The Old Waiting Room Gallery

The Old Waiting Room Gallery Arts and Crafts Gallery on the Hebridean Island of Colonsay

📣 FINAL WEEK 📣 If you’re on Colonsay, I am only open for one more week of the season, so now is the time to get your sho...
22/09/2026

📣 FINAL WEEK 📣 If you’re on Colonsay, I am only open for one more week of the season, so now is the time to get your shopping in! My final day open will be Tuesday 29th September, after that the bricks and mortar gallery will be closed until the spring 🌼 If you would like anything posted please pop me a message 😊📮

21/09/2026

What a weekend! The most phenomenal time at with the most incredible line up. Here’s 90 seconds of my favourites (including the hangover pie 🤤), from a very tired bar staff 🍻

I’m back 🥳 with new bits and pieces on the shelves just in time for the music festival starting on Thursday 🎶Gorgeous mu...
15/09/2026

I’m back 🥳 with new bits and pieces on the shelves just in time for the music festival starting on Thursday 🎶
Gorgeous mugs from C E R I M C E W A N that never hang around for long! 🩵

New “water, w**e, whatever” tumblers from C E R I M C E W A N - such incredible glazes on these!

A restock of my scallop shells, with my favourite oystercatcher design 🐧

A colourful restock from Kym at Kilo Papa Studio | Kym of her Colonsay topographical map prints 🗺️

And Kym’s ever-popular Colonsay tea towels Kilo Papa Studio | Kym

A new painting from Colonsay artist Sally Walker of our beautiful church ⛪️

Finally have my mussel and shell tea towels back in stock 🥳

The gallery assistant found a tennis ball and I found a whole sea urchin, that is a good day 😃I am going off island from...
08/09/2026

The gallery assistant found a tennis ball and I found a whole sea urchin, that is a good day 😃
I am going off island from tomorrow until Monday so the gallery is on slightly reduced hours. It will be open:
Wednesday: 12pm-2pm
Thursday: 11am-2pm and 5.30pm-6.30pm
Friday: 12pm-2pm and 5.30pm-6.45pm
Saturday: 10am-12pm
Sunday and Monday closed, reopen as normal on Tuesday morning. Before the best weekend of the year, Ceòl Cholasa - Folk Festival 🥳🎶💃🏻

03/09/2026

A commission for white shells on a blue background 💙🐚

Snippets of August adventures 🩵 Now time for my favourite season of autumn to begin 🍂
01/09/2026

Snippets of August adventures 🩵 Now time for my favourite season of autumn to begin 🍂

New stock in the gallery this week:Black square shell picture ⬛️Black circle shell picture ⚫️A new painting of Kiloran B...
31/08/2026

New stock in the gallery this week:
Black square shell picture ⬛️

Black circle shell picture ⚫️

A new painting of Kiloran Bay by Rosalind Jewell

Another new painting by Rosalind Jewell 💙

A gorgeous parcel from Valtos Studio of Nigel’s ever popular Hebridean inspired vases 🌊

A restock from Rosie Hay Ceramics of her gorgeous mugs ☕️

More loveliness from Windsock Press of Susan’s swimming cards 🧜‍♀️

A restock from Bison Bindery of notebooks, a perfect stocking filler (can I say the C word yet as it’s nearly September 🙊)

A triple pelicans foot day is always a good day 🤩🐚🪸
22/08/2026

A triple pelicans foot day is always a good day 🤩🐚🪸

New bits and pieces in the gallery this week:First time I’ve done a purely white shell picture in a while 🤍New cards fro...
18/08/2026

New bits and pieces in the gallery this week:
First time I’ve done a purely white shell picture in a while 🤍

New cards from Windsock Press which I’ve already had to restock. Love the “Happiness comes in waves” one 🧜‍♀️

More Windsock Press cards of oystercatchers and curlews 🐧

A restock from Kerry Froud Art with her bestselling handmade Colonsay sketchbooks ✍️

A new ghost net puffin from 🐧

And a new duck ghost net ropework from

New work from Colonsay felt artist Sue Dance 💙 Love the little sheep!

New pieces from Colonsay artist Kim Bentley of her fluid art 🩵

Address

Scalasaig
Scalasaig

Opening Hours

Monday 10am - 2pm
5pm - 7pm
Tuesday 10am - 2pm
Wednesday 10am - 2pm
6pm - 7:30pm
Friday 10am - 2pm
5pm - 7pm
Saturday 10am - 2pm
6pm - 7:30pm
Sunday 5pm - 7pm

Telephone

+447716749620

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