I guess you have wood already. These two woods seem off to each other. Hard to decide without knowing more. Do you have wood through out?

There is laminate on the rest of the 1st floor. I will be replacing all of the Laminate to match the living room in the next year or so.

I’m with Flo. The two floors don’t seem to go together. A bigger issue than the direction to run the wood....

I’m redoing all the floors so it will match. I’m just wondering if i Should run the flooring the same direction or have the top step horizontal and the bottom to run vertical or both horizontal.

Oh, now I understand. dsimber is correct in stating that the direction of the floor joists typically dictates the direction. You can work around that by adding additional joist support - at a cost. The eye follows the line of the wood so if it’s perpendicular it will add depth to the room. I truly don’t think it matters since there’s already a natural break between the rooms with the step....

It looks like this new area is on a slab. I usually run wood straight back from front door throughout space. Can you post a photo from outside front door so we can assess whole space for ultimate look. Are you doing engineered wood? Real wood? All things to consider.

The new area is on a concrete slab and we are doing lvp flooring. The door in the picture is a slider to the backyard.

Will post more pics soon

Perpendicular to the the fireplace

Are you planning to replace the rest of the house with the same flooring you are using now? If so, you should consider two things:

(1) It may be difficult to find that flooring in another year or so. You may want to buy all the floor now, or to wait on finishing the living room until you are ready to do it all. It looks like you may have removed the living room floor already, so you might need to put something cheap down so you're not just on concrete for a yar.

(2) If the rest of the house dictates that flooring run in a different direction than the living room, you should consider running all the flooring in that direction. Even if that gives you a mismatch while the overall project (the floors) is in process.

Here is a picture of the entry hallway. When you get to the end you make a left to get to the fireplace room. I snapped 2 pictures outside from the glass slider.

Could you post a simple sketch of the floor plan? Having trouble figuring out the layout.

Ended up going horizontal and love how it came out

It looks great. I think that having the boards run parallel to the fireplace was the perfect choice! Thanks for sharing your results!

Looks lovely. The color and style also help integrate the brick in fireplace. Tones it down a bit. Nice job!

Thanks everyone. Here’s a straight on shot.