Lighting, Light Fixtures, Ceiling and Exhaust Fans - Wall Switch controls wall recepticle

I want to rewire my bedroom light switch by first disabling the wall recepticle they power (allow it to be hot all the time, not when the wall switch is 'ON'). I want to install recessed lights on the ceiling and use the exisiting wall switch.
How do I do this?

Do you have any experience in doing household wiring? If no, then the first thing to do is to read a few books on the subject. You can try the public library or you can purchase a couple of beginner's books at the home center. One of the best is Wiring Simplified and its price is less than ten dollars.

What you desire is a fairly simple job but will entail cutting into the wall and ceiling.

Thanks. I was told that there are some easy steps to identify the type of wall recepticle and that I can at least disconnect the wall switch from operating the wall recepticle. Currently, the entertainment center runs from this wall recepticle, so have to be sure nobody entering the room flips the switch for lights, and all the components are turned off, etc.

Are both sides (or top and bottom) of the duplex receptacle controlled by the switch or just one half of the receptacle? If both then you will have a harder job. If only half of the receptacle is controlled by the switch you can easily make the entire receptacle always on.

I think we checked this and both are affected.

The next step is to determine where the power come into the circuit. You can do this fairly simply by turning off the power to this circuit at the circuit breaker and then removing the light switch. If there are two cables entering the switch box with their white wires connected together and the black wires going to the switch then you will need to "fish" a cable from the ceiling to the switch box. If there is only one cable and the black and white wires are connected to the switch then you need to fish the new cable from the ceiling to the receptacle.

Remember, a cable is an assembly of two or more wires enclosed in an outer sheath.

Is this receptacle on an inside or outside wall? An inside wall will be much easier to fish a new cable to. Is there an accessible attic space above this room? Do you know which way the ceiling joists run?

All of this is in a bedroom and inside wall with attic space above. Ceiling joists run parallel on one wall (receptacle) and perpendicular on the other wall (switch).

As long as you have full attic access this shouldn't be too difficult. I do strongly urge you to read a few books on the subject before you go drilling any holes.

Thanks for the information and advice. Very helpful.