IKEA PS 2012

i've done some wiring but basically just ceiling fixtures and dimmer switches

my problem is that the ceiling electrical box is already in use for a fan and it's really hard to get into the crawlspace access, also there is some nasty nasty insulation shit up there that i don't want to get near

i was hoping i could just nail the track lighting into the roof and connect a cord ... i think ikea does sell an outlet line that runs from the track lighting to the wall socket

but i think rrobyn is making sense, also i am sort of afraid track lights are going to look ostentatious

The electrical work I described can be done from below in the room, not in the attic. At worst, you'd need to stick a small white surface-mount electric box on the ceiling near the track or most likely at the end or a corner where you connect the tracklight hardwire cord to an extension cord with a plug, and run the extension cord under a trough to an existing outlet.

Here's how it's done with another brand of track lighting:

http://www.lampsplus.com/products/pro-track-track-lighting-black-outlet-extension-cord__24324.html

Not sure if IKEA sells a similar converter but what I described earlier was a homemade version of this, with the large side of the cord be the connection to the tracklight and the other side already shaped to fit into wall outlets.

i don't get it though lee!

i have a ceiling electrical box in the living room w/ two leads and a ground. the ceiling fan is connected to those two leads and the ground. assuming i could splice in more wire onto those leads - or supposing i ran new ones from the wall connection - how would i run it through the ceiling?

i feel like i'm missing something ... do you mean run a line from the outlet along the exterior of the wall to a new ceiling box?

it sounds like yes ... ?

Yeah, you're thinking run the track lighting from your fan electric junction box; I was thinking surface-mounting a new box near the new track lighting and running an exposed wire (under a u-shaped cover) from the track across the ceiling, then down to your existing electric outlet. Hopefully an outlet already switchs on and off with a wall switch; otherwise a switch can be placed along the wire near where it plugs in.

would lamp and coat rack, sofa is kind of ugly though

and looks uncomfortable too. In real use, those back cushions would inevitably move off-center every time someone uses the sofa.

the chest/dresser absolutely rules though