Contemporary THEATRE

Fantastical patterns combined with bold colours create drama in Tamara MacDonald’s family home

- ALISON GIBB

Tamara MacDonald and her husband Martin bought their Glasgow home long distance from London, knowing they wanted a good-sized family house within the catchment area of a good school. ‘My dad showed us around on FaceTime and we immediately knew we wanted the property,’ says Tamara. ‘It was in need of renovation but Martin and I were very happy to undertake a project and we didn’t want to live with someone else’s taste, so it felt less wasteful to buy something in relatively poor condition.’

The south-facing garden, with a stand-alone garage they could convert into a recording studio, made it a must-have for the creative couple. Martin is a film editor and Tamara is a singer-songwriter who, during lockdown, set up a female music collective, Hen Hoose, with the aim of supplying female-composed music to the film and advertising industry. They were even asked to produce the music for the Scottish government’s COVID-19 vaccine advertising campaign.