Bought this for my fur babies for the second time! They love that they have a spot high above us (so they can sit in judgement over everything happening in the house), but I love that it's not a huge monstrosity of a thing. I actually make one adjustment to how I put it together and I can get it to take up no more space than the area of the bottom platform (let's say 2'x2'-ish size). It sits in the corner of my living room and a lot of my guests don't even notice it right away.