Deck Umbrella

Like I mentioned before, we're trying to make our outside space a comfortable, welcoming, relaxing space.

But I also didn't want to spend a fortune.

Sigh.

Such is life.

To our advantage, lots of places are having "end of summer" sales, so we've benefited from that. The one thing that kinda stinks about that though, is that the items on sale are usually not the exact item I want.

For instance. The umbrella we got is tan. I would've preferred a prettier color. But the prettier color was $200 more.

So, nope!

I'm so glad we got an 11ft umbrella. It covers the entire sectional. 

There are solar-powered lights underneath! 

The umbrella came with a HUGE base that did not fit nicely anywhere.

So we're doing a custom DIY mount.

Using these stakes to go into the concrete.

Ta-da! The umbrella swivels, turns, goes almost flat (like a wall) so we feel that even though we've made this pretty permanent, we will still get a ton of use from where it's positioned.