If they patched it, all the better, because how many times did my sim die because of that design, or did I had to rush towards the next mirror just to calm down before death kicked in. However, I see that your sim's happy moodlet still kicks in before the confident moodlet; also that it's half purple, therefore I tend to think it still counts, maybe?
As for the 'xemotion decor' For all I know with inspired, you need to pass a threshold with very high inspiring items, like 'the muse' and the artist taboret to reach +3. So for playful, You probably can at least stack paintings for a +2, maybe more with an external item. Don't quote me on that but I think you may need at last +20 xemotion to get the +3 decor.
Happy DOES still boost playful. Just saw that ingame.
