Post #596071 by LoriLovesTiki on Sun, Jul 3, 2011 7:15 PM

Hi there all! I just stumbled across this site a few days ago and have spent hours this week reading posts and looking at pictures for inspiration. My husband and I are in the process of putting a built in pool in our backyard and just decided we'll need a tiki hut bar and some Tiki decorations. To start things off we want to purchase a couple of collapsible 9' thatched umbrella for the pool area.

In order to avoid a stupid newbie mistake I thought I'd ask for help in selecting umbrellas or suppliers rather than choose blindly. Here's the questions:

Can anyone recommend a website to purchase from? I've been looking at bambooandtikis.com and tikishackimportr.com. Bambooandthatchetc.com seems only to have umbrella covers, not umbrellas themselves. Any feedback/opinions on those sites???

Secondly, is there anything in the product description to be looking for? I'm seeing bamboo an seagrass umbrellas, bamboo thatch, etc.

Thank you in advance for helping a newbie who loves Tiki and I look forward to learning from you all!

:)

Lori
Tiki Newbie

[ Edited by: LoriLovesTiki 2011-07-03 19:25 ]