As architectural styles have shifted, architects and builders have invented more ways to build dormers, the little rooms that project from a roof and allow more space and light in the top floor or attic.
With their curiously curved roofs, eyebrow dormers frame views from houses of several architectural periods, including the Shingle style houses popular in East Coast seashore communities. Eyebrow dormers are also used on houses where the roofing shingles are curved around eaves to mimic the look of thatch.
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