This tree was a breeze to put together. This is my first fake tree, so it took me a while to get the hang of arranging the branches, but once I did it went smoothly. The size is perfect to squeeze into my front entryway, but now I'm wishing I got the 12 foot instead of the 9 foot, it's so pretty! I didn't want one pre-lighted because I want the option to change the color of the lights, so this tree was just right. (This year I went with gold lights.)