Homes of the West

That collection began years ago thanks to the early influences of Mark’s grandfather, who worked for Calgary’s Heritage Park. “I just loved everything western from early on,” he explains. A Bowness-raised city boy nonetheless, Mark loved the old west and this passion was flamed by the annual excitement of the Calgary Stampede. Once Mark became successful in his own right (he is the owner of McKinley Masters Custom Homes), he began rewarding himself with the pieces that would become the focus of a 2,215 square foot home nestled in the woods. “I had been incorporating my collections into my previous homes but the fit just wasn’t there.”