Make Your Own Baby Gate

Additionally you can modify it to fit with your home s decor.

Make your own baby gate.

This will be the length of your gate. This stair gate is perfect for odd shaped spaces where a straight plastic gate simply won t fit. So if your hallway is 42 your gate should be 40. The other day when i caught him making his way up the steps i knew i needed to install a baby gate.

Think again because with these great hometalker tips you will be able to make your very own baby gate to help keep your child safe. The cheapest manufactured baby gate we could find for a space this large would have cost us around 200 and were made of cheap plastic and mesh fabric. Lauren m 6 years ago. As well as make sure that you re gate extends to a solid surface that you can attach the latch to.

Be sure to make your gate 2 inches less than the width of where you want your gate to go. It is time to admit that i need to baby proof the house. So if you need a latch you ll need to extend your measurements to accommodate a latch. Creating a diy baby gate from scratch can help put your creative flair to good use and save you a.

Step 1 measure the width of the opening you want to close with the diy baby gate. Making a baby gate of your own is the best idea to go for because it would be best fitting and suiting with custom measurements and style as well. We have extra wide stairs and needed to make our own baby gate i have to say yours looks miles better than ours does great job. So here we have this custom baby gate idea for you that would be too easy to get your hands dirty with and also flaunt it rustically with that brown stain all over it.

It just swings open on hinges. And since ours is technically a dog gate and not a baby gate we didn t add a latch to it. I thought they looked tacky and cost too much. Your measurements will be contingent on your space since i made 4 gates for my house i m listing the measurements i used for one of the gates you can adjust for your space accordingly.

Having a baby can be extremely expensive. This plexi glass baby gate is a great design for those of us who are minimalists at heart. The standard height for a baby gate is between 24 inches and 28 inches so. And it doesn t have to cost you a fortune either.

The baby is crawling pulling up and cruising around and everything waist level and lower is at risk. And i needed to do it fast. You can slide it back and forth to get through. So we made our own out of wood pvc pipe and stray paint for under 50 almost half of which was spent on a nice rounded piece of wood for the.