I finally replaced my old falling-apart tree this year (2021), and carefully considered all my needs and wants. Height, footprint, color, shedding possibilities, pet resistance, affordability, fullness, the works. I’m SUPER excited for my first brand-new tree and I got to pick it out myself! I’ve never had a frosted one before and it’s GORGEOUS.
My house is SMALL. Not like a tiny-home or an RV, but less than 900 sq ft. We have 8’ ceilings, multiple pets, a kid, zero space for anything “extra”, and literally have to rent a storage unit for some of our furniture to accommodate a Christmas tree. This takes up less floor space than I expected. I was pleasantly surprised! Even with the skirt, it’s actually slightly more trim and slim than I had planned, which is great because it leaves a few more precious inches of open floor. It’s a perfect height to have a pretty topper that doesn’t quite graze the ceiling.
I grew up with crazy-full trees and still enjoy that look, but I also like to be able to bury lights all throughout the inner limbs of a tree. I got the unlit one. I normally prefer colored lights, and even though I’m going in a different direction this year, I wanted to leave my options open for next year. This tree gives both enough space to string lights through the middle, but also plenty of tips to fill out the bare spots and hang ornaments from.
You can obviously see there are no decorations on my tree yet, as well as a fat cat in the upper left corner. He’s one of three reasons there are no ornaments yet, we are waiting to see how they react to the proximity to their tower. This tree is sturdy enough to withstand repeated attacks from His Magisterial Corpulence And Company. I don’t expect it would stand for them to launch all at once, but it definitely stands up well and doesn’t wobble at all!
Do be warned that the frosting WILL shed like crazy while you’re setting it up and fluffing branches. Seriously, I was a bit surprised at how much came off and how much was left. However, like someone else mentioned, a quick sweep was all that was necessary and it doesn’t continue to shed just from standing there—unlike my old crappy tree.
For the money, I couldn’t have found a more perfect tree. In fact, there are similar trees in my local hardware store for more money, but not quite as nice. Literally the only thing I’d have preferred is snap-in branches, and this one is hinged. If you’re looking for an unlit, 7.5’ frosted tree, your search is over. This is the one!
GORGEOUS! Exactly, perfectly what I wanted!
I finally replaced my old falling-apart tree this year (2021), and carefully considered all my needs and wants. Height, footprint, color, shedding possibilities, pet resistance, affordability, fullness, the works. I’m SUPER excited for my first brand-new tree and I got to pick it out myself! I’ve never had a frosted one before and it’s GORGEOUS. My house is SMALL. Not like a tiny-home or an RV, but less than 900 sq ft. We have 8’ ceilings, multiple pets, a kid, zero space for anything “extra”, and literally have to rent a storage unit for some of our furniture to accommodate a Christmas tree. This takes up less floor space than I expected. I was pleasantly surprised! Even with the skirt, it’s actually slightly more trim and slim than I had planned, which is great because it leaves a few more precious inches of open floor. It’s a perfect height to have a pretty topper that doesn’t quite graze the ceiling. I grew up with crazy-full trees and still enjoy that look, but I also like to be able to bury lights all throughout the inner limbs of a tree. I got the unlit one. I normally prefer colored lights, and even though I’m going in a different direction this year, I wanted to leave my options open for next year. This tree gives both enough space to string lights through the middle, but also plenty of tips to fill out the bare spots and hang ornaments from. You can obviously see there are no decorations on my tree yet, as well as a fat cat in the upper left corner. He’s one of three reasons there are no ornaments yet, we are waiting to see how they react to the proximity to their tower. This tree is sturdy enough to withstand repeated attacks from His Magisterial Corpulence And Company. I don’t expect it would stand for them to launch all at once, but it definitely stands up well and doesn’t wobble at all! Do be warned that the frosting WILL shed like crazy while you’re setting it up and fluffing branches. Seriously, I was a bit surprised at how much came off and how much was left. However, like someone else mentioned, a quick sweep was all that was necessary and it doesn’t continue to shed just from standing there—unlike my old crappy tree. For the money, I couldn’t have found a more perfect tree. In fact, there are similar trees in my local hardware store for more money, but not quite as nice. Literally the only thing I’d have preferred is snap-in branches, and this one is hinged. If you’re looking for an unlit, 7.5’ frosted tree, your search is over. This is the one!