Besides being a lovely arbor, this arbor has some features that are very important to us:
1.)  We have cats that are confined to the yard by a cat barrier on the top of the fence.  It is important for us to have an arbor that the cats cannot climb thus enable them to get higher than the fence and escape the yard.  This arbor does not give them the footing they need for climbing.  2.)  The arbor will be placed in such a manner that it will provide an attractive entrance in front of French doors on an outbuilding.  The building is used as a sewing/hobby room.  We will add a fine mesh to the gate which will allow the gate to function as a pet door to control animal access in or out of the building.