While at Home Depot shopping for an umbrella, Christian (my husband), mentioned he wasn't going to buy the traditional base. Instead he had an idea he had seen in one of his landscaping magazines. It is pretty awesome!!!! The usual bases are big and bulky and let's be honest....not very aesthetically appealing. But check out the one my husband made!
Let me explain the "How To" part of it. First, he took a fairly large sized flower pot and placed some PVC pipe in it.
One pipe was for the pole of the umbrella, the other two were drains for the plants that were placed on top. Next, using quick dry cement he filled the flower pot about 3/4 of the way full.
He allowed the cement to set and then sawed down the two side pipes. He topped the cement off with potting soil and added some pretty plants. And voilà! We have a beautiful and unique base for our umbrella and it was super easy to make. Let the summer time activities begin.
Note: You need to make sure you have holes in the pot where the drain pipes are put for the water to flow out. The pot we happened to use, already had the two holes on the side were the smaller PVC pipe was put.
What are your thoughts on the base? Do you use a traditional base or do you have your own type?
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