Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree

I am so excited this year for Christmas, last year we were alone like many people we’re and we had lost a very close loved one, again like many had too. So we are planning on having a wonderful Christmas this year and I am starting it off with a new Christmas tree for our family room. I’ve picked a Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree as it looks stunning and so realistic. 

Why Did I Pick A Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree

• Realistic artificial tree 
• Balsam Hill has always got good reviews 
• Spend out once on a decent tree 
• Needed a narrow tree to allow room around the table still 
• 7ft take it to the ceiling 
• Had a good offer on 

What’s In The Box Of My Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree 

Included in the box was the following items

• An out of season storage bag 
• Instructions for various different parts of the Christmas tree 
• A light bulb changer and spares 
• Box of spare bulbs 
• Strap for attaching to a wall 
• 2 pairs of gloves for fanning out branches 
• Tree stand and bolts 

Video Of Putting Together and Final Tree 

Time To Put Together Your Balsam Hill Christmas Tree 

Start by putting down your tree stand in the correct place, don’t screw the bolts right through the holes though, as this is done once the first piece of a tree is in place. 

Then you need to unwrap all your tree pieces and find which number is each one. They all have a tag on, which can be cut off, might be nice to have a tiny little number hidden somewhere for next year, but I suppose you would have learned the tree a bit more by then. 

Start by placing the largest section into the stand, marked number 1. When you place the Balsam Hill Christmas Tree into the stand I would slightly angle it backwards a small amount before tightening the bolts. This will help by keeping the tree more upright and not wanting to be front-heavy any more than it already is! 

Once in place untie the branches and allow them to fan out into place. It looks really bad like this, very patchy and gappy, don’t panic! 

You can see from this photo the middle section of the Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree has the cheaper type of green material on the insides, this is a fluffier type of material. You then have the Balsam Hill award-winning True Needle foliage on the outside branches. This is what you want to make sure is on show. 

Start fanning out the branches, you need to do this one by one and it’s super time-consuming but this is what makes your tree look amazing and you need to not rush this section. 

You will spend a lot of time doing this, Balsam Hill suggests you fan each branch ‘one out, one up’ and work your way along each and every section. Don’t add the next layer until you’ve finished fanning this section. 

This is when we thought we had finished fanning out enough, we hadn’t! You are going to see so many gaps and will keep seeing gaps. I was really worried about being too rough with the tree, I didn’t want to snap them, but I think I was being too careful. 

Then you need to move on to the next sections, repeating the fanning for each one and making it as full and pretty as possible.

We found the top section quite tricky to get right. It wants to go in one way into the pole, but then it’s completely bare on one side. 

So this is when I realised I think I can be more firm with the branches and move them around more. So I moved these brown-looking ones which are strong thicker metal, and this seemed to even it out better. 

All finished! 

Although I say finished, I am still finding sections that I want to fan out more to fill a gap! I am really pleased with the Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree, the quality is stunning and it just looks like a really lovely tree and it’s something I know is going to last for many many years, Balsam Hill offers a 3 Year Warranty on their trees as well, so you’re reassured by this. 

As you can see their award-winning True Needle foliage is so good. We had a real Christmas tree last year and this easily matches that, they just are plastic! But the look of them is amazing, and I love the fullness of these branches and the fluffy-looking branches. 

Pre-Lit Lighting On The Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree

This one is pre-lit which saves us having to thread all the lighting through, but as they come already on the tree they are securely attached to the tree and threaded evenly around the tree. You just need to attach each section of lights to the main power supply to light them up. This can be done easily at the back, by pushing each section into the power supply adaptor and then screwing the nut around the join. 

There are 350 energy-efficient LED candlelight lights on this tree which is enough really, but I would have loved more as I love a Christmas tree packed full of lights! 

They even supply a light bulb changer tool, I didn’t have a clue what this was when I first saw it! But the light bulbs all come with a little clip on the back to stop them from just falling out, then you slide this under the bulb bottom and it pulls out to change over. 

Safety Strap 

This is brilliant to be supplied as well, a safety strap for you to attach to the wall. As this tree is all front-heavy it will naturally want to fall forward. So to stop this from happening attach the screw into the wall and the strap around the trunk of the tree, this stops it from falling over. 

My Finished Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree

I say finished, I think it needs some more baubles on it, and I really would like to add some of the Christmas tree picks you can get to fill any gaps and give this tree even more fullness to it. 

I hope you like my new Balsam Hill Chelsea Flatback Christmas Tree and it helps you make a descion on buying one or not. I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas full of love and fun.