Oddly configured room layout

last year

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Need advice and opinions on best way to lay flooring (lux wood vinyl planks) in an oddly configured condo The layout is choppy with a utility room & half bath smack dab in the middle of the floor plan and a staircase directly across from the front door

Based on the drawing below, should we lay the flooring perpendicular to the front door, to create a longer (albeit narrow) vertical sight line toward the sliding glass door at the rear of the house or….???

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kempek01
last year
What are you doing to the floors in the half bath and utility room? And are you replacing the carpet on the stairs?

That would help us give you an opinion.
Julie Brown
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last year
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See photo below for a top of stairs view. We are not planning to recarpet the stairs….will refinish the wood tread to match the lux wood vinyl color. The current tiled entryway will also be removed / replaced with lux wood vinyl. The bathroom will get new tile floor (not the lux wood vinyl). Hadn’t actually thought about the utility room though, It’s such a tight space, but will likely match with lux wood vinyl floor there as well
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kempek01
last year
I think either direction would be fine.

If you run the flooring from front to back, you will have short runs through the living and dining areas. Also the flooring would be perpendicular to the grain on the stairs. If you are planning on having rugs in the living and dining rooms, then the short runs would be much less noticable.

If you run the flooring left to right, you will have short runs in the kitchen and hallway.
dan1888
last year
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I'd run the planks so the hall gets length.