True...We use quite a few ornaments too. However, I just like to have a fuller tree because I don't like a lot of light to show through it during the day. We have a really high-quality artificial tree that we used 1 year before we had any kids. That year I moved a piece of furniture into the spare room in order to make room for it. Since we had kids, that room is no longer "spare". Hence, we had to get a "slim" tree because our good one was just too big. We've used the (cheap) slim one ever since. Just another reason I really want to move to a bigger house!!