by Jill Singer
If you’re not one of the 12.5K people who follow sisters and expert home stagers and stylists Hollister and Porter Hovey on Instagram, what are you waiting for? We’ve long been fans of the Hoveys style, which mixes big-box basics (like a double-cushioned white West Elm sofa that pops up in many of their projects) with vintage Italian and French midcentury pieces picked up at auction and accessories that were, at least pre-pandemic, often brought home from the sisters’ travels to places like Mexico City, Los Angeles, and Madrid. Hollister — whose paintings, you might recall, we once turned into wallpaper! — creates original paintings for each property, and the two work quickly on everything from Tribeca lofts to Williamsburg townhouses, so there’s always a ton of content…