Hallmark's new movie Christmas at the Plaza confused viewers when the actors kept referring to finial d'arbre. Here is what you need to know.

Along Adams Street at the edge of Tattnall Square Park, a pair of 3-foot concrete curiosities sit perched atop the twin brick columns that now stand sentry at the 16-acre park’s remodeled west ...

Q: The finial on a newel in my home was damaged. I’m not sure what happened, but I’m wondering whether this is something I can fix with a wood filler or whether I should disassemble the finial ...

Staircases grand and modest are finished with a finial, a largely decorative element also known as a Newel post cap, the same as George Bailey repeatedly grabs a hold of in "It's a Wonderful Life." ...

Its sorting machines, built for oblongs, can't find the address on a square envelope. People have to do it. That's why the post office imposes the square surcharge.