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Well, when I used to do this sort of thing for AT&T, I recommended to my customers (that could afford it) to wire the whole house in dual-run plenum CAT5, and take them all back to a main patch panel, somewhere like in the garage or the crawl door. Plenum isn't really necessary for non-plenum areas, but it's not like you're wiring the Sony building, and it's easier to run one solid line than to splice, (and especially CAT5... if you fuck it up, it'll never work) so why not spend the extra few bucks and make sure you're covered for code if anything in the future should arise... (unless you plan to live there for the rest of your life)... do every room you can foresee ever having the need... and then do the rest just in case. Why? Because CAT5 can be used for more than just Ethernet. Maybe next year you wanna add some phones.... or a high-end audio system with remote multi-room speakers and wall panels... so even if you don't use them right away, it's much easier to run the lines while you're in there the first time than to have to go back in and try to do it later.
Is this a multi-level house or all ground floor? Wall fishing can be a bitch if you're inexperienced. Try to stay in the crawl if at all possible...
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