Luxury rooms are ruined by one thing—visible power. Extension boards, trailing chargers, adaptor bricks. This TAS Living guide shows you where to place floor boxes so your sofas, consoles, TV LED runners and power recliners stay cable-free, even in open-plan Indian homes.
Why Floor Boxes Matter for Luxury Furniture
You’ve seen the TAS Living photos: clean walls, floating consoles, slim runners, recliners without a single wire. That isn’t an accident. That’s furniture-first power planning.
In most Indian homes:
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sofas sit away from walls,
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consoles float for a lighter look,
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recliners need power,
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and we mop stone floors daily.
If you don’t plan power on the floor, you are forced to run cables across that beautiful honed marble/granite. The result: instantly non-luxury.
So the rule is simple:
First choose the furniture. Then place the floor box exactly where the furniture can hide the cable.
Not the other way around.
The 3 Furniture Scenarios You Must Plan
We’ll plan for:
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Sofas (straight, L-shape, floating)
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Consoles / TV LED Runners (especially wall-hung)
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Power Recliners (and theatre rows)
Each has a slightly different floor-box position because the cable must come up where the furniture can swallow it.
1) Floor Boxes Under Sofas
Sofas are getting deeper and moving off the wall. That means: nowhere to plug in lamps, chargers, or heated throws.
Placement rule (straight 3-seater):
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Put the floor box on the sofa’s centerline.
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Pull it 150–250 mm (15–25 cm) inside the back-legs line—i.e. inside the sofa footprint.
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This keeps the lid hidden and lets a cable come up behind cushions or through the base.
Why inside the footprint?
Because mopping, kids’ feet, and deliveries happen on the outside zone. Inside the footprint is safe, invisible, and dust-protected.
L-shape / sectional variant:
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Place the floor box at the inside corner where both legs of the L meet.
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Still 150–250 mm inside.
This way, one floor box can feed two sofa legs (a floor lamp on one side, charging on the other).
Floating sofa in the middle of a room:
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Put the floor box on the sofa centerline, under the sofa—not in the middle of the walk path.
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If you’re using a rug, hide the box under the rug and slit the rug under the sofa line, not in open view.
2) Floor Boxes Under Consoles & TV LED Runners
This is where people forget. They buy a beautiful wall-hung console or a TAS Living TV LED Runner… and then a cable snakes down to a wall socket. That kills the premium.
Placement rule (wall-hung / floating):
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Place the floor box directly under the console span, centered.
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Keep it 50–100 mm (5–10 cm) off the wall line.
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From here, a short, vertical lead can go up behind the console—totally invisible.
Placement rule (floor-standing console):
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Place the box inside the console’s leg span so the cord rises behind the leg or inside a cable channel.
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Keep a small drip loop so mopping water runs down and not into the box.
Why this works:
TV LED runners, diffusers, sculpture lamps and even soundbar power can all be fed from this invisible point—no need to break walls or run surface trunking on stone.
3) Floor Boxes Under Power Recliners
Power recliners are the biggest giveaway—if you don’t plan the outlet, you’ll always see a black cord on white marble.
Placement rule (single recliner):
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Put the floor box in the rear half of the recliner footprint.
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Keep it 100–150 mm (10–15 cm) away from moving parts so the mechanism never crushes the cable.
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Mount the adaptor brick on a small raised/vented bracket so it doesn’t sit in mop water.
Wall-saver recliners:
Even though they glide forward, you still place the box under the rear half—just leave that 100–150 mm safety.
Theatre row (2–3 recliners):
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Use one box per seat or per seat-pair in a straight line.
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Run a shared raceway just under the seats.
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Label power leads so service is easy.
Dimension Quick-Guide (Bookmark This)
A) Sofas
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Sofa Type |
Floor Box Position |
Notes |
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Straight 3-seater |
Centerline, 150–250 mm inside back legs |
Feeds lamp/charger |
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L-shape |
Inner corner, 150–250 mm inside |
One box serves both arms |
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Floating sofa |
Centerline, under sofa, not in walk lane |
Hide under rug |
B) Consoles / TV LED Runners
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Console Type |
Floor Box Position |
Notes |
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Wall-hung runner |
50–100 mm off wall, centered under runner |
Short lead straight up |
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Floor console |
Under console, inside leg span |
Keep drip loop |
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Entry console |
Under rear leg / center |
For lamps & diffusers |
C) Recliners
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Recliner Type |
Floor Box Position |
Notes |
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Single / wall-saver |
Rear half, 100–150 mm clear of mechanism |
Brick raised/vented |
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Row of 2–3 |
One box per seat/seat-pair |
Shared raceway under seats |
Safety, Cleaning & Indian Floors
Indian homes mop daily. So:
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Choose flush or recessed-lid floor boxes so the mop glides over.
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Keep floor boxes just outside major spill zones (next to sofa, not directly under coffee table where drinks sit).
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Always make a drip loop with the cable—cable goes down and then up—so water doesn’t run straight into the box.
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On polished marble/granite, avoid loose cords; use the furniture itself to hide the vertical run.
Styling It Like TAS Living
A floor box doesn’t have to look “electrical.” Make it part of the set:
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Pick brass / brushed metal lids to match your satin-brass picture lights, console reveals or runners.
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Hide under narrow-border rugs if the box must sit in the open.
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Keep cable tails short; the more cable you leave on the floor, the less premium it feels.
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Pair with TAS Living TV LED Runners and consoles that already have rear power management—so the box has somewhere to disappear into.
Mistakes That Ruin the Look
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Box too far from the furniture—forces a visible cable across stone.
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Box directly under the recliner mechanism—cables get crushed or noisily rub.
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Only one power point—then you add a lamp later and everything gets messy.
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Shiny chrome lid in an all-brass room.
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Putting the floor box in the main walk path instead of under furniture.
