I'm installing an engineered wood floor in a bedroom and walk in closet. The planks are about 1 yard long. The walk in closet is 5 1/2 ft x 10 ft and the room is 12 x 12 ft. Should the direction of the planks in walk in be the same as the bedroom or can it be the opposite way? Example: If the floor in the bedroom is horizontally laid out, should the closet be the same? The reason I'm asking because if it is, in the closet, for each row at 5 1/2 ft. wide, I'll be laying out about 1 1/2 planks, as oppose to laying out almost 4 planks per row using the 10 ft length. Doing it at 5 1/2 ft will require alot of cutting. Is there a rule that states that the planks should be in the same direction as the bedroom?

Thanks in advance.

the rule of thumb is you want to go cross wise from the main floor joice, not with them unless something unforseen prevents that.