Rural GP who let her colour palette run wild after devoting years to creating a uniquely designed home for her family is now planning to sell up at a bargain £180,000
- Liza Stolton is planning on selling her home by Loch Awe for only £180,000
- The home features a bright pink hallway and walls full of her own artwork
A rural GP has created a unique and striking family home by letting her colour palette run wild as a way to unwind from the pressures of work.
Liza Stolton who is a doctor in Kintyre and lives in the tiny community of Dalavich in Oban, western Scotland, has devoted years creating a delightful, idiosyncratic house for her family.
But now she is planning to sell up – at a very affordable £180,000 – as she wants to do it all again in a new house.
Before moving to the stone house near the beautiful banks of Loch Awe, Dr Stolton had dreamed of having her own house, where she could stamp her personality throughout.
She said: ‘This is just the second house I bought, my first was a flat in Edinburgh and I thought that when I could get my own house, I could do anything, I could even paint the hallway bright pink.’
Rural GP Liza Stolton has devoted years creating a delightful, idiosyncratic house for her family which she is planning to sell up – at a very affordable £180,000
Dr Stolton has created a unique and striking family home by letting her colour palette run wild as a way to unwind from the pressures of work
The hallway is now bright pink and the walls full of artwork by herself and her friends.
‘I bought it as a kind of project. It was liveable in but needed everything doing.’
Walls were knocked through, eaves were opened up, an art studio and science lab for herself and her 11-year-old son Torran was built next to the house.
Now it has hundreds of books throughout, a library with walls painted in different colours with tester pots, trinkets and memories, paintings and sculptures.
The kitchen has swirling, sea like wallpaper and in her bedroom a big piece of driftwood is wrapped with fairy lights. Throughout, rooms enjoy different colours.
The garden has multicoloured raised beds, vegetables, lots of flowers and even a hot tub.
And, with the grey and rain that can drift over, they all bring their own light and warmth to the property.
‘We’ve always got the brightness inside.’
She knows some might find the clutter too much but her friends have been won round.
Despite the pressures of work making it hard for Dr Stolton to do as much art as she would like, she now plans to embark on a bigger project on a new house
Despite an grey or rain, the family have been able to enjoy the brightness inside thanks to its colourfull walls and trinkets
Walls were knocked through, eaves were opened up, an art studio and science lab for herself and her 11-year-old son Torran was built next to the house
The library features walls painted in different colours with tester pots, trinkets and memories, paintings and sculptures
The garden has multicoloured raised beds, vegetables, lots of flowers and even a hot tub
She added: ‘I’m on medical Facebook groups and they all put pictures of their house up and they’re these sort of beautiful, perfect, clean, non-cluttered places, with classic Farrow & Ball paint and very tasteful.
‘I would look at them and think “that’s beautiful, but how is that comfortable? Can they kick off their shoes and just curl up on the sofa?”.’
Dr Stolton, 46, grew up in Somerset before going to medical school in London and training as a GP in Edinburgh. It was after her mother moved to Dalavich she thought she would see what it was like to live as a rural GP and immediately fell in love with the life.
She works mainly single handed, also works with the local ambulance and, inevitably, living in such a
She works mainly single handed, also works with the local ambulance and, inevitably, living in such a remote community, has had people knocking at her door at midnight.
A cosy living room features a fireplace with orange walls that brings uplifting warmth to the room, which is also filled wooden furniture and artwork
Dr Stolton says that she knows some might find the clutter too much but her friends have been won round
The hallway is now bright pink and the walls full of artwork by herself and her friends
The kitchen has swirling, sea like wallpaper and in her bedroom a big piece of driftwood is wrapped with fairy lights
Throughout, rooms enjoy different colours such as yellow walls and peach bannisters
Before moving to the stone house near the beautiful banks of Loch Awe, Dr Stolton had dreamed of having her own house, where she could stamp her personality throughout
Dr Stolton said that she would look at pictures of other people’s houses on a Facebook group and ask and think ‘that’s beautiful, but how is that comfortable? Can they kick off their shoes and just curl up on the sofa?’
Dr Stolton finished her bathroom with wooden paneling and bright yellow walls
The village itself, with a resident population of about 80, was built in 1952 for workers of the Forestry Commission and the properties are either constructed of stone or wood.
Despite the pressures of work making it hard for Dr Stolton to do as much art as she would like, she now plans to embark on a bigger project on a new house, possibly in an even more remote part of Kintyre.
Dr Stolton said: ‘We’re looking at quite an interesting property, if we get it, with a very big wild garden which we’re hoping to do amazing things with.
‘But I’m in charge of the house decoration.’
Her partner Chris is bracing to do a lot of the work and maybe some gardening but ‘he’s taking a deep breath thinking ‘yea, I can deal with your décor’.’
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