Evenflo Home Decor Stair Gate

You don't even know its there and kid proof too!

This gate is beautiful, fairly easy to install, but as others have stated, you'll need to buy better screws. Also, the "natural" color is a stained yellow gold color and the "harvest" color is mislabled as it is clearly called "dark auburn" on the box and is quite dark.

I ordered 2 gates on a thursday around 2pm and they were at my house the next day at 11am! Very fast! The gate at the top of our stairs matches our banister and railing perfectly!

The gate is solid oak and attractively finished. Time will tell if it holds up to the rigors of daily use. I used a more screws than called for to ensure a secure mount for the hinged side. It is easy to open with one hand.

This gate will probably be up for many years to come, so my wife and I wanted something that would look nice and be "permanent". In this respect, we are happy; this gate looks like it was meant to be part of our stairway and is easy enough to operate that we will not be excessively burdened by it. Installation, for our situation, was not easy. If you do not have solid wood (a stud in the wall or stairway banister) where you want the hinge side of the gate, be prepared for a challenging installation. The entire weight of the gate (and anything hanging on it... e.g. a child) is supported from one side of the gate and therefore should be mounted very securely (into solid wood). In our situation, we wanted the hinge on a wall and, unfortunately, a stud did not line-up with where we wanted the gate. The wall was very thin drywall and therefore anchors were not a good option. We ended up cutting a hole in the far side of the wall (in a closet), adding 2X4 studs where we needed them, and then patching the hole. If this doesn't sound like your idea of a fun weekend project, then finding someone to install this for you might be a good idea. Just to mention it, as it wasn't clear until we got the gate, this gate is designed to only swing in one direction (away from the stairs for safety)... but, as a bonus, it is fairly easy (no tools needed, but no-way a child could do it) to take the gate off completely and/or take it off and put it back on so that it swings on the "wrong" side of the latch so that you can swing it the other direction. This is a great feature for us because, if we want to leave it open for an extended period of time we can swing it so that it lays flat against the stairway wall (out of the way).

This gate is being used in the main living area of my home and matches the stair railing beautifully. The installation was a little intense, but the finished product looks and functions great.

Works great.

We installed this gate between two areas which were passed through by older persons and five and thirteen year olds. Both were able to operate it easily and it was much safer than trying to climb over the old pressure-style gates and quicker than undoing them each time!

nice gate, i question the sturdiness,esp at top of stairs.