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These diy backyard shade ideas will keep you cool even as the temperatures climb.

A beginner or advanced beginner can handle most of these straightforward projects.

A small pergola-bang out structure is built into the wall of the house, covering the table and chairs.

DIY custom shades for a pergola

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This budget project costs around $200 to build and you’ll enjoy it for years.

Make it even shadier with theseoutdoor curtainsdesigned especially for a pergola.

Directions include how to customize it for the size of your pergola.

A pergola over a picnic table

The Created Home

They’re made from a unique material that you’ll need to see to believe.

You’ll make this one yourself out of canvas drop cloths.

After the strips are cut and trimmed, you’ll put them up.

A modern wooden pergola in a backyard

Lovely Indeed

The spacing of the fabric is important to get a nice look.

Finally,string lightsare added to add some romance to the shade.

This project has you buy an inexpensive white umbrella and use some paint to make it your own.

Outdoor pergola curtains

A Beautiful Mess

This hammock stand was built especially for a hammock chair with sturdy hooks for support.

It has a pergola top to keep the person sitting in the chair cool and comfortable.

It’s made of wood slatlattice, giving it a modern streamlined look.

A cabana on a deck

Oh So Lovely

Written and video tutorials are available to help you make the curtains.

This one is attached to the house and fence.

It’s a great budget DIY backyard shade that will impress all your guests.

Shades weaving in and out of a pergola

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A pergola paired with the house is going to give you some awesome shade.

This outdoor oasis will feel like you’ve added a new room to your home.

It’s simply a carport cover that’s now being used as a canopy in the backyard.

A painted patio umbrella

Lovely Indeed

It provides a huge amount of shade, right over the dining table.

Move it wherever you find that you need the most shade.

This is a customizable project because you’ll bedyeing the fabricpanels your desired color.

A pergola above a hanging chair

Houseful of Handmade

It provides a ton of shade and really upgrades your whole backyard.

It’s built right off the back door, making it feel like an extension of the house.

This would make a great backyard garden that you could watch flourish and grow.

An outdoor tent

The Merrythought

It will give you some great shade and you won’t ever want to leave such a comfy place.

It can be placed anywhere in your backyard and would fit nicely in an underutilized corner.

This will give you even more shade, making it a cool retreat.

A cabana made out of copper

Home Made by Carmona

This no-sew project will only cost you about $175.

Start with a bed and then build a wooden frame around it.

Then you’ll just need to hang up some outdoor curtains for the back, sides, and front.

A white slat wood privacy fence

A Beautiful Mess

This fence is built with slats close enough together that it provides some shade.

Outdoor curtains in a backyard

Jessica Welling Interiors

A grape arbor

A Piece of Rainbow

A brown canopy

Zodirowe

A patio covered with a pergola

Houseful of Handmade

A canopy in a backyard

Simple Made Pretty

A colorful pergola shade

At Home With Ashley

A covered deck

Catz in the Kitchen

A shady garden arch

Delia Creates

A white daybed with a canopy

Little House on the Corner

A hammock stand

Woodshop Diaries

A white garden arbor

At Home With Ashley

A shade on a pergola

Studio DIY

An outdoor cabana

Foxy Folksy

A covered pergola with outdoor curtains

Centsational Style

A wooden garden arch in a backyard

Charleston Crafted

A black trellis privacy fence

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