I went with over the garage door. I think that would do a lot to bring some balance to that side of the house, since the front door is on the opposite end.

I agree with over the garage door and the idea of the balance.
Marie Meko

Cute shed. I think the cupola would be best over dormer.

Over the garage door! Very charming by the way.

Yes, garage door!

I think the dormer is already very eye catching, doesn't need the extra emphasis. In addition to the cupola over the garage, I might add a little peak over the front door to bring that out a bit. I would just make it big enough to keep the rain off the area in front of the door.m Then it would be the high point, cupola over garage, mid point, big window, lower point, front door.

I am going to vote for having the cupola between the garage and the dormer.

I'm with Dytecture, if it means one cupola, centered on the building. Personally, regardless of size, I think it would look odd off-center. The other question that immediately came to mind was: where do you need the light/ventilation? Cupolas are (or at least *were*) functional pieces of architecture - are you adding it strictly decoratively, or will it impact the interior space?

Definitely over the garage door. It will help to add balance and draw the eye away from the large expanse of the garage door itself. Very cute shed, by the way. Nice color selection and use of the red geraniums. ;-)

my vote is for no cupola - it takes away from the dormer window.

I was going to vote for two for symmetry, but then realized that your dormer is off center, so I voted for one centered behind the dormer. However, it looks as though your main building is to the left, in which case, over the garage door would offer more of a balance with the rest of the architecture...

Thank you for your complimentary comments and advice about cupola placement. The cupola is strictly decorative. There is one on the house and the shed matches the house. The angle of the pic distorts the fact that the dormer window is actually centered. My concern about putting the cupola behind the dormer is that the cupola would have to be notched to fit the dormer roof line. Would that look strange?

it would take away from that wonderful dormer window...you need the detail over the garage..but a shortened (not too tall) with heavy white detail to match the dormer trim..I would live there ..it is wonderful

I agree that you need something over the door to emphasize that. I would do a peak of some sort over the door and draw attention to that area.

I'm just wondering what a cupula is???