Within Marvelous $7.9 million Los Angeles residence constructed ‘from scratch’ by Jennifer Garner following her divorce from Ben Affleck
Jennifer Garner welcomed guests into her breathtaking $7.9 million farmhouse.
The 52-year-old actress offered Architectural Digest a tour of her gorgeous “from scratch” home on Tuesday. She bought the house back in 2019 after settling her divorce from Ben Affleck.
After Violet Anne, 18, Fin, 15, and Samuel, 12, moved out of the 8,798 square foot home she had previously inhabited with her ex-husband and their three children, the 13 The going on thirty star set out to design her own ideal Brentwood home.
Reflecting on her quest for the ideal home to raise her family, she remarked, “I realized that I was going to need to move out of a dream house kind of scenario.”
“I searched and searched for a house to move into, but I needed privacy, and any private home was grander than I felt comfortable in,” she said.
‘Frustrated’ by what she saw, she decided to buy in bulk, collaborating with architect Steve Giannetti and designer Brooke Giannetti.
“In the middle of the build, I started to panic,” she said. “I realized that I haven’t even created a Pinterest board.” I never even showed him magazine photos. I told him what I wanted, and he fulfilled my request, but I’m actually really, really delighted about it.
The mother-of-three told AD that this was the first time she had ever made independent decisions on her design.
This entails creating a room with lots of unique elements, such as an aquarium for their fish, a “slumber party room,” and an office for her kid with a Harry Potter motif.
The artist continued, saying that her favorite place in the home was her upstairs reading nook. She was reared in Charleston, West Virginia, but was born in Houston, Texas.
She continued talking of a “magical night” in which her three children were “piled” next to her in the reading nook, pulling out all the childhood books and “reading them one after the other.”
We are all readers, she said. “And you might as well provide people with as many excellent places to read as you can if you’re building your own home.”
The “vegetable house” that Garner owns is another distinctive characteristic.
“Herbs are my thing,” she declared. “My main desire is thyme.” I can’t get any bigger. We always have a ton of kale because my kids and I enjoy kale chips so much.
She spoke about how much she likes entertaining guests in addition to spending time in the kitchen preparing meals for her children and cuddling up on the couch as a family.
“We turn on the heaters, light a fire, lay down blankets, and get cozy if I have friends over at night,” she remarked.
Following a tour of her home by the source, Garner gave an explanation of her unexpected choice to welcome her admirers into her home.
She said, “I’m such a private person about my home,” and then she gave a list of the reasons she was eager to share her area.
The Golden Globe winner gushed that she was “so proud of it” and that she had “never built anything all by herself” before.
“Every time I enter my home, I am overcome with thankfulness,” Garner remarked. that I’m able to reside here. that having my children here is such a blessing. Even though that’s not like me, I’m glad I told you about it.
According to Steve, her architect, Garner ‘wanted a fresh, comfortable, family home.’
He remarked, “I wanted to create something that felt like a barn and a farmhouse.” “Since she is such a lovely person, we wanted natural wood, coziness—a kind of warm embrace of a house for her.”
The stunning interior design of the house was created by Steve’s wife, Brooke, who also noted that Jen has a penchant for the whimsical and that she “loves vintage pieces.”
She prefers soft curves and forms. According to Brooke, “this place is kind of the house version of Jen’s personality.”
Steve continued by saying that his client isn’t ‘trying to be spectacular or have tremendous flashes of color or something like that.’
After her ten-year marriage to Affleck ended, she moved into the property. Affleck is still divorcing Jennifer Lopez, and he recently bought a $20.5 million Pacific Palisades mansion next to her present abode.
Affleck is “slowly moving into his new home” and is “where he wants to be: close to his kids and in a neighborhood that he loves,” a source told People earlier this week.
The insider went on, “He is very focused on the positives and enjoys working too.”
He is presently selling the former marital residence he and Lopez purchased in May 2023 for $60.85 million.
On August 20, the day of their second anniversary of marriage, Lopez filed for divorce from Affleck in LA County Superior Court, using his $8.9 million, 87-acre estate on Georgia’s Hampton Island Preserve.
