Showing posts with label Hollywood Hills. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hollywood Hills. Show all posts

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Jennifer Aniston & Justin Theroux’s Cozy Rental House


by HOOKEDONHOUSES on SEPTEMBER 8, 2011

Remember when Jennifer Aniston sold her 10,000 square-foot Mid-Century Modern in Beverly Hills for $38 million earlier this year, saying she wanted to live in something cozier? Looks like she meant it.

First she bought two apartments in NYC to convert into a 2,700 square-foot duplex. Then she fell in love with actor Justin Theroux, and the couple rented this 2-bedroom house in the Hollywood Hills. I love that she’s living in 1,700 square feet when she could afford 17,000.

Any fans of the NBC sitcom “Parks and Recreation” out there? It took me a while to warm up to the show, but now I never miss an episode. Justin Theroux had a funny role as Amy Pohler’s too-good-to-be-true love interest in the second season.

He was so clean-cut and businesslike on that show that I didn’t realize that was the guy she was dating at first. I was all, like, “Jen! Why didn’t you tell me he was on Parks & Rec? I thought you were dating some random bearded dude on a motorcycle!” When he shaved his beard recently, I finally recognized him.

They didn’t want to buy a place right away, Us Weekly reports, so they’re renting this fully-furnished, $3 million house for (gulp) $17,500 a month. Apparently they got a deal–it used to be $20 grand. Once again, I note how glad I am to live in one of the fly-over states where you could lease a lovely house like this for under $2,000.

The house is reportedly owned by a film location scout, which may be why it’s so easy to imagine a movie being filmed here. A rom-com, most likely.

The kitchen has kind of an odd, triangular shape to it.

Those top shelves look way high. I’d never be able to reach them!

The guest bedroom:

Love all the vaulted ceilings in the house, and the french doors in the master bedroom:

There’s a garage on the property that was converted into additional living space, too:


Like it? You can read more about the house and see the rest of the photos at Realtor.com. Photos of Jen’s just-sold mansion here.

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Sunday, August 7, 2011

Ellen Pompeo’s House in the Hollywood Hills


by HOOKEDONHOUSES on NOVEMBER 4, 2010

Elle Decor cover-Ellen Pompeo at Home

Ellen Pompeo, who plays Meredith on the popular TV drama “Grey’s Anatomy,” loves decorating. When she was on the “Nate Berkus Show” recently, she said that when she first saw her house, “It was a Grey Gardens situation with overgrown trees, and all the furniture had been in the house since the ’40s and ’50s.”

She saw the potential in the classic 1920s Spanish-style home, though, and wasn’t daunted by the work that needed to be done.

She told Nate that these two chairs were in the house when she bought it, and she had them reupholstered:

Ellen Pompeo-reupholstered chairs

Her home was featured earlier this year in Elle Decor magazine. She told Nate that she decorated it herself, but the article mentions that designer Martyn Lawrence-Bullard had something to do with it, too.

Ellen Pompeo-staircase in Elle Decor

Ellen told Elle Decor, “This house is perfect for our family,” which now includes her daughter Stella Luna with husband Chris Ivery. “It’s all about swimming, eating, and hanging out with friends. Martyn jokes that we live like college kids—people are coming and going all the time. What can I say? It’s a happy place.”

Ellen Pompeo's Hollywood home-Elle Decor

Rumor has it that Ronald Reagan once lived here. I wonder what it looked like then?

A reader named Joanne just pointed out that the refrigerator door opens the wrong way. It looks like it would be a little inconvenient, doesn’t it?

Ellen Pompeo-kitchen in Elle Decor

Ellen told Nate that she likes these aluminum pendant lights in the dining room, which have a Moroccan vibe, and were “a lot less expensive than they look.”

Ellen Pompeo-dining room in Elle Decor

What do you think? Do you like Ellen Pompeo’s style? Even though I’m not a huge fan of Moroccan and there are a few too many things leaning against walls for my personal taste, I think they did a beautiful job bringing this “Grey Gardens” house back to life.

You can read the article and see the rest of the photos by Tim Street-Porter at Elle Decor.

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