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Credit...Phaidon When it comes to décor, he is similarly unforgiving, asserting that “not giving a toss about your décor is a crime against humanity, a missed opportunity for you and a source of PTSD for others.” Are you an “emperor of camp” like Liberace, a burlesque queen living in “a satin upholstered jewelry box” like Dita von Teese, or so idiosyncratic that you belong among “the unclassifiables,” à la Phyllis Diller, who has a room dedicated to her wigs? It doesn’t matter, as long as your home is an aria of personal expression. Lack of money, he adds, should not be a...