The tree collar provides a clean, sophisticated look to the Christmas tree. I found it easy to assemble. It was well packaged. There were one or two spots were the paint either chipped off or wasn’t applied. These were at the joints and are not visible once the collar was put together. A bonus is it’s very easy to clean the floor right up to it. You don’t have to worry about it being sucked up into the vacuum like you would a tree skirt. I just wished it came in different sizes. It’s just a little to big for my slim trees.