I just bought my first home this year, I have two artificial trees already...one is 20 years old and yes, still works! but too large for my new space and one that is slim, but only 3.5 ft tall. I have an 11 ft ceiling in my living room so I wanted something tall, but still slim. 9.5 ft just seemed like it would be far too tall, the next size down in a slim tree was 7.5 ft. I figure 8.5 would be just right so for next year I'm going to build a platform stand that will raise it to the desired height. This tree when you first open it, does not look impressive AT ALL! I was afraid it would be too see through for my taste so before I opened any branches, I wrapped lighted pine garland around the base was smart enough to leave the cords at just the right space so I only had to unplug the 3 strands to pull the tree apart and not unwind them to use for next year. While the tree was surprisingly full after finally spending a few hours fluffing, pausing, and rechecking and fluffing some more. I'm really glad I did wrap the pine around anyways as it managed to hide the hinges perfectly and made the tree look even better than it would have and gave another dimension of lights that wouldn't have been possible otherwise. The shipping was right on time too. All in all it is a gorgeous tree and well worth what I paid.
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