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Ok the brownstone I live in has a great staircase, with a cool newel post, there is also a small landing at the foot of the stairs. At the base of the stairs there is another newel post and a thing on top of it that extends out from the wall. It’s a cool detail i would like to keep but maybe replace with something nicer. Can someone tell me what this thing is called? I’ll post an image soon. help.