What should my home folder permissions look like?
My home folder's permissions look like this (drwxr-xr-x+):

 

However, folders inside my home folder (like Desktop) look like this (drwx------+):



Ultimately, the best permissions for your home folder are likely the defaults. As long as everything inside your folder is restricted, you'll be okay. Apple also doesn't recommend changing the permissions for your home folder. If you really want to, though, you can try it out and just use the following Terminal command to reset the permissions:

diskutil resetUserPermissions / `id -u`