I found it easy to use, and whilst I followed the picture for the majority of time, I did adapt it to my particular wall, which was very easy to do as the smaller elements are cut separately from the main branches. When it came I was worried that it needed to go on a white wall as it was on white backing, however whilst the pattern is black, it is on a transparent medium, so will pick up the walls colour.  It took me about an hour to put up, on my own, using a 2 rung step ladder for the higher elements. If I had one criticism it's that there wasn't enough crystals, and I do like a bit of bling.  However, being a crafter I had some I could use.