How to design a great room for a child on a budget. MARILYN BROSE SPECIAL TO THE APPLETREE THE APPLETREE PHOTOS BY DANIEL LIPPITT 12 Marilyn S. Brose is a native Detroiter: A graduate of Central High School and Wayne State University, she and her husband, Leonard, live in Bloomfield Hills where they are visited often by their grown children, Harold and Katie. Ms. Brose calls freelance writing, which has been her profession for the past five years, her "94th career:" She has worked at a variety of occupations ranging from psychiatric social worker to real-estate agent. (-\