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| Architectural Digest magazine: At Home with Jennifer Aniston |
Jennifer Aniston takes Architectural Digest magazine inside her dreamy California home. High above Los Angeles, California, she crafts a scene of pure domestic bliss with husband screenwriter/actor Justin Theroux, a spectacular midcentury house, and a trio of very happy dogs: Dolly, a white German Shepherd; Clyde, a grey shaggy terrier; and Sophie a black and white Pit bull-mix. Photography by Francois Dischinger styled by Stephen Shadely. The actress acquired the property in 2011, after selling her beloved Hal Levitt-designed home in L.A.'s Trousdale Estates enclave (AD, March 2010) and attempting to relocate to Manhattan, New York - a move ultimately thwarted by the rabid paparazzi that swarmed outside her Greenwich Village apartment building. When she bought the Bel-Air property, it had recently emerged from a renovation by architect Frederick Fisher, which, despite its sympathetic embrace of Jone's vision, skewed a bit too cool and minimal for Aniston's taste. "It had a very dramatic entry sequence that led to this massive front door painted in Chinese red," the actress recalls. "Aesthetically, it was the furthest thing from what I wanted, but I immediately had the sense that it could work."
Justin at the main entrance with his BMW (left) and Ducati (right) motorcycles. For the bronze front doors, designer Stephen Shadley took inspiration from the backdrop of Johnny Carson's '
Tonight Show' set from the 1960's.
The landscape is layered with a medley of lush plants.
Pictures of the couple stand on a vintage rosewood credenza in the family room. Other photographs from Staley-Wise Gallery.
The living room is outfitted with 20th-century classics. Jean Royere designed polar bear sofa; Arturo Pani designed cocktail table; leather-wrapped armchair designed by Jacques Adnet; Piet Hein for Fritz Hansen designed barstools from Wyeth in a Holly Hunt leather. Custom walnut, bronze, a mica bar designed by Stephen Shadely; painting on far right by artist Robert Motherwell.
In Aniston's office, a pair of vintage leather club chairs face a desk
designed by Don S. Shoemaker from JF Chen. A Tiffany lamp sits atop of
the desk.
Custom teak, leather, and bronze chairs designed by Stephen Shadely surround a cocktail table on the terrace. Antique bronze Chinese statue.
A powder room is clad in hand-painted wallpaper.
In the master bedroom, Dolly, one of the couple's three dogs, lounges on the platform's pashmina shag carpet. Custom walnut bed with suede headboard designed by Stephen Shadely.
In the master bathroom, a custom Calacatta marble tub designed by Stephen Shadely with Waterworks fittings looks out on a courtyard garden. Vintage rosewood stool from JF Chen.
A towering pragoda in the garden off the master bedroom.
The midcentury house overlooks the pool.
The house offers a sweeping view of the city below. Marcello Villano and Anne Attinger designed the landscape. Custom teak chaise lounges (on teak decking) by designer Stephen Shadely with cushions of Perennials fabric.
The pool by night.
