This is a very pretty tree.  The real feel branches and color make it look more real than expected.  I will probably add another string of lights, but it is nice the way it is and the lights can be removed.  One branch did fall off while I was arranging the branches.  The branches are not hinged but taped on, I would not recommend having to reshape this every year.  I will just make a pretty cloth bag that I can use as a tree skirt and pull it up or down to set up.