Do you live in town or in the country?

I live in the country where it seems to always be windy. I put up a shade sail and it is amazing. I do unhook it when they are calling for storms. They make many different size configurations. But if you want a basic size, they are pretty cheap on Amazon. Mine is a rectangle and is attached to 4x4’s set in the ground.

Home Depot

And Amazon has great shades

KB- how did you attach the shades and how do keep them from flapping?

I had a very handy friend do it I don’t know how we did it but we bought the shades 6 feet long each I think from Amazon and one time one of the shades got loose and I couldn’t get it back in it was flapping so hard but it’s done with a lot of those plastic ties that’s all I can say

It’s definitely tied to the fence.

Bev- we can attach a sun sail to the house but how are they attach? Guess I’ll need to do a little research on that.

in addition to shade we’d like some privacy on one side - the neighbors patio is too close for my taste.

I guess my question really is rhis - a

I added hanging plants for the side of my patio a fern and another plant that I don’t know the name of but it blocks any view of my patio

Whoops. Guess I am looking for recommendations regarding a brand of gazebo - ill start a new thread

Do you mean Pergola or Gazebo? Two different creatures.

Gazebo. It’s windy here so that is something to consider as well.