Country Cupolas Add an Elegant Touch to Your Beautiful Home Category: Gazebo Cupolas have been used, for centuries, to accent homes, barns and churches. Adding a touch of elegance and breaking up the flat lines of a roof, they draw attention and add a sense of age and mystery to what might, otherwise, seem a rather plain rooftop. Cupolas can be made of many materials, though older examples were crafted of wood, with intricate little windows often decorating the sides.