Jennifer Aniston ‘loves Justin Theroux’s eye for design’ with country antiques

Here are some assorted photos of Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux. They were photographed last week in a car (Justin was driving) and then Justin was photographed solo last week, heading into a “meeting” (with an overnight bag? Sketchy.). I think the pics of JustJen in the car are from their trip to an antique store to find some furnishings for their crazy Bel Air mansion. Remember when Jennifer went on a real estate binge in 2011-2012? She was buying, selling and renovating properties at a steady clip, which was weird because it seemed like they were just staying in hotels in whatever city they were in. Anyway, one of the properties that she held onto was the Bel Air estate, and they’ve been renovating and decorating it for about 14 months. Tell me if you think this “insider” is making a particularly pointed comment about it:

Call it Extreme Home Makeover: A-List Edition. Jennifer Aniston and fiance Justin Theroux are leaving no stone unturned, no detail unattended on their quest for interior design inspiration. In the past week alone, the couple have made not one but two trips to various upscale furniture stores in L.A., where they’re in the process of renovating an 8,500-square-foot Bel Air mansion.

On Thursday, March 27, the engaged pair were seen perusing the selection of antique wares at a shop in West Hollywood. Six days earlier, they hit up three other stores — Lee Stanton, Therien, and Ralf’s Antiques — in search of items for their not-so-humble abode. The couple’s $21 million pad (purchased by Jennifer last January) has four bedrooms, six-and-a-half bathrooms, a swimming pool, and its own vineyard.

“They have changed it from top to bottom,” says another insider. “She loves Justin’s eye for design.”

A source tells Us Weekly the two were very friendly as they mulled over an array of 18th- and 19th-century “country antique” furniture. They were accompanied by their interior designers.

“They looked at the rustic pieces,” says a witness.

Aniston, 44, and her future husband, 41, have spent months looking for the perfect pieces to fill their sprawling new home. Last spring, during a visit to New York City, the actress picked out $20,000 worth of lights at B4 It Was Cool, a high-end vintage lighting store. And in October, she and Theroux met with designers at high-end Hollywood retailer Blackman Cruz, where they honed in on two brown, roomy leather chairs and an 18th-century armoire.

[From Us Weekly, print and online editions]

“She loves Justin’s eye for design.” Oh, Jenny. Never change! I didn’t even to sit back and think about what that comment was referencing – remember how much she hated Brad Pitt’s modernist/industrial design style and her quip about “finally having a comfortable couch” once they divorced? I guess Justin likes comfortable couches too! He’s all for “country antique” furniture from the 1800s. Which sounds really fussy to me, but maybe they’ll have an eclectic mix of styles and it will look really homey. I think Jennifer’s default style is more masculine anyway – she seems to love dark, womblike rooms, dark wood and everything looking like the 1970s.

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  1. Hipocricy says:

    What kind of pants are these ?

    He looks like a character straight from a cartoon with his short legs, his suspenders and his curled up boots à la Tintin !

  2. Brad insisted on hideous sharp furniture – anything must be an improvement after that!

    • Kim says:

      Modern furniture just like the furniture in her house featured in AD March 2010.Now she loves antiques. LOL

    • popcorn11 says:

      Poor Angie having to sit her bony ass on Brads pretentious crappy designs. A woman who does so much for others deserves a deep comfy sofa to sink into. Jen definately upgraded

      • spinner says:

        @ popcorn11

        No kidding!!

      • Emma - the JP Lover says:

        @popcorn11, who wrote: “Poor Angie having to sit her bony ass on Brads pretentious crappy designs. A woman who does so much for others deserves a deep comfy sofa to sink into. Jen definately upgraded”

        Yep, she upgraded. She upgraded to a Mansion with a vineyard and is currently shopping for 18th and 19th century furniture to give it that quaint ‘French Countryside’ look she’s always rocked. Oh. Please.

      • doofus says:

        doesn’t say anything about “French countryside”, just “country antiques”.

        I’m betting everyone involved thinks they “upgraded”.

        JA, JT, AJ and BP.

        and you know what? good for ALL of them. I don’t understand why each one of them can’t be happy with where their lives are now.

        but hey, it wouldn’t be as fun for some of you, would it…?

      • Emma - the JP Lover says:

        @Doofus, who wrote: “doesn’t say anything about “French countryside”, just “country antiques”.”

        (Blinks) No, it doesn’t say that … ‘I’ said that. It’s called satire.

      • Kim says:

        Upgrade to an unemployed writer ?Since dumping Maniston Brad has the large family he always wanted.Has started MIR.Has appeared in four Oscar nominated
        Best Pictures and being nominatedfor multiple Oscars BTW
        when are her twins due.As usual
        Jenhens brought up her ex rather
        than mentioning her fiancee .Very telling brought up Brad in second comment after going on nine years they can’t stop mentioning him. So sad

      • Nikita says:

        Well i guess heidi bivens dont think that this cheater is a upgrade for the wealthy homewrecker aniston.
        hes unemployed, you know that? oh wait wait, Hes nominated for oscars? he gets 20 Million for a movie? yeah, hes an upgrade, of course LoL
        hes a short guy, did you see him in charlies angels? hes a gnome. an well, jennifer still looks like a man.

      • Nikita says:

        Did you saw their french chateau ? well, it looks very comfy. but keep mention jennifers exhusband, it just shows how important brad is to jenhens 😉 so sad.
        9 years gosh, it should be an insult to your inteligence, well if you just had one.

    • doofus says:

      well,then…it’s a good thing you explained it that it was “satire” because it wasn’t apparent.

    • Lara says:

      What? Why bring Brad into this? Why so obsessed with the triangle still? Get over it! Jen loons are psychotic and seriously need help! If this is the type of ‘fans’ she attracts, no wonder Brad walked and didn’t look back. He completely upgraded.

  3. Janet says:

    She must love to sit and watch Justin “think thoughts”.

    • Doofus says:

      I don’t know if I’d really call that style “modern”.

      I mean, purple velvet? More like 70s retro Ron Burgundy style.

      I could see how Aniston’s and Pitt’s styles clashed.

      (Oops wrong spot. This is a reply to Kim.)

    • Artist formerly known as Chloe says:

      As a side note: I like how they’re trying to make the “A-list” thing happen. Hail to Jennifer the Queen of the Oscars!

      (and, like “fetch” it’s just never gonna happen)

  4. Faye says:

    These little tidbits about her wedding plans, where she eats, her furniture shopping have to come from her side, right? I can’t help feeling a bit sorry for her — it seems like this is all she has to stay relevant in the media. Doesn’t she have any movies or anything coming out?

    • Sophie says:

      The wedding stuff isnprobably coming from them and from the tabloids making some of the “details” up. But a lot of the furniture shopping and last month’s “foodie” stories are sourced to employees of the respective establishments. It’s extra publicity for the restaurants and shops.

    • Mr.Smurf says:

      Ugh, I really do not like JA right now. Because I was so f’ing bored with my crappy spring break, I spent wednesday through friday reading through the archives of JA. That all put her in a different light for me.

      Before, I didn’t really get why people were saying that she was still hung up on BP and hated Angelina…going through all those articles and comments, it’s obvious. Which makes me really dislike her as a person, who puts her ex husband up on a pedestal and slams the woman that he LEFT her for. I had a female family member that was cheated on in her marriage…not once did she make snotty remarks (cough2yearslatercough) about the “other woman”, she placed the blame on the person seh should’ve………the MAN whom she had a relationship with.

      One thing I definitely do not get is why the crazy fans on FF or IUC don’t understand that BP wanted kids and JA didn’t want them…he went to have three kids with AJ less than two years later….I wonder how many people in hollywood felt bad for BP and AJ after all that came out?

      But yeah, I’ve never really like JA for the sheer fact that she cannot act at all (I turned the Bounty Hunter off after 10 minutes, and I LOVE cheesy romantic comedies…….Maid in Manhattan)…the only film I’ve been able to stomach of hers is horrible bosses (remember the comment about changing her hair for a role/not putting mascara on was the biggest “costume change” of her life?)

      See you celebitches after school…it’s freaking snowing over here in MARCH.

  5. steph says:

    Dang, I thought he was hot the first time I watched Mulholland Drive. Those pants are killing me.

  6. lucy2 says:

    I’d love to have the money to just redo house after house like that.

    • Emma - the JP Lover says:

      Well, it’s not like she has much of anything else to do other than her hair, her tan, her yoga, and getting her drink on.

      • Chicagogurl says:

        ok. if i were rolling in the money – it sounds pretty great, right? accept I would add: traveling to places other than just cabo and volunteering.

  7. Liberty says:

    JT: ….and a mahogany corner chair and hmm, a nice commode and this darling bronze! And, oh my god — that Staffordshire milkmaid carrying two puppies and a gosling, too.

    JA: Ooh my peg-legged hero of heartthrob hijinx! Your very wow taste like totally freaks me. I would do you right here on this tufted divan if my extensions weren’t so fresh!

    JT: Heh, heh, my babe, eet ees nothing! My dear cousin Louis and I spent half our boyhood wandering the lanes of England and France sampling fresh jam and developing our eye for the fancy!

    JA: Who knew you had so much depth under all that Express for Young Men! And you even were in Zoolander! It is like you are, like, perfect!!

    JT: Heh heh, you flatter me in your coastal Carthusisanism but oui– that’s why I have the tat of a tall case clock on my left gun as you will read about in Teen Vogue soon. Oh – look! this too – pay the lady, my babe — you won’t find a finer example of ormulu under 20 grand unless we honeymoon at Uncle Elton’s someday.

    JA: Oh! Urban hardcore edgy bike monster of sin and freedom, AND French-like writer, and super-knowy awesome decorator for girls who like life comfy! You are everything! I might get my boy to change your hairstyle again! I’ll call him!

    JT: Whatever you wish, my babe. Let’s go look at fabric swatches again, I am starving for brocade.

    • HappyMom says:

      You have made my morning. Hilarious.

    • Leah says:

      LMAO.. Welcome back Liberty, missed you.

    • Emma - the JP Lover says:

      @Liberty …

      LOL! Do ‘not’ write things like this while I’m drinking a second cup of coffee. 🙂

    • Janet says:

      You are NUTZ!!!! Coastal Carthusianism?! ROTFLMBAO!!

    • videli says:

      I laughed so hard, I think I snorted a little.

    • Josephina says:

      Quote Highlights

      -attire from “Express for Young Men”

      -read about his tat in “Teen Vogue”

      BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

      ROTFLMBAO.

      Liberty, you ARE a genius!!!

      Tee Hee!

      You are quick and good!

    • Camille (TheOriginal) says:

      Classic! Love it Liberty :). This is funnier than any of the stinkers that these 2 have ever produced.

  8. marie says:

    I am not an antiquing type person. I’d get all rage-y by the second store, not my idea of fun.

  9. Maya Memsaab says:

    Comes with his twatty hipster credentials,surely?

  10. spinner says:

    Dude is hot & really fit. I bet they are having a ball with the decorating.

  11. Mac says:

    It’s best to get one really nice piece and then build around it.

    If Justin has a trained eye for antiques perhaps he and Jenn should attend some estate auctions or flea markets around the country with a camera crew.

  12. The Original G says:

    Two middle aged people went antiquing this weekend.
    Wow. Take THAT establishment!

  13. Feisty says:

    They went on not just one trip to the furniture store, but TWO! THAT’S AMORE!

  14. Coconut says:

    I could see him being into upscale steampunk/burner/maker style with a fancy Italian motorcycle twist.

  15. Spooks says:

    Why does everybody hate Justin? I kind of like him. He dresses kind of funny. So what? And he seems to be the talented one in this relationship.

    • Lara says:

      Hes a cheater. And he dresses like a greasy hobo who hasn’t showered in two and a half months.

  16. izabel says:

    Old interview,,,i don’t think she will likes his “eye for design” in house.

    When Mr. Theroux went looking for apartments in 2001, he found it hard to impart this concept of home to real estate agents. The things he wanted were precisely the things people got rid of in order to sell. If you search for ”obsolescence” or ”decay” in any week’s real estate ads, you will likely come up empty. Conversely, the usual real estate catnip, like Sub-Zero refrigerators and new white walls, meant little to him.

    ”I wanted old plaster walls and door frames painted 30 times,” he said. ”I wanted a fixer-upper that I wouldn’t have to fix up.” On his deck, he pointed to an old wooden door propped against a wall, its pale paint blistered and cracked. ”That’s my favorite color in the world,” he said. ”Hospital green. It makes me feel like I have croup.”

    For all of Mr. Theroux’s reverie for his old digs, and the accrued detritus that filled them, most of the furnishings in the new apartment are holdovers from the old place. Sadly, a seat that he said came from the old Fillmore East did not survive the move. He also missed the old apartment’s floor, which was a long time between coats of varnish. ”It creaked and smelled,” he said. ”It was perfect.” He bought the new place, near Washington Square Park, for $600,000 shortly after Sept. 11, 2001.

    http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/03/garden/at-home-with-justin-theroux-the-joy-of-junk.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm

    • lisa2 says:

      Well it is a big house. He could be given a room to play with. I mean the toothless art and the pill bottle collection. Don’t see that on display in the house. Well not front and center.

      Beside I don’t think they live in his apartment when they are in NYC. They are always photographed coming out of a hotel.

      hmmm wonder why???

      • Greta says:

        His apt says 2 things about him: he likes to read and his taste in decorating runs toward Melrose Ave. Consignment store, a few blocks short of a hoarding problem. Seriously, if that apt represents his taste, to me it says “no taste”. Probably he likes to buy things on a whim, gets into collecting this and that, but actually seems to come up empty. I don’t like the movies he writes either. He seems like an older version of that happening young writer he played on Sex and the City.

      • lisa2 says:

        Well looking at that article… THIS

        He paced the perimeter of his double-high living room on Friday, pointing to items. ”Garbage, garbage, garbage, garbage,” he said, identifying the stuff of his home life — whether the sofa or cabinets — by a transitory, transitional status in their pasts, not by their origins or their present. ”I had it down to a science,” he said. ”I’d go into a Dumpster and cover what I wanted with other garbage if it was too big to carry.”

        Now can you really imagine Jennifer Aniston bringing that in her house. He likes to Dumpster diver.

        And the outfit he is wearing sounds exactly like the one he was wearing in the article. What happened to his dogs I wonder.

        And for someone who is suppose to be worth MILLIONS of dollars why in the world does this article imply that he was struggling to make ends meet. If his family had so much money why was he living like a bum with 4 jobs. Yes that was 10 years ago, but seriously. This is not a wealthy man. And no there is nothing wrong with that. But why the need for fans of hers to pad his finances.

      • Josephina says:

        Thanks Izabel for the links.

        So…Squiggy is into dumpster diving, eh? Now the Huvsy PR led and paid article would have Jenhens believe that he has refined taste… in furniture?!?!!? Are they aware that these references/quotes exist about him?

        Country Chic? Eye for Design? Ha! Indeed…Spin it, Huvsy, spin it.

        Man, they are WORKING HARD TO REINVENT THIS UNEMPLOYED OPPORTUNIST.

        Do Jenhens really think Aniston “upgraded” with this guy? Really?

        In the first pic above dude is wearing the same outfit that the interviewer has described in the 2001 interview article referenced above.

        I was wondering where others on the internet were getting this info from regarding his fettish for collecting trash from dumpsters. But there it is in black and white.

      • Eli says:

        Poor Josephina! You of all people should know that people DO change… I mean, AJ certainly has! No more wearing vials of blood, dyed jet black hair or, making out with a sibling. So, give the guy a little credit.

        Lisa2, the above applies to you also… People change and as you know, 10 years is a lifetime in Hollywood!

  17. Ally8 says:

    That’s quite an upgrade, Justin… from a walk-up in New York to 8500 square feet to fill with his motorcycle shop junk and her Ron Burgundy La-Z-Girl collection. Poor Heidi Bivens, all she had going for her was being a good person.

  18. Paige says:

    After reading the comments I’ve come to the conclusion people are hating on this guy simply because he’s with Jennifer Aniston.

    • Nikita says:

      NO, its not just his relationship to jennifer, its how they started this affair. he dumped his girlfriend of 14 years fot the wealthy jennifer and the magazines did not make a homewrecker of the american sweetheart. we just hate doublestandards. it shows that normal people like heidi bivens or us, are worthless. if your not americas sweetheart, you dont get a pityparty for a lifetime just because you once were rachel 50 years ago.

  19. Nikita says:

    well, her words, having finaly a comftable couch, says a lot about how their marriage really was and what we never saw while they were married. people can give you with only a few “worthless jokes/words” a glimpse of what really was the case an their problem, they dont even recognize it. they were probably never really happy, it was just a perfect picture created by jennifer and steven huvane. Its pretty much the same what brad said about this marriage, its only a perfect picture, not reality.

  20. Ravensdaughter says:

    Just went to the drug store-haven’t seen CB for two days. Was eagerly looking for Jen/Justin marriage news. Can’t remember which tab got it wrong this time.
    How LONG will this go on???
    Also, I am divorced from a REAL architect (Brad Pitt is a subject of constant scorn in the AIA world), and I can identify with Jen. Now that I have moved out of “the house”, all the walls are gradually being painted from colors (bright-I was influenced by Caribbean colors in FL as a child) over to some shade of beige. Also, there is nothing in the house.

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