How to Use Finials as Accents Inside and Out

Lamp finials are very fine accents that add to the overall decor. They are often ignored, however, as they are tiny and usually unnoticed. But if you add a special one, it makes a corner of the room come alive.

These little decorations usually match exactly the lamp base with which they came. But if you have recently decorated the room with a new, colorful throw rug, you can have fun finding others that would pick up one of the colors of the rug for an added accent.

There are so many types of them to choose from that you will never tire of finding new ones. There are crystal and metal ones, acorns and pineapples, among so many other styles to add to the room.

Around holiday time, you might add a small Santa Claus to your lamp. Or it can be a snowflake, or maybe a Christmas tree. It is such a little thing, yet so much accent can be added to the room.

These decorative toppers are also used outdoors. The ball shaped styles are mounted to the top of flagpoles, typically. And then there are the accents for the roof. These are mounted to a turret cap on the roof, and the pole is added for it to sit on. These can be copper or other metal. Stone ones need no pole, they are just part of the roof, as a decorative accent to the ends or corners.

Also found on bed posts, they are generally of the same material as the post itself. For example, if the bed post is made of wood, the finial usually is, as well. And they can also be found on curtain rods to hold the curtains on. There are many more places a finial can be found. They are decorative, as well as functional.

Top your fence post with a beautiful 4 x 4 post cap or a great wood finial to give it that extra pizzazz.