Apparently, Jennifer Aniston’s A. Quincy Jones–designed abode is so zen that one visit will have you hitting up your local crystal shop. At least that was the effect the Morning Show actor’s pad had on Julie Miller, who stopped by Aniston’s to chat for Vanity Fair’s latest cover story.
“If my home can bring your nervous system into the parasympathetic nervous system, then I should open up a business,” the star mused upon hearing Miller was drawing some divine inspiration from the stones. “Because God knows we need that at this time.” Perhaps Aniston should open a business, because she followed that thought up with some sage advice: “I think you should get some rose quartz—for unconditional love, of course—and amethyst. And also for this year, the year of the snake—now this is where I start to sound like a crazy person—white jade.”
The latter stone is known for its centering and calming properties—qualities that the Friends icon has carefully curated for her midcentury Bel-Air house, which she bought for about $21 million in 2011. “I’ve basically incorporated all of the healing modalities in order to create a calm environment in the chaos of the wonderful industry and the world at large,” as the star summed it up.
Aniston’s spa-like abode: neutral palette, no screens
Miller described the 8,500-square-foot dwelling as “an oasis,” replete with “soft cream couches, white peonies, and white taper candles” defining the living room, in addition to the crystals, incense, and design books that decorate the coffee table. “There are no screens or ambient sound,” added Miller. A wall of glass offers views of downtown Los Angeles and the Pacific Ocean in the distance. The home’s full impact, Miller noted, gives off “the anxiety-suppressing effect of a spa.” How does one score an invite?
The consummate hostess’s star-studded Sunday dinners
Well, it might help if you are one of Aniston’s A-list friends, seeing as how she invites a coterie of her most beloved fellow actors over every Sunday for dinner—a tradition that seems to go back at least as far as 2018, when her residence was featured in Architectural Digest and Aniston described her Sundays as devoted to cooking and hosting pals. “We put out a mean taco bar,” the Murder Mystery star told AD then, “and the chili’s pretty good in the colder months.”
Among the 10 to 15 guests who routinely receive that coveted invite these days are Jimmy Kimmel and Jason Bateman, who was responsible for getting Aniston to occasionally break out of her favored Tex-Mex-inspired menus, Bateman told Vanity Fair. “She stumbled upon a burger that is almost identical to the In-N-Out burger,” the Ozark star told the outlet. “She actually found some company to print up a bunch of the papers that are wrapped around the burgers with ‘Jen-N-Out’ on it. It looks exactly like the logo.” We love a detail-oriented host!
Aniston is a homebody and interior design fanatic
Other revelations from the story include the fact that Aniston and Sandra Bullock first bonded over their shared love of interior design and that Aniston’s first major decor purchase was a pair of bronze fireplace andirons shaped like men’s hands. “When people are like, ‘Are you an ass man? Are you a leg girl?’ I like hands,” the actor told VF. “Hands are everything. My father had the most beautiful hands.”
All told, you can’t blame Aniston for not wanting to leave her zen sanctuary—a tendency that she and Bullock try to coax each other out of. “I’m desperately trying not to Howard Hughes myself,” the Morning Show star explained.
