Once you put the cleaning solutions, etc up high, and put away breakable coffee-table things, you get used to them there, and they just end up staying there, even when baby is no longer a baby.
Also, there are all types of babies/toddlers. For one of my kids, I had to close up/lock up everything – including the toilets, even stove-top knobs were removed. He climbed out of his crib at 14 months, and figured out how to get past the baby gate by his door soon after. For the other kids, keeping chemicals and sharp objects out of reach was enough.
By the way, in Israel, the outlets are high, around midway up the wall, not low on the floor, so they are not accessible to crawling babies, or even standing toddlers, although of course an enterprising toddler can always pull up a chair…
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