After years of going with a real tree I decided to do extensive research & decided to use Treetime. I was debating between 2 trees and decided to contact customer service. Had a simply AMAZING experience! A great conversation ensued with the wonderful Marsha and while we were chatting she referenced an article that had been in last year’s newspaper and saw our tree. She immediately recommended The Victorian and I couldn’t be happier! Plus my usual 20 hours it would take to string the lights and hang the hundreds of ornaments was cut in half! I was able to get to “the fun part” and realized that there would no longer be the dreaded after Christmas mess and major project of dragging out the dead tree. Or the daily stress of checking the water, decorating a tree only to find it start to sag a couple weeks later. I simply couldn’t be happier with the results! It’s so pretty I might just leave it up until Valentine’s Day. 😉🎄The only thing I would note is that we had to improvise on putting up the star. It requires a dedicated sturdy stem so I solved the problem by finding a straight tree branch and attaching it with florists tape.
After forever having real Christmas trees ( some cut down ourselves) we made the decision of exploring an artificial one-a VERY hard choice. We have also gone to a table top size instead of floor height (for variety of reasons). Did a LOT of research (Come on - a VERY hard but important process) and realistically not expecting anything close to the real thing. Have seen so many bad types that we remained skeptical. Also, with our table top needs, we try to look at about a 5 foot tall tree. Narrowed down to looking at Treetime and Balsam Hill. Given the available styles, heights for our space needs, costs and reviews, we went with the Treetime 5 foot Stockton Spruce-unlit (full tree, not a table top model). Received last night by FedEx within a few days of our order. Set up last night-got the hang of how to layer, unfold and arrange the sturdy branches fairly quickly. Pleasantly surprised with the quality and appearance of the tree! Looks really good and suits our needs very well, so far. Looking forward to decorating tonight! Consider this to be a very worthy choice and decision. Still-different from a real tree but looks like a good substitute.
Ordered one of the 18ft long garlands online and I'm really happy with it! It's a lot thicker than ones you can find on Amazon, and you can shape each "branch" to make it look the way you want. The plug runs about 3ft from the end, so you might need an extension cord depending on where you want it. While the one I got is not perfectly realistic, I still think it's way better than other options out there. I'd say it's worth the price!
One employee there, an elder woman, that made a comment to my wife and 7 month old daughter ruined my experience of this place and made us put our items back and leave. My wife who is the sweetest woman I know was upset and didn’t want to come back here. Thought I would let you guys know. Probably not a good idea for you to interrupt a mom and child enjoying themselves then tell them the chair they are sitting in is $6000. Especially when 3 other families were enjoying themselves in the display and no one bothered them. Poor experience and not the “merry” thing to do. And no she wasn’t even being nice just snarky and pompous. I’ll take my business somewhere else thank you.
I've been going here for a few years now. You can tell who the first time visitors are, they walk around with their mouths open in awe of the holiday splendor. I made a mistake by bringing my wife and mom this year, I hope the credit card survives. But seriously, this place is the go-to for tasteful holiday decorating.