When I first put this up, which was fairly simple to do, I was very happy to have gotten it. But weirdly, over time it has begun to stretch out. We do not use it very often at all. I have it up to keep my dogs from going into the formal dining room. It does look really nice when you first put it up. Way better than those gates the you squeeze between the door frame. I do like that it works on wider openings.