"Heirloom Modern" and The Hovey Sisters

Heirloom Modern

Homes filled with Objects Bought, Bequeathed, Beloved and worth Handing Down

By Hollister Hovey 

Photographs by Porter Hovey

The Hovey Family moved  here to Kansas City in Mission Hills when the girls were five and ten years of age. Even then they began the journey of  rich heritage and history in their lives.

Now based in NYC they have been proclaimed as "The New Antiquarians" by the New York Times

From their Mother, Lana at a young age, "Remember girls, 'To thine own self be true' Shakespeare gave that advise, he was a very smart man."
One of their Mother's Hermes scarves from a trip to Paris with their father is framed above the mantel.

A prized Scarlet Ibis  gives their Taxidermy Collection a bright burst of vivid color.
Hollister and Porters grandfather often went game hunting with a dear friend, we have come to know as L.L. Bean!

Hollister and Porter's Aunt Almene Milliken, quite the New York Socialite and pictured on the cover of Time Magazine as
"New Elegance on the US Social Scene." Portrait by Maria de Kammerer.
Today she still resides in a gorgeous classic 6 on the upper East Side.

You can barely spot the Wicker Coffin above the dressmakers models; this collector friend of the Hovey sisters plans this antique as her final resting place.

With friends as varied as Alexa Romanoff, David Epstein of Internet Marketing fame, and Sean MacPherson the Hotel and Restaurateur, their is never a dull moment in the life and times of The Hovey Sisters.

Take this journey with a feeling of an appreciated  past, present, and future. A book for generations who appreciate the feel of keepsakes, aged leather  and riding boots in the entryway.

Hollister and Porter, world travelers, are ones never afraid to take a risk on an unknown quest!  The kind of personalities that are offered a position just upon a casual conversation at an affair!

Another friend's home with collections everywhere and right at hand!

The Romanoff Family Crest

In this book, the images will thrill you, the collections, memorabilia, and mementos.  More than that though, there is a grand story, so fascinating you will not want to put it down!


Thank you to all of my readers and followers who support the arts!

Thank you to Hollister and Porter as well as Patricia Shackelford who encouraged the writing of this book!
More thanks to my dear friend Linda Merrill of Surroundings.

Please purchase Heirloom Modern here!

xoxo

Karena

Art by Karena

Publisher: Rizzoli New York