When Wendy Killin and John McGonagle decided the time had come to give up apartment living, they did so in some style, swapping their flat in Glasgow’s west end for a grand two-storey sandstone villa on the city’s southside, replete with original Victorian features and mature gardens. Even the driveway had pillars.
Work by the Glasgow-based artist is on show at Hospitalfield, Arbroath, until 31 October. The Arts & Crafts house, a former art school, offers residencies to artists, musicians and writers, and its grounds have recently opened to the public for the first time
Confident colour rules in this first home
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What A two bedroom tenement flat
Where Glasgow's west end
Interior designer Abi Crowther of Chelsea McLaine
Photography Ryan Johnston
Words Gillian Welsh
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