On 1/11/2018 9:13 AM, Peter wrote:
Our furniture layout has a side table next to an armchair, both of
which are relatively far removed (6'-9') feet from the nearest walls.
The floor surface from the nearest walls to the side table has both
bare hardwood floor and an area rug. The room is in an upper floor
condo unit with old fashioned tongue in groove hardwood floor boards.
The building has concrete and steel construction. We'd like to place
a table lamp on the side table but are unwilling to run an extension
cord (major tripping hazard!) over the bare floor and area rug
distance from the baseboard of the nearest wall to the side table.
We're not interested in having to remove flooring and then refinish
the entire floor. Also, we don't want to install a recessed ceiling
fixture centered over the chair. A wall mounted sconce light would
either be directly in the eyes of those seated elsewhere in the room
or create a brilliant reflection off the glass doors of nearby wall
units. Please don't suggest re-thinking our furniture arrangement -
we've spent months doing that and it's not an option. Is there any
type of extremely flat extension cord would be safe and within code
to provide power to that side table? We would be powering only one
18W LED (100W incandescent equivalent) bulb.

Thanks to all who took the time to reply. The lamp needs to be bright
enough to read comfortably and fit the living room decor. The side
table and arm chair are on the 10' x 12' rug and the area gets regular
foot traffic as does the bare floor around the perimeter of the rug,
making the use of a channel raceway on the polished hardwood floor
impractical. There's no access to the attic (many floors of additional
condos above our unit) besides which the horizontal slabs for the
ceiling/floor on each level are reinforced concrete. For aesthetic and
safety reasons, the best solution seems to be a swag lamp and a flat
channel ceiling and wall raceway hide the run of power cord to a ceiling
hook. Time to discuss this with my decorator in chief (wife).