When I planned my sewing rm (27 X 30) I knew the quilt machine would be out away from the wall so YES, do get outlets in the ceiling, we bought the pull down extension cords from sears (just like DH has in his wood shop). So when not needed just pull on it to retract it. Since I have so many things around the walls of the rm, this works great to pull it down to run the vacume too! :P