Our Story & Team
Our Story & Team
Built on one belief: safe should never mean ugly.
For over a decade, we've been designing safety products for homes that people actually love living in. This is how we got here — and where we're going next.
A problem hiding in plain sight
Every stair gate on the market was an eyesore. Bulky plastic. Cold metal bars. Products designed purely for function, with no thought for the homes they'd live in. For parents who'd spent years curating a beautiful space, installing a baby gate felt like admitting defeat.
The Stair Barrier was founded on the idea that this was a problem worth solving. Safety and style weren't opposites — they just needed someone willing to design a product that honored both. The result was a fabric gate that attached to banisters without drilling, rolled neatly out of the way when not needed, and actually looked like it belonged.
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Today
A decade of keeping families safe
What started as a single product for a specific problem grew into something much larger. Families across the country — and eventually the world — discovered that a gate could be both rigorously safe and genuinely beautiful. The Stair Barrier earned ASTM F1004 certification, an A+ rating with the Better Business Bureau, and the trust of thousands of design-conscious parents and pet owners.
The product has evolved with the homes it lives in — new fabrics, new colorways, new configurations — but the founding belief has never changed: safety products should earn their place in a beautiful home.
New ownership, bigger vision
In 2019, The Stair Barrier found new ownership — a team that believed deeply in what the brand had built and was committed to taking it further. The mission stayed exactly the same, but the question got bigger. The Stair Barrier had solved the staircase. But what about the rest of the home? Doorways. Hallways. Open-plan spaces. Families needed beautiful, safe barriers everywhere, not just at the top of the stairs.
That question took years to answer properly. And in 2025, it did.
Crafted Gates — the next room
After years of development, Crafted Gates launched in late 2024 — born from the same belief that started The Stair Barrier a decade earlier: that safety products deserve to be designed with intention. Where TSB mastered the staircase, Crafted Gates was built for everywhere else — retractable fabric gates for doorways, hallways, and open spaces, made with luxury performance textiles from Crypton®, Milliken®, and waxed canvas.
Two brands. One mission. A family of products for homes that live beautifully.
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Crafted Gates — for the rest of your home
Retractable fabric gates for doorways, hallways, and open spaces. Designed for homes that refuse to compromise on style — or safety.
Explore Crafted Gates ↗"Safe never looked so good."
The Stair Barrier — Est. 2015