So remember that!

A few weeks ago we posted a Christmas Home Tour to showcase the Christmas decor around our house.As is common here at The Creek Line House, at least one picture inadvertently revealed a little of our ‘reality’, that is, reality of life with 2 young children.

Let’s play spot the baby gate:.Luckily this time, our reality generated a little interest and we received a few requests on how we salvage-DIYed our baby gate to cover such a large opening.This is a tough one to put into words and the success of the project – as with most salvage projects – is incredibly reliant on your access to the appropriate recycled components, but let’s give it a shot anyway:.

For our DIY baby gate we used the 2 long identical sides from an old disassembled crib.These particular parts worked well for 2 main reasons.

First, the upper and lower rails were very close to square and secondly, the spindles were not wider than these upper and lower rails.. (These are the ideal dimensional consistencies to work with and require no modifications.

If the spindles are wider than the rails, the rails will need to be widened using strips of wood or if the rails are round or curved then straight strips of wood would need to be attached.).It’s a little bit frustrating, right?.

The funny thing is that I had already decided that I was totally fine with the whole no-photos-in-my-book thing before we even started on this whole photo-taking adventure, so I guess that kind of worked out?I do wish that we had been able to reach some clarity on this subject and I hadn’t spent a month of my life taking these photos and stressing out, but the good news is that I still have all those “cutting room floor” photos and I’ll be able to share them in an upcoming post!

Plus it makes a good story.. And, don’t worry, it’s a story with a happy ending..I just got a preview of the new updated cover and a few sample pages of what the inside of the book will look like and they’re amazing!