Work arounds at home and in my dorm room.
Work Around #1
This work around is a towel over the gates for our dogs, so the gates do not scratch the walls.
Work Around #2
To prevent our dogs from scratching the rug, our family placed rugs over the nicer rug for our dogs to walk and sleep on. (Benji on the right and Franklin on the left).
Work Around #3
Instead of using hooks to place our flags on a standard wall, I cut slits onto the sides without holes to hang the flags on the ceiling. This allowed us to have more flags hanging in our common room.