Peek Inside Jennifer Garner’s Cozy Library While She Reads To Her Dog

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Tara BellucciNews and Culture Director
Tara BellucciNews and Culture Director
Tara is Apartment Therapy's News & Culture Director. When not scrolling through Instagram double-tapping pet pics and astrology memes, you'll find her thrift shopping around Boston, kayaking on the Charles, and trying not to buy more plants.
published Mar 13, 2018
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It’s been a minute since Jennifer Garner’s Alias and 13 Going On 30 days, but the star is hardly finding it tough to stay relevant. Her amazing response to the GIF of her realization at the Oscars notwithstanding, the actress has a truly wonderful Instagram series where she reads children’s books to her golden retriever, Birdie.

While it’s absolutely worth a watch to hear the mom of three (four, if you count Birdie) read a selection of stories to a pup, we’re also loving the glimpse of her stylish library.

In a recent video, Garner and Birdie curl up in a classic leather armchair next to a fireplace, which is also surrounded by chic tufted benches. The minimal built-in bookshelves are all white, and an Eames ottoman sits to the right of the frame. In the background is a mid-century, atomic style bench upholstered in white in front of a window, paired with an industrial wood dining table with an adjustable wrought iron base.

This isn’t the first time Jennifer has given us a peek into her home; her kitchen is the set of her pretend cooking show, where she’s on a quest to create the perfect bagels as she channels her inner Ina Garten.

It’s all quite charming, and we’re digging her classic kitchen combination of marble(esque? Could be an engineered stone because who wants to deal with staining when you have kids) meets subway tile. Plus, it’s encouraging that not even genetically perfect humans like Jennifer Garner are amazing at everything the first time around.