Well, just received my little tree today. Disappointed in the base of it. Doesn't really look like the picture. It's about the size of a hockey puck & barely wrapped in just enough burlap to cover it. So you cannot make it look like the picture. I have it in a corner on a covered porch & it is not real stable, so we'll see how it works. It wants to tip over with the slightest touch (or maybe breeze) Other wise it is cute...could have used more lights but I knew that when I bought it.