When we built the deck off the back of our house, I couldn’t wait to start dining alfresco! The sun sets behind our house, which has been an issue when eating dinner outside. The table umbrella helped a little, but we needed something else to help block the sun. Over the summer we attended a party, where the hosts had umbrellas mounted to their deck. Mark & I both thought this would be a good solution to our problem, so we set out to buy a few tilting umbrellas & mount them to the deck…