On the choices for the unfinished wall, I would go with option 2 and build in shelves instead of putting wall board up. (theletteredcottage.net)
The dry erase wall board would have a spot in my kitchen and I would get either the ever grateful dinner plates or the giving thanks hurricanes for my dining room. (theinspiredroom.net)
Congratulations to Ian Patrick and Robert Healey from the University of Kansas, for being awarded 2014 Newman Student Award Medals, for work on «Investigations into the Sound Absorbing Properties of Gypsum Wall Board», which the two presented at the recent ASA Conference in Providence. (newmanfund.org)