For years I have admired the Frontgate slim green spruce and one of these days (maybe an after-Christmas sale) I am going to pull the trigger and buy one, Nothing but good reviews on that one. For artificial Christmas trees with incandescent lights, QVC only carries the Bethlehem lights brand. (which is a very good brand) However, the bottoms of all of their 9' trees always line up to the host's knees. In other words, there is ALOT of space between the floor and the start of the tree. (unless it's Christmas eve, with oodles of presents) that is a huge open space. That is the only reason I have never purchased their trees. Years ago I used to work at a greenhouse that carried some Bethlehem lights trees, I do remember the bottoms of the trees being very high.

Bumping this---anyone have an answer? We are in the same boat.

@kstewartau87 Yes, the sample boards, no matter the time of day, never looked to me like all the pictures look. I get screen colors vary, time of day, amount of natural light, kind of light bulb...yeah all of that. I was so disappointed when I brought the large samples home and they did not look good at all. I actually chose another color of provenza. Changed my mind at last minute due to a pit in my stomach feeling. Once installed, I was sooooooo happy I went for it despite those samples!! It's beautiful. For me: it does not show footprints bad, does not creek, feels quality under bare foot (but not like real hardwood), does not shot per hair bad. Prior to provenza I had a really dark rich laminate. It showed EVERYTHING and just the dog hair alone i was sweeping multiple times a day. Footprints anywhere light shines in and the water dribbles from my English Mastiff after drinking water were just embarrassing!! So happy I went with my gut!! Seriously. please find my pictures posted 2 years ago in this thread. There are several of my floor in different areas and one of the image that finally made me go back to my gut and install finally mine. Best wishes!

Believe it or not, when the rubber hit the road, we decided to keep the original slate floors. We will be cleaning, sealing and enhancing them. I'll post photos when we're done.