What do you have hanging on your walls?

I can tell you what I have in my home, mainly original artwork. I have a few photographs of family and friends but everything else is original artwork created mostly by me but there are other pieces created by others that I love. I have absolutely no prints made in China or elsewhere. When you look at the items you have chosen to decorate your home, can you honestly say that it was made in America? I cannot stress enough how important it is to support local artists. This is a grassroots movement beginning in your own home. How many people bellyache about all the junk made in other countries invading our nation? Change only comes when people realize that their purchases are the direct cause of the problem. I'm very picky about where I shop and what I purchase. I wish I could find more things made in the USA and particularly made in Houston. One way we can all benefit from purchasing things made at home is to keep our money flowing within the local economy. I would rather pay my neighbor than some faceless corporate entity enslaving people on the other side of the globe. The cost of slavery is what you pay. Perhaps you feel like you are not rich enough to be a collector of original artwork. I can testify that you need not be rich. Local artists do not over charge for their work. By shopping around at local galleries, art markets, and directly from local artists, great deals are waiting for you. Consider this. How much did you pay for your sofa? Where was it made? What is hanging on the wall above it? Is the decoration worth as much as the sofa? The answer is that your decoration could be worth more than the sofa because eventually the sofa will wear out and need to be replaced. With a little dusting, the artwork will last forever and increase in value. Wouldn't it be great that the next time you go furniture shopping you could pick something that would match your artwork instead of buying artwork to match your sofa? Perhaps you could find a sofa made in the USA or even one made here in Houston. Support all local industry. Art is one of our greatest commodities produced here at home. Buy American. Buy Houston.