Maybe you can relate: Do you have a two-car garage with room for only one car due to clutter? Use the garage as random overflow space for everything from luggage and sports equipment to furnishings from your first apartment that you just can’t quit? Baby clothes your first grader long ago outgrew but that you can’t bear to part with?

Is it all “stored” haphazardly, against the walls, shoved into bags, or just loosely boxed and stacked wherever you can find an inch of space? Come to think of it, do you even have room for one car?

If this describes the state of your garage, maybe you need to take a deep breath, roll up your sleeves, and reclaim your garage. I spoke with two local professional organizers and got great tips for my new story for The San Diego Union-Tribune’s Home & Garden section for how to approach organizing a garage and actual steps for doing it. You need this!