel will help. It helps that we have sloped our dirt/gravel road so the rain water runs off it as soon as it lands on it and is aimed in the direction the water wants to go to end up at the creek at the bottom of the hill beyond the woods beside the road. Adding thicker gravel in low places such as a French Drain will help. This vid beginning about 12:00 minutes might help: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7Pp-ub8m2k Adding a parallel "curb" material can help keep your sand and gravel in place . Plants such as liriope can help create a green living curb to help hold sand once their roots are well established. If your budget enables you to begin with parallel rows of bricks or pavers with only their tops showing to outline the path, seriously consider that as it will last a lot longer.

Oystershell sits at 8.1GY in the Green-Yellow Hue Family. As you have discovered it has the potential to appear more greyed, more green, or even shift quite blue depending upon light quality. Here are a few alternatives to consider, to move you away from this point on the Color Wheel. Sometimes moving just a few degrees will help, some sometimes you may need to move to an adjacent Hue Family neighbourhood. MoonsMoonshine moves you anticlockwise nearer to the start of the Green-Yellow Hue Family. The other colours increasingly clockwise, towards the end of the Green-Yellow Hue Family. SW Rainwashed sits further still, into the next Hue Family of Green. How far you may need to move will depend upon your own lighting and context.