The Colorful Life Journal
Living beautifully through interior design; celebrating the colorful art of entertaining, vintage treasures, daily creativity, Washington D.C. favorites, and our favorite spaces around town.
Welcome to the Blog
The Libby Living Colorfully blog is an online community for people who enjoy using vibrant colors in their home decor, interior design, decorating and lifestyle choices. I will be writing about everything from how I decorate my apartment, to where I like to shop for vintage items, to ideas on entertaining, as well as some of my favorite things in the city that I live in (Washington D.C.). The purpose of my blog is to celebrate the idea of adding personal style, creativity and color into your everyday life.
Latest from the archive
Thrift logic: pattern-clash without the panic
The DC neighborhoods worth thrifting first
Disco in the bedroom: a practical guide
Mixing eras on a $30 budget takes rules — just not the ones design Instagram keeps selling you.
From Eastern Market to U Street, a sourcing map for maximalists who know the city's color is in its side streets.
Metallic accents don't require a renovation budget — they require a commitment to saying yes to sparkle.
Dressing a room the way you dress yourself
Small apartment, zero blank walls
Texture-first: layering without a mood board
Color confidence in your wardrobe and your walls follow the same logic — own the mix, skip the apology.
Renters get told to keep it neutral. Here's the counter-argument, in 380 square feet of saturated proof.
Mood boards flatten rooms. Touching the fabric, trusting the clash — that's where color-confident rooms actually begin.