For many stars, acquiring pieces by famous designers is desirable, but they also want furniture that is comfortable and functional–just like everyone else!

Celebrity Favorite Furniture: The Couch

Celebrities are in love with this Jean Royére Polar Bear sofa. Jennifer Anniston has one in her Bel Air home. Kanye West has called it his "favorite piece of furniture."

The television star and home renovation wizard, Ellen DeGeneres, has also expressed her favoritism for the curved couch by Jean Royére.

The French designer Jean Royère, who started designing furniture for his mother in Paris at age 29, has had a hit with this rotund velvet sofa from the time he displayed it in Art et Industrie’s exhibition “La Résidence Française.” Everyone from French politicians to the Shah of Iran ordered one in the 50's and 60's.

Now, it appears to be enjoying a resurgence in popularity with American celebrities. It appears that great design never goes out of style.

Celebrity Favorite Furniture: The Chair

Celebrities with homes in upstate New York often find time to pop into FINCH, a vintage furniture store in Hudson.

Liv Tyler appreciates the curated collection of mid-century modern furniture available at this charming shop.

Swivel chairs have been a popular choice in celebrity homes ever since legendary interior designer William Haines filled Hollywood homes with them for three decades.

This 1970's bent plywood "Mr. Chair" by George Mulhauser was manufactured in Massachusetts by Plycraft. The molded shell makes it extremely comfortable while being freshly upholstered in forest green.

Celebrity Favorite Furniture: The Console

Celebrities in New York rave about Dmitriy & Co, a working design studio and appointment-only showroom in Chelsea. Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds own several of their pieces, including tables and a sofa.

This anamorphic console by Asher Israelow is a true stunner in their showroom. The designer got the idea for this piece from 15th Century anamorphic projection-a way artists used to pass secret messages within their paintings. In much the same way this handcrafted solid walnut console with brass inlay hides geometries.

Celebrity Favorite Furniture: The Coffee Table

This Milo Teak Coffee Table is owned by Marc Anthony and sits on a terrace in his Dominican compound.

The table is made from a harvested teak root in Indonesia, then handcrafted by Javanese artisans who fit it together like an intricate puzzle.

Owners like how it can be displayed on any side for different looks and to perfectly fit a variety of interior or exterior spaces.

Celebrity Favorite Furniture: The Dining Table

Jessica Chastain is among the celebrity owners of this Heiress Dining Table $15,285 by Ralph Lauren Home. The Georgian Revival round top adds a royal air to any formal dining room.

An observant eye will notice the detail of the lion's paw feet. Crafted from select hardwoods with a rich Mahogany finish.

Celebrities Who Design Their Own Furniture

For some stars, hiring a designer or even hunting for furniture pieces themselves is still too hands off.

Brad Pitt worked for four years with Designer Frank Pollaro to craft the Pitt-Pollaro collection.

Displayed in a Chelsea gallery in 2012, the collection consists of limited-edition, signed and numbered beds, chairs, tables, and even a tub.

According to the collection's description, the pieces were all designed by Pitt, built by Pollaro, and made in the USA.

One of their first collaborations was a bed. Made of unique wood, nickel, and farm-raised stingray skins, the bed incorporates convenient moveable bedside tables.

Photo: Peggy Sirota/Elle Decor

Justin Timberlake teamed up with interior designer Estee Stanley in 2012 to produce a line of home goods that includes bar stools, tabletops, and rugs.

Timberlake described the process as staring at hardware for hours and used a simple reference point to focus his designs, “If we wouldn’t put it in our homes, we’re not going to ask people to put it in theirs,” he says.

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The 3,200-square-foot, nine-room duplex retains much of the same appeal it did when West Wide Story maestro Bernstein owned it: a narrow parlor, carved mahogany pocket doors, 1885 Parquet de Versailles floors, an ornate wrought-iron staircase, bay windows with original Tiffany transoms, and even a grand piano in one of its grand rooms.

The turn-of-the-century home offers original features such as parquet floors and bay windows with Tiffany glass transoms.

Orange hues complement the ornate wrought-iron staircase and carved mahogany pocket doors.

Chastain's condo has an impressive musical pedigree--with a grand piano, Carnegie Hall as a neighbor and two former Tony-Award-winning composers as former residents of the home.

With Carnegie Hall within earshot, the turn-of-the-century condo has an incredibly impressive musical pedigree. Tony-Award-winning Bernstein owned the co-op condo until 1974. Chastain and Passi de Preposulo acquired the residence from Adam Guettel, another Tony-winning composer of “The Light in the Piazza.”

The home features five fireplaces, a library, formal dining room, and a renovated chef’s kitchen by interior designer Françoise Bollack—with an elegant chandelier, quartz countertops, a climate-controlled wine refrigerator and custom-milled cabinetry.

The library and media room

The renovated chef’s kitchen, designed by Françoise Bollack, boasts custom-milled cabinetry.

The duplex boasts 14-foot ceilings and features sliding ladders for convenience.

Sliding wood ladders negotiate book shelves and kitchen cabinetry that nearly soar to the condo’s 14-foot ceilings. If Chastain and her beau are acrophobic (fear of heights) they can solicit “the help” of their 6-foot-8-inch neighbor—Hall of Fame basketball coach-turned Zen Master-turned New York Knicks executive Phil Jackson.

Brass sconces and a wall of custom floor-to-ceiling closets frame the master suite whose bathroom boasts his-her sinks, a rain shower, and a deep soaking tub. Two guest rooms provide the condo with its most contemporary touches.

The condo has nine rooms, including four bedrooms.

Guest room with a contemporary twist

The condo has 3.5 bathrooms, this one with a rain shower and soaking tub.

Chastain, a red-maned California native, has successfully benefited from recent dark movies roles, but that will be countered with copious amounts of real life light in her new Manhattan duplex.

The 3,200-square-foot duplex retains the appeal it had when West Wide Story composer Leonard Bernstein owned it.

One of the grand rooms with chandelier and painted ceiling beams.

Chastain gained notoriety with two Oscar nominations for commanding roles in Zero Dark Thirty and The Help (Passi de Preposulo works for Moncler). Chastain recently starred in A Most Violent Year with Oscar Isaac, her former classmate at the prestigious Juilliard School, which is just blocks away from the condo.

Two-time Oscar nominee Jessica Chastain

Rumors are swirling about Chastain and Passi de Preposulo. Are they engaged or even secretly married? Regardless, the purchase of the Osborne duplex signals a serious, long-lasting relationship that hits the right note. Living there undoubtedly will be music to their ears, echoing mightily through the halls —whether its from their grand piano, the ghost of Leonard Bernstein, or Carnegie Hall orchestras across Seventh Avenue. It makes sense. After all, they bought the duplex for a song—most likely a theatrical or classical one.

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