I have 2 baby gates at the bottome of my stairs--I took one apart and wired tied it to the sides of a full baby gate to make an "u" shape. This gives us room when we walk down the stairs to step onto the floor. I have turned this around to "close off" the front entrance when I knew someone was coming over. I really don't have a foyer, just a hallway that leads o the front door and then the stairs.
It got to the point that the UPS man would crouch down ready to catch Hot Rod whenever he delivered a package, lol |