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WHEN TIM CAMPBELL, principal of his eponymous residential-design firm in New York and Los Angeles, began decorating his Manhattan home, he saw past the inauspicious Lower East Side edifice that housed the apartment and created an opulent oasis inside. “I was in this very anonymous, generic building with no pedigree, but I wanted the space to feel very rich, like being transported to another time and place.” He added panel molding to the walls to dress the space up and suggest some history, then appointed the home with quietly colorful and stately pieces. “Proportion in interior design, as in fashion, can convey a…