A homeowner who was ordered to change her pink front door following an anonymous complaint has painted it bright green instead.
Miranda Dickson was ordered by the City of Edinburgh Council to make the alteration after deeming the colour to be not "in keeping with the historic character" of the listed building.
The 49-year-old, who lives in a three-storey Georgian house in the Scottish city's New Town area, attempted to overturn the enforcement notice.
But with the stuffy local authority refusing to budge, she chose a new stand-out colour.
Miranda inherited the property from her parents and during the Covid lockdown undertook an 18-month revamp.
She had previously been living in the US, working as a global director for a drinks firm.
Her final task in rejuvenating the home - a World Heritage conservation site where she grew up - was painting the front door bright pink in December 2021.
Nine months later, the council informed her she faced being fined up to £20,000.
After losing her appeal, she was given until today (April 20) to make a change.
Mum-of-two Miranda told the BBC: "I don't understand why it has caused them to be so angry, I can't understand that emotion about the colour of a door.
"These homes were built as entertainment spaces. They are incredible spaces and I have leaned into the bones of the rooms to maximise their beauty.
"I have restored all the windows and kept the cornices and mouldings as well as the shutters. I have been much more sympathetic than more modern refits."
Changing the door colour has cost her nearly £500 and she even had to apply for planning permission to do it.
She said the redesign of the whole home was planned out extensively and the pink door was the "wrapping to that creative vision".
Having to get rid of it has left her "saddened and disappointed".
She added: "I'm upset by all the energy and opinion it has caused... I don't feel peaceful about it."
Bill Giles, 86, claimed Miranda's bold door "doesn't fit in" with their properties, telling The Sun: "I think it’s an absolutely appalling colour and that lady just has no taste.
"She put online photographs of the whole house and it’s a decorator's nightmare."
But other neighbours backed Miranda's door.
Iain Percival, 74, said: "I just think it’s something that people shouldn’t get too bothered about."
Miranda said she was always stopped from wearing pink as a child, but turned more rebellious when she started studying theology and Egyptology at Manchester University.
She said her mum feared wearing pink would clash with her strawberry blonde hair.
As a student, Miranda dyed it pink and even had dreadlocks for a while.
As part of the revamp to the interior, she went all out with a pink bathtub and staircase, turquoise kitchen cupboards and armchairs, a mannequin, and a skeleton.
