The shopping experience at Appalachian Gallery is unmatched in Morgantown and beyond. The gallery is a pleasant combination of beautiful objects in a lovely space. Upon arrival, one enters a very grand, well maintained victorian home with lots of light, high cielings and large rooms that are well suited to appreciating art, and shopping. One finds a variety of local artists from the Morgantown area and greater West Virginia represented in the store. There is a great variety of artists' products ranging from paintings , drawings and prints, to hand-crafted jewelry, glass, pottery and woodwork. The atmosphere of the shop is charged with creativity while it is also warm and inviting. I make a point to visit and purchase at Appalachian Gallery every time I am in Morgantown.
For the same price one pays to mass retailers for home decor and jewelry, one can possess, enjoy, and share fine art and artisan-crafted objects from Appalachian Gallery. One gains the added satisfaction of supporting local economies and ecology by purchasing locally hand-crafted objects that are less prone to disposability than the offerings of mass retailers.
In addition, I really appreciate how easy it is to park near the gallery. There are parking spaces by the gallery and a very convenient, inexpensive public parking garage directly across the the street from the gallery. It's much more pleasant than jockeying for a parking place at strip malls!