Highly impressed with the quality and beauty of this garland! I opened it up outside in case it was “messy”, but it wasn’t too bad. I fluffed it up a bit and put it on my mantle. The cord at the end of the swag was very short, but I just hung the extra swag down where the outlet was and was fortunate to have my chair hide that. It looks lovely, and I’ve received a number of compliments.