I struggled with the same decision, and decided against having a floor outlet. As you mentioned, I didn't want to be stuck with the inflexibility of the furniture arrangement (I am also not totally sure exactly where I will place things, as I am not living there yet). I love the "no cord" look, but it just felt like something I might hate dealing with later.

I also decided against it in my new home build because of committing to furniture and rug placement. Styles change, as does furniture size, so what may be the perfect placement for your furniture currently may not work 10 years later when you buy new sofas or decide to rearrange the room.

waiting patiently for everything to be wireless! I almost got tricked by this April fools joke = http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/wec.shtml

Thanks everyone for your time. Please keep the feedback coming. I would like to hear more opinions on this.

Get an area rug and run the cord underneath to the wall outlet.

Put a well RECESSED floor outlet in under the sofa. I'd not worry on a decade from now, or the next person either. A cord under a rug is not the best, and tripping over one to a wall is not great either. Chill and plug.: ) in

yes, on the floor outlet. I have had them in two houses and they are great.

I always appreciate a floor outlet. Just put it in an area of the room where theoretically it would always be covered with something whether it be furniture or an area rug.

Cords under rugs is a major safety issue, please never do this.

an outlet is of no use under an area rug, unless you are willing to cut a hole in the area rug... which might be fine if you choose a rug thats relatively inexpensive.

you need clearance to have the plugs stuck in the outlet. check what the plug for your desired electric recliner looks like. if its big and boxy you might not be able to have it beneath your furniture. also if the cord is heavy duty, it wont bend flat-ish.

I would definitely have one installed under the sofa. It appears there is only one possible placement for a television in the room due to windows and glass walls and I think any future buyers will also place a sofa directly across from the TV. I have had them installed in 3 homes...they are a must have for table lamps in a large family/living room.

Thanks everyone for your input, I really appreciate it! :)

You could always get cordless table lamps? https://www.modernlantern.com

Just put an outlet in the floor..under the sofa. They are rescessed : ) A battery gives no light, nor does a cordless lamp.

Actually our cordless lamps can have an output similar to a 60w incandescent for up to 13 hours on a charge, 20 hours with a 40 w equivalent. Not SUPER bright, but nice warm decent amount of light for a room. Just FYI;)

Floor outlets are awesome not just for powering recliners or lamps, but also charging phones, or browsing houzz on laptop while on couch ;-). I have 2 just under the back of my 3 seat recliner and am amazed how much use I get out of them including one time my friend brought a projector and screen, and I didn’t have to worry about tripping over wires in a dark room. The next person living in your place will thank you for your set up because they didn’t have to put in the floor outlets...

Hope this helps. We just got done with our new build and originally filled in and floored over the floor outlets. We floated our furniture and… BIG MISTAKE. Had the flooring guy come out today, pull up the flooring and hammer drill the receptacle out. Then the electrician put in a floor plug. He’s reinstalling the flooring now. We will put the rug back down and couch will be over the plug under the rug. We can now have lamps without cords running across the floor from the wall.