Best AP express extend apple tv wiring set up

Hello
Apologies for complete ignorance of the subject - been searching and googling for a while but can't find the answer to my specific question - so here goes:
I have a 2012 Airport extreme base station on the ground floor of my house
Wireless on the top floor (2 floors up)of my house isn't great
I also want to use apple tv on the top floor
We're doing some building work so I have the oportunity to run hidden ethernet cable
Should I
1) Run 1 cable from Airport extreme base station to express on top floor to extend wifi up there - then run another cable from express to apple tv
2) Run 2 cables from Airport extreme base station  to top floor - 1 to express, 1 to apple tv
I know in option 1) I could just rely on wifi for the apple tv, once I've extended the network, but one thing I have learnt from my searching is that if you can do wired you should - and I can!
In case its relevant, I intend to use an Ipad g4 with the apple tv
With apologies for any wrong use of language + if this has been covered elsewhere
Really grateful for any thoughts

Option 1) will work. The downside here is that if the AirPort Expess goes down, or is having problems, so will the Apple TV.
Option 2) would be better since the Express and Apple TV are both wired directly to the AirPort Extreme.
Option 3) might be to install an Ethernet switch on the top floor and then connect a separate Ethernet cable from the switch to the AirPort Express and a separate cable to the Apple TV.
If the Express has a problem you will still have a connection to the Apple TV using an Ethernet switch.

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