For years, I thought open floor plans were tacky, messy, and impersonal. I always preferred well-defined, traditional spaces. But it only took one video of Shakira in her all-white living room in ...

I'll admit, I'm a bit of a design traditionalist. Though I enjoy curved shapes and shiny surfaces, I've always preferred the cocooning convention of a closed-plan layout to more modern setups. Shakira ...