Nancy, What's a beading board? I just use a dark green felt-type foam flat thing I roll out, to hold beads as I work.
I have a gigantic fishing tackle box to hold my beads. Walmart and/or big box stores, like Costco, sell beading kits, which are nice, full of a good variety of nice beads, and sometimes they have tiger tail or the stuff you string the beads on, in there, too, along with the earrings wires, etc...
Also, I go to thrift shops, Goodwill and I suppose estate sales and rummage sales would all have beaded olden-days necklaces, with several strings, when once cut apart, gives you oodles of beads to work with!
Also, there is "Memory Wire", which I find at Joann's or Michael's, and it's a wire, you cut one end with needle-nosed pliers, then give it a "crook" to keep beads on the wire, then you string on your pattern of beads, for a memory wire bracelet and crook the end to hold the beads on. Also, you can get Memory Wire in the shape of chokers, for around the neck, so you can make a set of matching choker-bracelet pieces, too.
I guess a good idea, too, would be to keep an eye out for woven Native American beading things, if you wanted to cut them up to get more beads. Pony beads are good for hair scrunchies, too; crocheted ones. I don't know how to knit, so am uncertain if knitted scrunchies can take beads.
An art table desk lamp helps with lighting while beading, too. Keeping an eye on your posture is good, to try to avoid neck pain and shoulder strain. Anything can be baby stepped and also stretching would come in handy, too. We used to have a local bead store, which is where I learned how to tie tiger tail off with a barrel clasp. They were very good to teach their customers, who came in to browse. Sometimes, a broach can make a nice center "bead" on a choker, too. Also, if you have a broken ring or earring, they can also help make a focal point on a necklace or bracelet.