Linked by David Adams on Wed 21st Jan 2004 22:52 UTC
If all goes well, this summer I'll be building a new house. I've owned a few houses before, some of them built in the 1920s and 30s, and full of all the charm and quirks of an old house, and a couple that were pretty new, with the lack of craftsmanship and imagination that's typical in most new construction in the USA today. But this time I'm building a custom home, just to my specifications, so I can have whatever features I want, limited only by my imagination (and budget). I'd like to integrate some home automation features into the house, and include wiring for future expansion. 
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the lamp thing is weird to me, i don't get it. Why people light their houses this way. I never thought this was common, only been in a few houses this way. But then the other day this came up with my roommates, Architecual (SP) engineers, some of which are lighting and they were bitching about having lights in the ceiling and saying it's weird. I don't get it, maybe it's just regional thing in places. I think I would kill myself living in a lamp only place.
Can someone explain why you would want to light your house with lamps. Is there some strange liking to having poor lighting, lighting in the wrong spots, clutter, hard time arranging furniture, cords across floors etc...