We bought this cat tower as we will soon have an addition to our cat family and wanted to ease some of the tension by adding vertical space to our apartment.  I opened the box which was delivered to us in one week and was pleasantly surprised by the faux fleece covering.  I was nervous it might be of poor quality but I was wrong.  The posts are covered in sisal (which I had a hard time telling on the website, since it didn't seem to specify).  78 inches tall, this cat tower is a steal as compared to the carpet covered towers you can find in [...] (which tend to be less than 66 inches tall for considerably more money).  Our current kitty LOVES it and was climbing all over it even before we had finished building it and I'm sure our coming kitten will love it too.