Who says baby gates have to be ugly plastic?!

Using items in my workshop, I made this baby safety gate (it is also serving as a puppy gate for us as well!) for our family room without spending a dime!

The fence pieces made from left-over project wood are secured to a cut fence post that is anchored to the wall. I finally found a home for a set of vintage, rusty hinges I have been wanting to use somewhere and the copper post top was also left over from a previous project. The castors on the bottom make for easy opening and closing (and with a toddler, this gate is opened and closed a lot!) Using small scrap barn wood pieces and a large drill bit I made the birdhouse-look in the front of the post to add a bit of whimsical fun to a necessary safety gate.