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Interior Redesign Industry Specialist - IRIS®

Redesign and Staging were named the hottest new careers by Entrepreneur Magazine in 2007. IRIS is proud to professionally train hundreds of  Interior Redesigners and Real Estate Home Stagers each year. Intense three and five-day training encompasses both classroom and hands-on instruction. All IRIS trained professionals must pass a comprehensive exam in order to be certified.

MISSION STATEMENT:
IRIS® is an international, non-profit organization of professional redesigners and stagers dedicated to the empowerment of its members by:

  1. Creating community through membership
  2. Offering ongoing education
  3. Providing business development opportunities.

IRIS® seeks to establish and maintain high industry standards; promote public awareness; and expand the fields of redesign and staging.

IRIS is the leading organization for individuals who want to start their own business in the profession of Interior Redesign or Real Estate Staging. IRIS has over 900 member businesses and is committed to building a professional and collaborative network for everyone involved in this exciting and fast-growing industry.

Unlike other redesign & staging organizations, IRIS is a not-for-profit corporation dedicated to communication, commitment and camaraderie within the interior redesign & staging community.  IRIS approved instructors are first and foremost successful redesign and staging business owners who have made a quality decision to share their professional expertise with others. 

IRIS approved instructors are the only ones willing to submit their training materials for approval by a committee of peers and experts dedicated to making sure that they are qualified and currently operate a successful business in Interior Redesign and/or Home Interior Real Estate Staging.  Please consider this in your selection of a training program.  Click  here for further information on the commitment IRIS has brought to the Interior Redesign Training Industry.

Why choose an IRIS approved trainer?

Because IRIS is the world’s premier interior redesign and real estate staging organization; every instructor undergoes a rigorous evaluation, and continued evaluation, of both their training materials and methods, proving their commitment to your success. 

 

IRIS approved trainers are required to perform at a higher level of proficiency in the redesign and staging field, as well as prove their ability to effectively promote the industry within their communities; follow a strict code of ethics, where they have agreed to operate their businesses and training programs on a set of principles with commitment to educate as key, to insure quality training.

 

Nothing beats hands-on training…
When you choose the Midwest Staging Redesign Institute, you’ll be well prepared to begin your own business as a Qualified Redesign Specialist.  All IRIS approved instructors incorporate at least three different hands-on challenges within the 5-day professional course.  Each challenge, in different homes with different experiences, leads to the same conclusion: you will have built confidence in your approach to a diverse set of decorating dilemmas and solutions, building a strong foundation for your successful business.

 

Redesign for Real Estate…

Additionally, redesign is the foundation upon which real estate staging is based – being able to place furniture, hang art, and accessorize to highlight the best selling features of the house.  Once you learn the basics of redesign, you can both stage a home for sale and redesign a client’s new home for the move-in.  With three days of hands-on practice in redesign/staging basics during the five-day training, you are totally prepared to stage a home for sale, and do the move-in on the other side of the transaction.

 

Fusing your knowledge within a small classroom setting…
Professional training consists of classroom and field practice, incorporating personal attention in small course formats.  Reference manuals, two-hundred pages plus, include fundamental lessons in the step by step process of redesign/staging – hanging art, accessory placement, basic color theory and decorating principles, successful lighting design, and how to interpret your client’s needs. Critical details of starting a small business are also included in your training manual - essential business forms, fundamental details of starting, marketing & promoting a small business and consultation and fee structuring guidelines. All the foundational informational tools you will need to get your business off the ground are part of the IRIS approved extensive and intensive five-day programs.

 

Walk hand-in-hand with IRIS…
Continued coaching is just an email away from IRIS members and the Midwest Staging Redesign Institute. Once you become an IRIS member, you will have the opportunity to network with other redesigners on the Members Only Message Board, ask specific questions about your redesign/home staging dilemmas, share marketing strategies and decorating ideas, discover the latest and greatest tools, and have access to exclusive information on IRIS's Members Only Page.  Finally, each year you’ll have a chance to take in the big picture at the annual IRIS conference, get inspiration from well-known industry leaders and come together with fellow redesigners in an atmosphere of camaraderie, education, and exhilaration! Your training does not end when you return home. The Midwest Staging Redesign Institute and the IRIS organization offer continuing support to help you succeed, validating your decision to select an IRIS approved trainer!

 


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