Delighted with this tree ! Yep its artificial when you get close but standing on one of our landings - where there isn't a great deal of natural light - hence going for something artificial - it looks brilliant and bedecked with some fairy lights its perfect and a much better bargain than I could find anywhere else. Although small, the base is quite heavy - it needs to be as the foliage is very generous and because it's 'wired' it can be arranged in a multitude of ways. It arrived the day after I ordered ( free delivery) beating the estimated delivery date by 2 days! Wish I had space for another one !