Jennifer Garner Just Gave a Tour of Her Kitchen, and We Want to Copy Everything

Jennifer Garner Just Gave a Tour of Her Kitchen, and We Want to Copy Everything

Jennifer Garner’s Gourmet Kitchen: A Haven for Home Cooks

If you’re anything like us, you watch episodes of Jennifer Garner’s #PretendCookingShow with your eyes peeled for glimpses of her gorgeous kitchen. Whether the actress is making an old family cornbread recipe or a yummy pan of baked oatmeal, her pretty wood cabinets and luxurious range tend to steal our attention. Luckily for us, Architectural Digest linked up with Garner to take a tour of her Los Angeles home, giving us an even closer look at that kitchen.

A Tour of Jennifer Garner’s Home Kitchen

The house, which Garner had designed to her specifications, is chock full of personal touches, including paintings by old friends, pieces of stained glass meant to evoke her West Virginia childhood and even a part of the kitchen dedicated to baking. With its warm colors, soft textiles, and casual farmhouse ambience, the cozy home is bound to offer some inspiration for just about anyone, whether you’re a serial redecorator or just looking to reorganize your kitchen.

Garner’s Kitchen: A Cozy Haven

Garner shows off her big kitchen pretty early in the tour, and she does it with lots of pride—mostly pride in how clean the counters are. "I’m so excited to show you my kitchen because, since the day I moved in, this is the first time ever that the counter’s been clean," Garner says in the video. "Look! It’s never gonna look like this again. Please, memorialize this."

While we can probably all relate to Garner’s usual kitchen clutter, it might be a little harder to relate to just how expansive her kitchen is. The room features both marble and soapstone countertops, an enormous island, a wood-burning fireplace with beautiful custom grates, a kitchen table, and lots of storage. Garner also has a large range complete with a helpful pot-filling faucet.

Garner’s Kitchen Must-Haves

Having the dining table right in the heart of the kitchen was a must for Garner, who says she hasn’t quite mastered the art of getting every part of dinner hot and ready at the same time. "Here alone with my kids on a weekend, I cannot tell you how often I make something and I’m just feeding them as it comes off the stove," Garner shares. "I’m not very good at things coming out of the oven or off the stove at the same time."

Of course, no kitchen is complete without trusty tools, and some of Garner’s kitchenware is on display in the tour. She keeps a large dark blue Staub round cocotte out on her stove, and viewers can also spot a couple of pieces of pretty copper cookware on the counter, plus an assortment of wooden cooking utensils and some white serving bowls and plates for displaying fresh produce.

Baking Supplies Galore

Another major must for Garner’s dream kitchen was an area dedicated to baking. One wall in Garner’s kitchen sports not only her oven and refrigerator but also a small set of cabinets and drawers set aside for baking supplies. Out on the counter, Garner leaves out her KitchenAid stand mixer, jars of flour, and other baking staples, a salt cellar, and a baking scale. Having the baking ingredients set aside from everything else helps keep the pantry layout sorted in Garner’s head.

"It just makes it so much easier to have it all in one place and to know where your different flours are and your chocolate chips," Garner says during the tour. "Chocolate chips are the most important thing in the whole house, and I could tell you where they are."

The Kitchen Garden

For folks that prefer cooking to baking, Garner’s kitchen garden might be the star of the house. In the yard, Garner uses a gray water system to supply fruit trees and blueberry bushes with plenty of hydration, while a little screened-in vegetable house hosts even more goodies. For Garner, the rich garden is like having a little slice of her childhood a few steps away.

"I love that you can come out here in the middle of the summer and find a snack," Garner shares. "Growing up the daughter of a farmer and having such connections to my family farm, it just truly thrills me so much pretty much everything here is edible."

Conclusion

Whether Garner’s AD tour inspires you to line the windowsill with herb plants, give your cabinets an overhaul, or do some window shopping at your favorite home goods store, a case of kitchen envy is probably heading your way. We just have one question: Now that we’ve had a tour of the house, can we finally get invited over for dinner?

FAQs

• Q: What kind of kitchen design did Jennifer Garner go for?
  A: Garner’s kitchen features a mix of warm colors, soft textiles, and casual farmhouse ambience.

• Q: What are some of the must-haves in Garner’s kitchen?
  A: Garner’s kitchen essentials include a large range with a pot-filling faucet, a dining table in the heart of the kitchen, and a dedicated baking area.

• Q: How does Garner keep her kitchen organized?
  A: Garner keeps her kitchen organized by having separate areas for different tasks, such as baking and cooking, and by using trusty tools like her KitchenAid stand mixer.

• Q: What is the main focus of Garner’s kitchen garden?
  A: The main focus of Garner’s kitchen garden is to grow a variety of fruits, vegetables, and herbs, with the goal of having a little slice of her childhood a few steps away.