I'm into ceiling outlets only if they are flush against the ceiling. That way it would be easier to plug and light inexpensive pendant lamps. The hanging power cords in this scenario are a bit too industrial for my tastes.

I'm with you soniaz. It's too messy looking for me.

I agree. Get a house full of folks and it will look like cheap beaded curtains from the 70's

since the tables in coffee shops get moved around a lot, seems like the cables instead of being under your feet are going to be spider webbing all over the ceiling and walkways. I don't really wan to look around for catching my head on cords. Seems like that would happen a lot easier then tripping, since I have never done that in a coffee shop.

Impractical. Who wants electrical cords criss crossing over a dining area?

Only against a wall. It's weird in the middle of a room.

Thanks for placing a picture of our coffee shop on your site. I don't know if this makes a difference, but our outlets are on retractable extension cords that are set into the ceiling. When people do not need them, they can retract up into the ceiling. There are not any retracted shown here as this picture was taken for a site called signal vs. noise whose point was to show the cords in use.

As a coffee shop with a lot of lap top users, we had tons of outlets along our walls and under our bars, but the patrons sitting at tables in the middle of the room had no way to plug in. Now, laptop users can pull the cords down when they need to plug in their chargers or send them back up into the ceiling when they want to chat with a friend. The result equals less cords strung across the room and the spiderweb senario doesn't happen too often because there are so many outlets along the walls. Hope this helps create a clearer picture.

Stephanie Williams
Co-owner
Bennu Coffee

I just wanted to post and say, in reality this idea is amazing. The look is not bad (I know, we're all aesthetically driven here), and the practicality is amazing. I'm a law student and live (literally) right next to Bennu, so I'm there frequently. This idea made the coffee shop a lot more usable.

Really I wish everyplace did this. It's fantastic

Great idea. The result is just kinda industrial looking. I believe this is a great concept but this concept needs urgently some design touch !

We did this in our drafting studio in college. Having the wires tracking across the floor was messy, not to mention the building flooded whenever it rained, so floor wasn't the best place for electrical stuff.

Our rig was originally a wire from the wall but pulled up into the ceiling through a tile and hooked over and dropped down where it was a hub between two desks.

No it wasn't the neatest thing but it kept it off the floor. And I think it would be great if there was one for every desk/table.

For a coffee shop, not so much. It just looks cluttered. Unless there's some way you can make it look more attractive it's a no.