Trust me, it makes this project SOOOO much easier. Make sure to get quick set concrete so that you don’t have to stir it. Try to get a PVC pipe that is as close to the size of your umbrella pole as possible, so that it doesn’t rattle back and forth. Luckily I needed black, so I saved myself a step and just bought the black PVC pipe. You can buy the white and spray paint it to the color you need. Home Depot sells smaller 2 foot sections of PVC pipe in white and black, in varying widths for around $3. They are normally $15 but they are on sale right now. I bought my concrete planter at Walmart for $9. Optional: River rocks, soil, or other filler I know that this is already a fairly popular project on Pinterest, but I tried my best to design something that was easy to make (no mixing concrete! yay!), ultra durable and near unbreakable, and inexpensive. You don’t want it to take up all your legroom under the table, but you want it to be able to hold it’s ground, literally, when necessary.
Plus, did I mention that I made this super, duper sturdy stand for under $20? Yesssss.Īnd when I say sturdy, I MEAN it. I’m really, really happy with it and I know it will last a really long time.
DIY it of course!Īnd I’m happy to say that it turned out so much better than anything I could have bought. Then, I totally had a duh moment and remembered option c. My budget friendly deal on a new umbrella wasn’t looking so budget friendly anymore. I didn’t feel like dropping $65 on something that could turn into a shipping/returns headache. There were some in between options, but they came with really bad online reviews. I scoured the internet and local stores and came up with essentially two options: either inexpensive stands you fill with sand that many people didn’t recommend, especially for the windy area we live in or, really nice, really expensive stands for over $100. it wouldn’t come with a stand (duh Delia) and that b.
I was super excited about it until…well, I had never bought a patio umbrella before, so I had no idea that a. I got a sweet deal on this cute striped patio umbrella for $35 from Walmart that I knew would jive with our style perrrfectly. We’ve been working hard on sprucing up our backyard this summer.