Getting ready to add outlets to my loft

[twistedstang]

Maybe I'm overthinking this or maybe I'm underthinking this. I already have a circuit ran up to my loft with one gfci outlet and a single light. I want to add 2 lights (off the same switch) and 3 more outlets. Adding the lights seem simple enough but the remaining outlets have me stumped. Should I move the power to the switch to the end of the last new outlet or wire nut in the run to the outlets with the lines to the switch (in the outlet box)?

 

[Poolshark314]

Normally you would just tie all your new outlets to the one existing GFCI before the switch. Then separately wire the 2 new lights to the existing light box as the junction

 

[twistedstang]

Normally you would just tie all your new outlets to the one existing GFCI before the switch. Then separately wire the 2 new lights to the existing light box as the junction

Thanks, that's what I was assuming. Since the spare side of the existing outlet is already being used to go to the light switch, would I just wire nut the new wire to the existing with a short jumper to the outlet (three wires in the wirenut)?

 

[Poolshark314]

Thanks, that's what I was assuming. Since the spare side of the existing outlet is already being used to go to the light switch, would I just wire nut the new wire to the existing with a short jumper to the outlet (three wires in the wirenut)?

I would make a short jumpers on the supply side of the outlet, and wire nut the supply, jumper, existing switch, and new line to the downstream outlets together. Putting the new lines and light switch on the load side of the outlet make everything downstream dependent on the original outlet. If something were to go wrong with that outlet, all downstream power is impacted. If everything is wired independent of the outlet, downstream is not impacted regardless of status of the original outlet.