Garden Finials

Finials have long been used to add a decorative touch to the main post of stair case banners, but have you ever really considered how many more areas you can use them in? Finials are the perfect item to put the finishing touch on many architectural structures in you home and landscape. Let’s take a look at a few ideas.

Imagine the Lancelot Finials used in your garden area. The stained glass topper of this finial emits a regal and elegant air. Mounted on a brass shaft – this will make a stuffing addition to your yard, fence, garden, landscape or used on a cupolas or turret.

Would you like to add extra class to a wooden fence? Do it inexpensively with finials. Simply attach finials to the top of each post and you have created the look of an expensive custom carpentry job. Finials do make an amazing difference!

Already have finials but simply want to replace them and you’re curious what to do with your old finials? Finials also make terrific book ends. If you have a number of attractive leather bound books you’d like to display just as much as you’d like to read them, why not showcase them in style by simply mounting finials that have done their years of duty on heavy wooden blocks and using them to hold books on your bookshelf?

And those are just a few ideas for using finials – get your mind chugging and create a difference around your home and yard space with the simple addition of finials.

It’s kind of hard to consider when you see the frost in the morning and even snow on the ground depending on where you live, but this time of year is actually the perfect time to start planning your garden for the spring planting season. If you don’t already, employ a little whimsy in your garden area. You can raise the fun factor your garden area by adding some light hearted sculptures and even some interesting plants can create a fun atmosphere in your garden area.

Some of the fun factor plants you can have in your garden area are Dinner Plate Dahlias for example. They grow anywhere from 8 to 12 feet in height and come in a range of dazzling colors. The flowers themselves are the size of dinner plates, hence the name. Another big, beautiful flower that you can add is a sun flower. The largest sunflowers grow well over 6 feet in height and have flower tops that equal the size of the dahlias. Both are very easy to grow and need little more than water and sun to grow big and beautiful.

Another fun account you can add to your garden is a fun statue. You can add some whimsy with a statue of an angel, a gnome, a crystal gazing ball or all the above. Other cool additions you may not have considered but will definitely add a fun account would be a weathervane in your garden area. It doesn’t just have to have a running horse or rooster on the top, there are weathervanes with dragonflies, frogs and even spiders that will be a perfect fit in any whimsical garden area.