The bevel along with tongue and groove will not perfectly match up. The lace-in will jump out at you.

If, there isn't a large amount of existing flooring. I recommend replacing the old stuff with new. Tell the insurance the product is no longer in production and it's impossible to get a matching product.

Run it perpendicular, TURN the board at the threshold, as they are identical thickness. It will look completely intentional. Forget the lace in.

The new wood and old wood both have the same square edges. Ripping out what is there seems so wasteful since there is about 100 square feet of damage out of about 1200 square feet of the engineered wood flooring.
I really don’t like to see wood change direction in an open plan — it looks like a mistake. We are adding an island so will be covering upmost of the area where the old and new wood meets.

Confirm the construction and thickness of flooring by removing a board. I do not remember seeing 3/8 x 2 1/4" bruce engineered flooring in the market in the last 25-30 years. You may just have 3/4 x 2 1/4" solid wood flooring.

It’s Bruce engineered red oak Summerside Strip — discontinued in 2014. I wish it was solid wood!

I think you need to either do the change of direction or change all the floor pick one I guess. Sometimes you just can't have what you want.

We did a direction change when we put hardwood in our house. It can very much look intentional, and seems like a workable solution.

Not sure I understand why a change in direction in an open space plan would be better than one 43 inch strip of wood servig as a threshold.

I thought Id add some photos so everyone could see the actual space. There will ba an island where the blue tape is on the floor

Would it be possible to get the flooring from where the island is going ?

The problemis the floor contractor says there's no way to get individual pieces of wood up without ruining them.

Best look is to lace that area in.

It absolutely can be done. My husband did it on our floor which is glue down. You need to find another flooring contractor.

I agree the best look will be a lace in. Dergyp, were you able to find the same wood to lace in?

The flooring contractor will need to carefully remove flooring as needed. It's a pain but, can be done. Just needs to exercise patience.

We found wood very close. Our flooring is a highly patterned red oak with a few color variations which made it blend right in.

Is that lighter spot, floor covering or have the flooring been removed already? If, flooring have been removed. Can you post a image of the end grain of the flooring?

I'm not there at the moment, but I'll see what I have. It's where the floor has been removed.

Is engineered wood the best choice for a kitchen?..i would opt for different..more functional… flooring in the kitchen…(you already have a pretty huge wood presence) …in the open floor plan a change would define the kitchen a little more…be sure to look at the seating location with your bigger marked out island..so it does not stick out too far into any traffic pattern…unless you are planning a big overhang?

If there was room …another chair at the end could be useful

The island will be not big but square -- 61 by 60, with a 12 inch overhang on two sides -- front, and on the side away from the kitchen

Will the top be 61 by 60 or the base?…

The top, The base will be like 48 by 48.

Since everyone was so helpful, I thought I would come back and show you how my floors came out. I found an excellent floor refinisher who was able to weave in the new flooring into the old and refinish it all. I think he did an excellent job and I’m happy with them!

Wow, beautiful floors--he did a great job!

Thanks so much! I think so too. It was quite a challenge. I should have added (maybe I did originally) that there will be an island installed soon, so it won't be such a sea of wood. I was happy, too, that our red oak didn't turn out orange. It's just a rich color.

I think you could give that dining area a less squished look if you made an L of the sofas?

Pull that one right of the tv further back .....face one TO the tv. Nobody will have a back to those lingering at the dining table.

Larger by a lot rugs too. MAYBE even reverse the two areas, if you draw and measure and upload?

Every time I've seen a threshold between two types or even the same type of flooring it has been a mistake. It never looks good and, of course, presents a tripping hazard.

We have a wood threshold in our house in Florida and it’s completely flat so you wouldn’t trip on it but it’s certainly not ideal. It gets very dirty. That’s why we found someone for our. Condo who would weave in the wood the way we wanted and we’re very happy with it.

Jan Moyer, thanks for your suggestion! The L shape is how we originally had it and it ended up looking like a barrier. We are having an island installed next month so will do more moving furniture around after since that will change the whole look.

Im thinking your tv is on the wrong wall- hence maybe a reversal of the two areas.

If you draw and measure/add all dimensions , add in the island locale and distance from THE WALLS....?

I'll try it on paper : ) With furniture

You are so kind, Jan! The entry leads right into DR, so that’s why we didn’t put tv area there. The small are that was set aside for DR will be made into office (not with walls, but with furniture placement). We just purchased this condo, and while we really like it, it poses challenges!

Do it anyway....... and list what you NEED: )

what have you got to lose? Paper and time?

Yep, if you see my photos on this post (I'm the original poster) you'll see we got it done.