We absolutely love the look of the dog gate, and it is not an eye sore. The gate is very sturdy. The only reason why I could not give it a full five star was because we ended up needing to use a hack saw to cut off a part of the extension. The width of the doorway we needed the doorgate for was exactly the length of the gate with both extensions, and therefore we were unable to fit the end rubber stoppers to secure the gate tightly onto the walls. However, the width of our doorway was too wide to only use ONE of the extensions, and so there was no way for this dog gate to work on our entryway unless if we sawed off part of the metal extension. It wasn't too difficult though, and now it works great! Just letting anyone know that there is a solution if you have a hack saw and you are in a similar bind as us!