Love this tree, looks so much better in our new living room compared to the standard carpeted tree we used to have and my cats love it! I do wish I could have hung it up higher on the wall, I didn't realize there wasn't any screws for the bottom so you can see our baseboard heaters behind it which doesn't look great, but I didn't want to risk it falling down if the bottom wasn't anchored properly. So the base definitely needs to be on the ground.