Garages are small buildings used to park or store automobiles. A garage can be a separate building or it can be attached to a house. Usually the garage is on one side of the house, but sometimes it is behind the house. Garages are used for many things in addition to storing automobiles. Some men have a work bench and tools in their garages where they go to repair broken items from the home, fix toys, build bird houses or avoid their wives.
Some people store so many other things in their garage that there is no room for their car.
Some garages are small, just large enough for one car with enough room on either side for the car doors to open. Other garages have enough room for two or three cars in them. Sometimes a garage will have a room or small apartment above the parking area. This extra living space can be used as an office, a workshop, a guest room or a bedroom for one of the children in the family. Older garages often had wide doors that swung open to the side or slid sideways on tracks to allow cars to get in or out.