A gate on the office

Working at home is hard enough, but if you have children in the home it can be an exercise in juggling as well as a difficult job. Options for how to deal with keeping children out of the home office, that don't entail closing the door, start with a child gate such as those used to keep toddlers safe from stairs. There are a lot of options, but my favorite is the kind that you can set in the door with a quick release pressure bar to allow you to place them firmly in the doorway, but get them out of your way in a hurry if you need to get out of the room for something. They have the added bonus of not causing damage to door frames with screw holes like some gate types can.