{"id":144072,"date":"2023-10-09T18:55:45","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:55:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/?p=144072"},"modified":"2023-10-09T18:55:45","modified_gmt":"2023-10-09T18:55:45","slug":"rural-gp-who-created-a-unique-home-plans-to-sell-up-at-only-180000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebritywshow.com\/world-news\/rural-gp-who-created-a-unique-home-plans-to-sell-up-at-only-180000\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural GP who created a unique home plans to sell up at only \u00a3180,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>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 \u00a3180,000<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0Liza Stolton is planning on selling her home by Loch Awe for only \u00a3180,000<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>\u00a0The home features a bright pink hallway and walls full of her own artwork<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>But now she is planning to sell up \u2013 at a very affordable \u00a3180,000 \u2013 as she wants to do it all again in a new house.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>She said: &#8216;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.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/17\/76346255-12611441-image-a-19_1696870639410.jpg\" height=\"951\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Rural GP Liza Stolton has devoted years creating a delightful, idiosyncratic house for her family which\u00a0she is planning to sell up \u2013 at a very affordable \u00a3180,000<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347121-12611441-image-a-23_1696872138011.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Stolton\u00a0has created a unique and striking family home by letting her colour palette run wild as a way to unwind from the pressures of work<\/p>\n<p>The hallway is now bright pink and the walls full of artwork by herself and her friends.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I bought it as a kind of project. It was liveable in but needed everything doing.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Now it has hundreds of books throughout, a library with walls painted in different colours with tester pots, trinkets and memories, paintings and sculptures.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>The garden has multicoloured raised beds, vegetables, lots of flowers and even a hot tub.<\/p>\n<p>And, with the grey and rain that can drift over, they all bring their own light and warmth to the property.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We&#8217;ve always got the brightness inside.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>She knows some might find the clutter too much but her friends have been won round.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/17\/76346259-12611441-image-a-18_1696870630188.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347123-12611441-image-a-29_1696872179351.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite an grey or rain, the family have been able to enjoy the brightness inside thanks to its colourfull walls and trinkets<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347095-12611441-image-a-30_1696872183339.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347117-12611441-image-a-31_1696872187624.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The library\u00a0 features walls painted in different colours with tester pots, trinkets and memories, paintings and sculptures<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347103-12611441-image-a-32_1696872191355.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The garden has multicoloured raised beds, vegetables, lots of flowers and even a hot tub<\/p>\n<p>She added: &#8216;I&#8217;m on medical Facebook groups and they all put pictures of their house up and they&#8217;re these sort of beautiful, perfect, clean, non-cluttered places, with classic Farrow &amp; Ball paint and very tasteful.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;I would look at them and think &#8220;that&#8217;s beautiful, but how is that comfortable? Can they kick off their shoes and just curl up on the sofa?&#8221;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>She works mainly single handed, also works with the local ambulance and, inevitably, living in such a<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347119-12611441-image-a-40_1696872240763.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347089-12611441-image-a-33_1696872205130.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Stolton says that she knows some might find the clutter too much but her friends have been won round<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347045-12611441-image-a-34_1696872208650.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The hallway is now bright pink and the walls full of artwork by herself and her friends<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347053-12611441-image-a-35_1696872211329.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The kitchen has swirling, sea like wallpaper and in her bedroom a big piece of driftwood is wrapped with fairy lights<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347063-12611441-image-a-36_1696872214059.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Throughout, rooms enjoy different colours such as yellow walls and peach bannisters<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347049-12611441-image-a-37_1696872216659.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>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<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347009-12611441-image-a-38_1696872219774.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Stolton said that she would look at pictures of other people&#8217;s houses on a Facebook group and ask and think &#8216;that&#8217;s beautiful, but how is that comfortable? Can they kick off their shoes and just curl up on the sofa?&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/09\/18\/76347085-12611441-image-a-39_1696872226659.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Dr Stolton finished her bathroom with wooden paneling and bright yellow walls<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Stolton said: &#8216;We&#8217;re looking at quite an interesting property, if we get it, with a very big wild garden which we&#8217;re hoping to do amazing things with.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;But I&#8217;m in charge of the house decoration.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Her partner Chris is bracing to do a lot of the work and maybe some gardening but &#8216;he&#8217;s taking a deep breath thinking &#8216;yea, I can deal with your d\u00e9cor&#8217;.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12611441\/Rural-GP-colour-uniquely-designed-home-family-planning-sell-bargain-180-000.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":144071,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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