Your Home Staging Expert
Certified ASP & IAHSP
Accredited Staging Professional
International Association of Home Staging Professionals

Having your home staged or redesigned can lead to a quicker sale and greater return on your investment.

Marlene Borse, MBA, ASP provides professional specific staging/redesign marketing programs for each clients property. Whether staging to sell or rent, or only improve your living space, call Marlene. As a full time Realtor Broker and lifetime resident of the Chicago suburbs I understand the local real estate markets. You can depend on me to make the home staging and real estate process as easy and trouble free as possible. When quality counts call Marlene at 630-637-2581

The International Association of Home Staging Professionals (IAHSP) was established in 1999. Our membership is in the thousands as we ARE The Staging Association of and for the Home Staging Industry. The International Association of Home Staging Professionals® (IAHSP®) is the only professional Home Staging Association that is dedicated strictly to the Home Staging Industry. The Home Staging Industry is part of the Real Estate Industry and not the decorating or design industries.

The International Association of Home Staging Professionals® is the proven Benchmark Home Staging Association for guiding and leading the Home Staging Industry. IAHSP® stands for and subscribes to Ethical standards and principles of Excellence and decades of Experience in proven educational practices. IAHSP® is also the governing and regulating association for the coveted ASP® , Accredited Staging Professional®, Home Staging Designation. IAHSP® sets the standards of practice and ethical guidelines for the ASP® Designation.

The public trusts The International Association of Home Staging Professionals® and the ASP® Designation because IAHSP® and The ASP® Designation is the benchmark association and designation and established and strongly built over many, many years of time. No other Home Staging Association has the history and positive record based upon year after year of proven methods, principals of ethical practice and standards of excellence that The International Association of Home Staging Professionals® has. IAHSP® raises the bar each year for ASPs® everywhere on behalf of all of the clients and consumers they serve.

The International Association of Home Staging Professionals® (IAHSP®) is the professional association serving the Home Staging industry. Since 1999, IAHSP® has set high standards based on educational requirements, standards of excellence, and a code of ethics for our members as they serve the public in the communities where we live and work. IAHSP® is open to all Home Stagers and Real Estate Agents that meet the educational standards set for membership. IAHSP® was founded by The Creator of Home Staging, Barb Schwarz, who for over 35 years has helped educate Realtors®, sellers and Stagers about the art and business of Home Staging.

ASPs® are taught to follow the below in the ASP® Course as they earn their ASP ® Designation:

  • Acquire the ASP® Designation by attending and graduating from the ASP® Course.
  • Must pass a detailed written examination in the ASP® class.
  • Renew yearly their detailed ASP® License agreement of membership with Stagedhomes.com, the World's Leader in Home Staging Education®
  • Agree to and uphold the ASP® Code of Ethics
  • Agree to and Uphold the ASP® Consumer Foundation of Service Creed
  • A Business license for their ASP® Staging Business as an ASP® Stager
  • A Real Estate License if they are an ASP® Real Estate Agent.
  • Staging Insurance as an ASP® Stager
  • Error and Omissions insurance as an ASP® Real Estate Agent.
  • A Sales Tax ID number in the state where they work as an ASP® Stager
  • A commercial Checking account for their Business
  • To continue their education by returning to additional ASP® Courses to stay up to date in the Home Staging Industry and their ASP® Designation.
  • Hold current active membership in The International Association of Home Staging Professionals®

IAHSP® and The ASP® Designation are the benchmark association and designation and have been established and strongly built over many, many decades of time. This helps the public know that ASP's are the true proven leaders in the Home Staging Industry as they serve their clients and consumers where they live and work.

Marlene Borse


Accredited Staging Professional

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