If you have put a lot of care and thought into the design of your home and your want your home and grounds to be beautiful, functional and secure you can use decorative and functional wooden gates, timber and steel gates, to give your home an elegant touch that also provides great security. Here are 5 ways to use gates around your home and property to dress up and protect your family and home: 1. At the entrance to your home ? Nothing looks more regal than a pair of metal sliding gates at the end of a driveway. And large automatic gates are great protection for you. With a you can control the gates from the house and only permit access after you have verified who is trying to get in. 2. Pet gates ? If you want to keep your pets or even larger animals like horses or cattle on your property but you don't want miles of unsightly cheap wire fencing then a nice timber fence with some ornate timber gates will look decorative and be sturdy enough to keep the animals on the property. Timber and steel gates are a good choice if you're going to be keeping large animals like horses, while regular timber gates should work just find for smaller animals like dogs. 3. To mark the entrance and exit of the garden ? If you are an avid gardener or have an avid gardener in the family that has put a lot of time and effort into creating a beautiful garden then protect that garden with a beautiful . The gate will tell visitors where the garden starts and ends and it will keep pests like rabbits, squirrels or other destructive animals out. 4. To guard the entrance of a pool ? If you have a pool on your property then you know how pools can draw children from all over the neighborhood, whether you are outside enjoying the pool or not. Putting a fence with a sturdy gate around the pool can help guard against children wandering into the pool area when no adults are around and it can protect you from lawsuits and liability. In a pool area you should use a and a timber gate, because a child could get hurt playing on a .