Just exactly as you said towards the end of your post,"I've thought of the built-in ceiling "cans", electrical outlet in the floor/carpet, and sliding track lighting." They are all options for an open concept room. Your electrician should be of some help along with your builder, and if you have a designer. We have an open concept home and have lighting at the entry, ceiling fan/light in the living room, chandelier over dining room table and pendant lights over the peninsula in the kitchen. It all works for light and we almost put in outlets in the floor but decided against it because of our beautiful hardwood floors. I think we could have put a can light around or above the fireplace area but we are happy with the way it turned out. Good Luck!

Re-post from Lighting Forum seeking more help THANKS!!! We are building a new home and are having trouble with selecting a chandelier for the dining room as you enter the home. Pendent lighting suggestion would also be helpful. The floor plan is an open concept making the kitchen, family room and four season porch visible as you enter the dining room. The dining room is approximately W=15’ x L=17’; all ceiling heights are 9'. Our thoughts are having a chandelier that does not block the view into the rest of the living areas. This is a photo of our neighbors same style home. The builder provides picture frame wainscoting in the dining room and family room with the wall color being BM Barron Plain Gray. The kitchen cabinets are ivory white with a gray subway tile backsplash with Arabesque tile behind the range. We will be using European Alleanza Vagil quartz on the island and countertops. We are not sure what style of chandelier the area calls for. The dining room table, chairs and hutch are dark cherry. The table is 32” wide and opens to 108” when it is open with the three 12” leafs. The majority of the time it will be 84”. We like the farmhouse look but don’t know if the home style is suited for the farmhouse style lighting. Also you do not like the circular wagon wheel look. We do not like contemporary or ornate; we are more casual. Thanks

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Sounds like a gorgeous home. Function informs form. You are going to need some type of lighting at night when the sun won't help you out through your lovely windows. The traditional fussy chandeliers are not as popular as they once were. There are so many options available now. It's hard for us to recommend a style without seeing photos and knowing what type of style you are after. I like to point people toward Visual Comfort & Co at Circa Lighting just because the quality of light from those fixtures is extraordinary. I wouldn't skip putting in lighting in all those places, but if you pick similar styles, then they should blend. No one really looks up at your light fixtures much, to be honest, so it's the effect of the light itself that is critical to get right.