The Olympic Games isn’t the only place to find gold, silver and bronze.Just look under your own roof — or, more specifically, at your furniture.If you’re a savvy shopper of home style, check out a new décor trend that’s really an old one: metallic finishes and accents. They’re turning up on everything these days from sofas to sheets, reflecting — literally — what Tina Eichelberger calls "the metropolitan look.”But metal can also soothe the soul, anchoring a piece with the reassuring strength of iron. Or it can take on the chic of the still-popular industrial look. Any way you look at it, metal is the way to go.Eichelberger, a design consultant with INTER!ORS Furniture & Design on Columbia Avenue, says that the "30- and 40-somethings are liking the metropolitan look,” even here in tradition-minded Lancaster County. When you think about it, ancient Greeks and Romans fashioned metal into beautiful things, so why not take a hint from the days of empire?The metallic/metro trend might be seen in a glass dining table with an imaginative chrome base, as can be seen in INTER!ORS. "Metallics and glass are still popular in casual dining,” Eichelberger notes.A sofa, even one of traditional design, might sport metal nail head trim on the arms. The trend can be seen in home accessories, such as a whimsical but impressive metal accent piece shaped like a tortoise shell, or a cast-iron bear that peeks from beneath a coffee table on the display floor at INTER!ORS."As far as metallics, we’re seeing coppers, oil-rubbed bronze, matte and silver (finishes), but not shiny gold,” Eichelberger sums up. If there is gold, it’s more likely to be a subdued, burnished finish, design experts note.One exception to the not-too-shiny rule is bed linens, Eichelberger points out."The shiny bedding is back — a lot,” she says.That might evoke 1970s memories of satin sheets for swingers, but examples at INTER!ORS have a more subdued look. They do indeed shine, but they don’t scream; one display features a patterned bed set colored in soft gray/silver.That same feeling applies to other fabrics.Megan Smoker, interior designer with Buck Home Furniture-Design-Inspiration, notes that "we have fabrics that are like metallic vinyls.” She’s also seen "gold metallic wallpaper” that can provide a touch of the trendy to your wall spaces, but, again, subtle is the word.Eichelberger says that metal invokes another image: an industrial look. It was a popular trend some time ago but "the industrial is still here,” Eichelberger states. That doesn’t have to mean cold; iron accents, for instance, actually complement warm woods. In some ways, that ties with tradition."Country” — as in the country look — "was so big around here for so long,” Eichelberger notes. Today’s metal can indeed sparkle like chrome or give a homey, solid iron feeling to an occasional piece."It has a country feel — the reclaimed woods and the irons,” Eichelberger says.