My reply vanished in the android pad attempt to post..... But years ago mom and I planned to paint the bathroom. The vintage beadboard in white and the walls in a pale golden tone. Dad said "Pink! They use pink on the walls in institutions to calm the troubled minds" So I bought him the paint chip samples to pick his pink.....and boy did he pick a pink! Pepto Bismal. The white was banished as too hard to clean and was painted that horrible pink. He saw it and said it was too pink and let me paint the upper half and ceiling a very pale (in comparison) shade of pink. But all these years later that pink bathroom still glows. I do not want to use that shade of pink! And yes the bathroom is on the list of things to update. I looked at some paint chip samples at HD and think I will use the one I linked. I like the darker shades and figure using the lighter one will end up looking much darker. I wonder if I should "be-jewel" the tool peg board :) Here is a link that might be useful: Maybe?

I have single tracks in my master bedroom. These were custom made draperies though so a professional installed them and made the draperies. I love them. Very easy to open/close, etc.

I have a drive that goes behind my house to my studio, it's use a dozen times a year. Coming back from the studio the last part of the drive is sandy steep grade (really steep) about 150 ft long, about the last 30 ft at the top is all sand. The rest is stabilized by growth. Well The problem is the last 30-40 ft that's sand. It gives me bad traction and can stop me from getting to the top so I have to back down and take another run. I want to add something but don't know what. It's got to come in bags that I can handle and for as little as I use it , I don't want to spend much at all. I drive the same track every time so all I want to do is just stabilize the track not a complete surface. Any thoughts anyone. I'm not interested in paying for a truckload of anything, it's to much. Actually physically I couldn't spread it..

I know they're not NEEDED, but I like shelf paper. To borrow your word, I like that it's slightly "grippy" and that it makes the shelf infinitesimally softer. I like the look of a bright, pretty paper. I like that if something is spilled, it's easy to pick up the paper and clean it. I'm not debating whether I am going to install it; rather, I'm trying to figure out HOW to do it. The newspaper template idea is great, and so common-sense that I ask myself, Why didn't you think of that? Thanks!