DIY Outdoor String Light Poles
What do you do when you want to hang string lights in the yard but there is no place to hang them? You make your own hangers of course! Today my daughter and I are making easy poles for hanging outdoor lights...
Easy is right!
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We started out in Home Depot looking for galvanized tubs to fill with cement and a pole to hang string lights.
What we found was much, much easier and less expensive!
Not sure what they are really used for but they were perfect for what we had in mind.
We purchased 6 cement bases and 6 2x2" pressure treated poles.
Be very sure the poles you buy are straight because some are not.
The poles and bases were about $8.00 each, a lot less than galvanized tubs!
We brought the pieces home and mixed up Fast Setting Concrete Mix.
You don't need much cement, about a cup for each base.
We held the pole in the base then poured in the cement.
The cement was thick so it needed to be pounced down with a piece of scrap wood to make sure it filled the space.
At this time you will want to be very sure the pole is straight.
The cement dried very quickly.
When the cement was dry we stained the pole.
At the top of the pole we attached a clamp to zip tie the lights to each pole.
You can find the clamps on Amazon.
Lastly, we spread out the posts around the patio and attached the lights.
You can paint the cement bases if needed but we are choosing to leave them natural to match the patio pavers.
These DIY light poles are the perfect solution to hanging string lights in the yard.
The poles can also be easily moved if for any reason you need to move the lights for the night.
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They look amazing at night and couldn't have been easier!
Need a solar light option? These lights were used on another light pole project and they are great!
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