No more beads on the floor!
                       The borders hold the beads from escaping.

The bottom of the boards are skid resistant and the main deck of the board is  made with specially selected materials that interact very well with seed beads, just shimmy the board or run your fingers over top of the beads and they will all settle hole side up! Look to spend more time actually beading as the beads will role up onto your needle easily, you just tip the needle onto the side of the bead, you don't have to aim for the hole to get it on your needle!!