Exterior Interior Magazine Shares "Jennifer Aniston" at Home

                                                     

Jennifer Aniston collaborated with designer Stephen Shadley to transform a 1970 residence by Harold W. Levitt in Beverly Hills into an inviting retreat where she hosts frequent gatherings. “The making of the house was as significant to me as the living in it,” says the former Friends star.

                                                        

Shadley extended the eaves, which were clad in cumaru, and put in travertine flooring. Umbrellas are from Janus et Cie.

                                                                    

Aniston loved the tall entrance doors the moment she saw them. The Murano glass chandelier just inside is one of the first things she bought for the house. “Jen said things like ‘Zen’ and ‘Bali’ when we discussed the design—rather than doing a theme house, we got at the spirit of that,” says Shadley.

                                                       

The living room is an intimate space that opens to views of the koi pond. Low table, Todd Merrill Antiques. Glant linen is on the sofa, which Shadley designed. Manuel Canovas chair velvet.

                                                                           

“The painting just spoke to her,” says Shadley of Robert Motherwell’s 1963 A Throw of Dice No. 17. In foreground, a Jacques Adnet ashtray for Hermès holds cigarette packs in Motherwell’s favorite blue. Larsen fabric is on the shade of the Vladimir Kagan lamp. 

                                                         

         

The game room, with its bar and vintage pool table, is “a great hangout at parties,”. “And there are lots of places to sit outside.” Larsen sofa fabric. Calvin lampshade silk. Hunt leather on barstools.

                                                     

A pizza oven and wine room are featured in the kitchen. A travertine bar separates it from the sitting area, where Aniston and her guests can relax or watch television. Glant fabric covers the chair and the Piet Hein barstools. Among the actress’s film releases in 2010 is The Bounty Hunter.

                                                                           

“We made major changes in a very subtle way,” . “The house now has a more serene, monumental quality.” Aniston converted one of the his-and-her baths in the master suite into a spa bath with a soaking tub.

                                                            

“I wanted to be able to curl up in it,” she says of the master bedroom. Shadley designed the platform bed, which has a motorized television lift topped with Rogers & Goffigon fabric. Of the shag rug, he says, “It’s wool and silk and very lush.”

                                                     

Jen was a very quick study,” notes Shadley. “Not everyone wants to be that involved in the design process. She loved the communal aspect of it and even did some very good drawings.”

                                                   

Heated travertine floors warm the lanai, which can be enclosed with a bronze chain-mail curtain. The fabric on the love seat and chairs in foreground is from Holly Hunt, as are the pillow fabrics. Chella fabric covers the Shadley-designed chairs near the fireplace.