The Simons and Paulas of DIY
By Alexandria Abramiam-Mott, Special to The Times
February 21, 2008

MARIANNE MADDEN is typical of a new breed of décor enthusiasts: She has never subscribed to a shelter magazine, doesn’t buy coffee-table books and considers home and garden tours something from the Eisenhower era. Instead, Madden, 23, gets her fill of design ideas by reviewing decorating projects on blogs such as DesignSponge, and Design Milk, where she posts comments on what she sees. She recently judged images of singer Kylie Minogue’s house as “too black and white. I would have liked to see more fuchsia, red and cream,” and decreed another home’s modern bed too “spartan rather than sensual.”

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