This cat tree had staples sticking half in and out of it (picture with an example included) and plastic strings from the carpet sticking out all over it (picture included of everything we had to cut off). This is the reason we got rid of our last cat tree as our cat was trying to eat the plastic off the pulled up carpet. Unfortunately we will be keeping this because it would be such a hassle to try to ship back...just incredibly disappointed in this product. Our last cat tree came from this brand lasted many many years and it was pristine. I'm hoping this was a fluke and not the quality of all of their products now.