DIY Retro Beach Umbrella

Step back in time and add a touch of nostalgic charm to your outdoor space with our DIY Retro Umbrella tutorial.

The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

In just a few simple steps, you’ll learn how to transform an ordinary umbrella into a vintage-inspired masterpiece, infusing your patio or garden with a delightful retro vibe.

We can also honestly say that this is one of those DIY’s that looks even better in person than it does in photos. This fringe is just too pretty.

So pretty that we reused it for our summer bbq party that we hosted.

The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

Materials Needed to Make a DIY Retro Beach Umbrella

3″ chainette fringe in assorted colors — I bought mint, orange red, and pink from Etsy.

Hot glue gun and glue sticks

Beach umbrellas — Ours are from IKEA.

Matching thread and needle — Optional to reinforce the glue if you’d like!

The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

How to Make a DIY Retro Beach Umbrella

So this project is SUPER simple.

Literally all you have to do is hot glue the fringe trim to the outside of the beach umbrella a few inches at a time, letting it cool to secure the weight of each section before moving on.

If you want to make sure it’s really reinforced, you can use matching thread and a needle hand-sew overtop of the fringe trim as well.

But we left as with just hot glue and it held up just fine during a windy photo shoot!

The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

Now all you need is a yellow polka dot bikini, and you’ll have the full retro ensemble! What can I say? I just can’t stay away from the retro thing, and this fringe totally completes the look

I hope you all ready for some more summer fun projects. Because we have PLENTY more where this came from coming at you soon!

The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

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The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

The cutest DIY retro beach umbrella for under $100 by Sugar and Cloth! - houston blogger - summer

 

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13 thoughts on “DIY Retro Beach Umbrella”

  1. After a weekend or two of gardening I think I have the perfect spot for some umbrella’s like this! Think I need to get my glue gun out!!

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  2. Really great Idea, but also the Chairs, the Tables and the Vase are really nice and are The Perfect Summer Acceossoires

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  3. Ah! this is amazing. I have absolutely no use for a fringed beach umbrella but want one sooooo bad right now.

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  4. Cute! Adding fringe to a beach umbrella makes it look so much more darling. How do you think fringe could work on a sport umbrella, though?
    Likely By Sea

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  5. So cute! So easy! I only worry that wind and weather would ruin the fringe. Any experience with that yet?

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    • It was super windy the day we were shooting this, and the fringe was totally fine. It’s only three inches, so it’s not really long enough to get tangled up. I wouldn’t recommend leaving the umbrellas out in the weather though, regardless of DIY’ing them with fringe or not :)

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