High (over $500):
1. Hedgerow Studio's patio umbrellas come in a range of luxurious designs and colors.
2. Manta Modern Umbrella from Tucci
3. "Ensombra" from Gandia Blasco, folding parasol with slats of phenolic plate and pole of coated stainless steel.
4. "Sombrero" personal shade in repurposed teak by Mamagreen.
5. Santa Barbara Umbrellas come in a range of cute girly designs.
Low (under $500):
6. Raffia Umbrella from Pottery Barn
7. Black and White Stripe Umbrella (also from Pottery Barn)
8. The Pagoda Umbrella from Hayneedle comes in over 20 color combinations.
9. Indian Garden Company Parasols are exotic options that surprisingly don't cost too much (but need to be shipped from the UK).
10. The Parasol Acrilfashion Acrylic Stripe Umbrella from Wayfair gives an interesting and dramatic retro look.
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Or you could buy one on sale at a big box chain store ($30), buy an umbrella base ($15), and paint your own fancy design on it with UV-safe fabric paint ($7) or acrylic fabric paint followed by a product called 'paint weatherproofing spray'. When my umbrella fabric begins to wear out I take the fabric portion apart and use it as a pattern, to sew a new one right up, although a seamstress could also take on that task for you. Far cheaper, and you have something that's customized (lots of patterned outdoor fabrics available at fabric stores like Calico and Joann's and online), without spending an arm and a leg....... meaning I can go AWAY for vacation more often and leave the umbrella lonely in the garden a little more often.
Tips from a cheapskate who has owned a few umbrellas over the years: 1.) Wait until the end of season, when garden umbrellas can be had for a small fraction of their springtime prices. 2.) Acrylic canvas generally wears longer than all-cotton canvas. I bought two at once a dozen or more years ago -- one cotton, one acrylic. The acrylic is still going strong, while the cotton went the way of all things after four or five years. 3.) While the point of diminishing returns is reached fairly low on the price scale, really cheap umbrellas are false economy. An umbrella that tears or fades is a waste of money, as is one that breaks the first time it's blown over.
I have watched both cheap (big box store) and pricey (Restoration Hardware teak) umbrellas go by the wayside, while the commercial-grade one (metal and fiberglass structure, UV resistant fabric) I purchased maybe seven or eight years ago still looks good. I found it online from a restaurant or hotel supplier...don't recall.
Good advice, RURAL AND RUEFUL. Commercial grade stuff in general is much longer-wearing than the "home duty" offerings. I have a bistro set (two aluminum and poly-coated rope chairs; steel table) salvaged from the dumpster behind a Starbucks at least 10 years ago. Scratches and other superficial blemishes rendered it unfit for duty on the sidewalk in front of the coffee shop. But it's been left outdoors since I acquired it and it's still quite serviceable. The steel tabletop gets treated to a sanding and fresh coat of Rustoleum every coupla-three years.
@Rucy...Good advice! I could never justify spending that kind of money on a patio umbrella. I never even thought to use the old one as a template to create my own. Someday I may get up the gumption to try it!
Cost Plus has some really nice-looking affordable options - from 55.99 (sale price): http://www.worldmarket.com/family/index.jsp?categoryId=3586886