Since this was the first tree I'd put together myself, I wanted to make sure it would be manageable for one person. The three sections are easily identified and it wasn't too much work to figure out how the lighting connected to the other section. I highly recommend watching the online how-to video; it definitely helped the process and made assembly much easier. I agree with the other reviewers that it looks beautiful even without any decorations. I also wanted a tree that had plenty of lights, which this one does. There are two different types of "needles," which lends to the tree looking less artificial, though it must certainly does NOT look like a real tree, but it's still beautiful and would recommend it to anyone.