Backsplashes to Avoid, According to Interior Designers

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Choosing the right backsplash for the kitchen is important because it can enhance the room and add to its overall design. There are many colors, materials, and options available, but there are also those that put form over function and should be evaded. Moreover, some materials would make a kitchen look older. So, here are some backsplashes to consider avoiding.

Limestone and Zellige Tile

The soft texture and inviting neutral hue of limestone make it a preferred choice for many designers, but there are also some downsides. Due to its high porosity, limestone retains water, and mildew can quickly appear in its micro-holes. That’s why you should only use this material for spaces with lower humidity levels.

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As far as zellige tiles, these hand-made Moroccan ceramic tiles look amazing, but their maintenance is tedious. They can be glazed and unglazed, and either way, the very imperfections that make them charming also make them a nightmare to clean.

Glass Mosaics and Pebble Tiles

At the forefront of the list of backsplashes that are hard to maintain is the glass mosaic variety. While its intricate aesthetic looks great, the increased grout demands additional cleaning efforts and attracts and accumulates more dirt.

Pebble tiles suffer the same problems as other textured backsplashes; they make the kitchen look cluttered and are difficult to clean and maintain. They can be used for spa centers but are too much for home aesthetics.

Stainless Steel and Reflective Types

Lacquer and stainless steel backsplashes have no permanent allure. According to experts in the field, clients who buy them replace them very soon after and pick something else.

When it comes to a reflective finish on a backsplash, it makes the entire kitchen look very cluttered. Everything reflects in them, and the surface has to be kept pristinely clean, or any spots become apparent immediately.

Themed Backsplashes

Having a backsplash with an image on it, like animals, fruit, or veggies can look cute, but it will look dated rather quickly. There is also a lack of universal appeal of those backsplashes, making them unsuitable for raising the market value of a property.

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Whatever backsplash you choose, make sure it’s something that’s easy to clean and won’t go out of style a few months down the road.

Jennifer Aniston’s Dating History: All of Her Exes, Flings, and Romances

Jennifer Aniston’s Dating History

Jennifer Aniston is one of the world’s favorite actresses. Her first major success was on the popular TV series Friends in the 1990s. She quickly became an idol for many people; men admired her and women wanted to be just like her. Since her trademark role, the world has been watching Jennifer Aniston and all her relationships, romances, and flings. We’re taking a little trip down memory lane and looking back at all of Aniston’s former fellas!

Charlie Schlatter

Before the successful appearance on Friends, she had a leading role in another NBC series called Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, where she played Jeannie Bueller, Ferris Bueller’s sister. She dated Charlie Schlatter, her “on-screen” brother.

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It didn’t last long, but we can say it was one of the first relationships Aniston had that was put under the spotlight. She did not openly speak about their relationship. It’s odd how some things come to the surface after so many years.

About Charlie

Charlie Schlatter was born in 1966 in New Jersey. Besides acting, he has some good musical skills – playing the piano, guitar, and drums. Charlie has had a long career during which he shared the set with legends like Dick van Dyke and George Burns.

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The first film he starred in was Bright Lights, Big City in 1988. He also had many voice-over performances in animated films. He and Colleen Gunderson started dating back in 1992, and they are still happily married. They have three children together.

Daniel McDonald

Jennifer dated Daniel for about five years. Their relationship lasted until right before she started playing Rachel on Friends. During an interview in 2015 with The New York Times, she said Daniel was her first love.

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Jennifer would have married Daniel, but blames her young age. With a new contract and an up-and-coming career, settling down was not in the cards at that time. She speaks very dearly of him, with a bit of regret in her voice.

About Daniel

Daniel came from a big family, being the youngest of seven children. He was born in 1960 in Pennsylvania. Daniel first appeared on screens in 1984, playing Camden Roxbury in Where the Boys Are, while his most recent film was The Gift: Life Unwrapped.

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In 1999, he married his beautiful wife Mujah Maraini-Melehi and had two children. He performed in Broadway musicals and guest-starred on many popular TV series, such as Sex and the City and CSI: Miami. His life was tragically cut short by brain cancer in February of 2007.

Jon Stewart

Jon Stewart is a famous comedian, writer, and television host. Jennifer was rumored to have dated Jon back in the 1990s. Although nothing is official, she might have mentioned a few years ago about this quick fling.

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Stewart even claimed that Jennifer was quite uncomfortable, and she invited her posse to fix things. While it did not work out, we’re glad to know that they now laugh about their awkwardness back then!

About Jon

Jon Stewart married Tracey McShane in 2000, and they are still together. She is best known for Moomah The Magazine, her own creation previously known as Tribeca’s Moomah Café.

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They now have two kids, a son and a daughter, and they seem to be happily married 20 years later. Jon Stewart is also known for his funny parenting sayings, such as “Fatherhood is great because you can ruin someone from scratch.”

Adam Duritz

In 1995, Jennifer started dating Adam Duritz – the lead vocalist of The Counting Crows, which was quite a popular band back then. They were together for a few years, but nobody knows why they decided to end it.

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Duritz claimed that they’ve never been “together-together.” Soon after they split up, he started dating Courtney Cox, Jennifer’s best friend. Getting the inside scoop on Jen’s love life can be hard, as the men she dates respect her decision to keep her relationships private.

About Adam

Adam is an accomplished musician, with The Counting Crows having sold over 20 million records. Adam was nominated for two Grammy Awards and one Academy Award. He appeared on the big screen in a mockumentary called Farce of the Penguins in 2007.

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Adam also produced a movie called Freeloaders. Eventually, Adam let go of his famous dreadlocks and started a podcast in which he talks about music, life, and other random subjects with James Campion, a music journalist. He’s not in any serious relationship at the moment.

Tate Donovan

Jennifer’s relationship with Adam didn’t even have a chance to cool off before she started dating Tate Donovan. Tate was a co-star on Friends, playing a man named Joshua. Ironically, Joshua was a man who Rachel (a.k.a. Jennifer) developed a major crush on.

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The two dated for three years and even got engaged. However, Donovan seems to have a history of breaking off engagements, as he’s done it before with Sandra Bullock. Sometimes it’s better to end things before they get too far.

The Break-Up

It’s never good to mix romance with business. Because Donovan played a role on Friends, he and Jennifer bumped into each other again on the set after they broke up – and they had to film a flirtatious scene together.

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It would have been a lot better if some time had passed between their break-up and the filming of that scene – but we can’t always time these things perfectly. It must have been quite the experience, as even now Donovan admits that he was “dying inside.”

About Tate

Tate is now 56 years old and single. He didn’t have much luck in his love life, having had two important relationships which ended – with Jennifer Aniston and Sandra Bullock.

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He finally did take the plunge and married Corinne Kingsbury in 2005, only to get a divorce three years later. At least he got the courage to commit fully in the end, but it seems that it was a bit too late.

Paul Rudd

Paul and Jennifer had a short fling in 1998. They appeared together in three movies – meeting for the first time on the set of The Object of My Affection, then starring together in The Newton Boys and Wanderlust.

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This time, since there was nothing serious between them and enough time had passed, they had no problem later working together on Friends, where Paul played Mike Hannigan, Phoebe’s boyfriend.

About Paul

Paul grew up in the UK until his family moved to Kansas when he was ten years old. He’s appeared in about 80 different movies and TV series throughout his career, the most recent one being Ghostbusters: Afterlife, which will be released in 2021.

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With a very successful acting career, it seems like Paul has quite a healthy love life as well. He’s been happily married since 2003 to Julie Yaeger Rudd. They have two children, a daughter named Darby, and a son named Jack.

Brad Pitt

This time, Jennifer met her man through mutual friends, and it seems that it led to one of the longest relationships she’s ever had. Brad and Jennifer met in 1998, appeared together publicly for the first time as a couple in 1999, and married in 2000.

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Our actress was not taking it slow, and even though Brad was a famous actor himself, they’ve both managed to keep their relationship mostly hidden from the public eye.

The Wedding

Brad and Jen got married in 2000 on a beautiful Malibu beach. Even if they got divorced five years later, their wedding was really something to remember. They had a gospel choir and fireworks, among other luxuries. This led to an estimated cost of $1 million.

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Jennifer truly did think that Brad was the one she’d be with forever, and she wanted their wedding to be a fantastic event that wouldn’t be soon forgotten.

About Brad

Born in 1963 in Oklahoma, Brad is a film producer and actor. His career took off in 1994 with his role in Interview with a Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles. Shortly after, he played a leading role in the thriller Seven alongside Morgan Freeman.

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After Jen filed for divorce in 2005, Brad met his future wife, Angelina Jolie, on the set on Mr. & Mrs. Smith. They got engaged in 2012 and married in 2014. In 2016, the famous couple called “Brangelina” sadly broke it off.

Vince Vaughn

Vince met Jennifer right after she divorced Brad, on the set of The Break-up. Due to her recent divorce, she wanted to keep her love life out of the spotlight. Unfortunately, the relationship didn’t even last a full year.

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Jennifer and Vince decided to break up in 2006. They remained good friends, and she’s even said that Vince was her “breath of fresh air.” Vince is a comedian and it can be hard to connect on a deeper level with him, but it seems like nobody knows him like she does.

About Vince

Vince was born in 1970 in Minnesota. His first film was For the Boys in 1991, where he played a small role. After that, his career really took off and he’s won seven awards. The last award he won was Comedy Duo of the Year, which he shared with Owen Wilson.

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Vince is now happily married and has a very busy career. He and his gorgeous wife Kyla Weber have two children together. Vince is an executive producer on a number of documentaries and TV series, while continuing to act in films.

Paul Sculfor

Another short fling came into Jen’s life about a year later, with the 36-year old British model Paul Sculfor. Their relationship didn’t get too serious and they never made it official. It’s been said that this was due to Paul’s very busy modeling career.

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Paul is a legend when it comes to male modeling, with a face that’s “worth a million dollars,” as many like to say. We’re sure that Jen had a fun time with him while their short courtship lasted.

About Paul

Paul received an award for being the “Most Stylish Man” in 2010, and has appeared in several films such as Di Di Hollywood and Psychosis.

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Paul works with Select Model Management, a global network of talent agencies and models, and Ford Modeling Agency, another prominent company in the modeling world. He married Federica Amati, a beautiful 30-year-old woman, in a lavish wedding ceremony in London.

Owen Wilson

Owen and Jennifer worked together for some time. Like any other man working with Jennifer, Owen was rumored to be smitten with her. According to some sources, they dated for a short time while they were shooting Marley and Me.

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Apparently, it is believed that Owen charmed her with his good humor. As with any fling, we cannot know for sure, but given her romantic history with the guys she’s been working with, anything is possible!

About Owen

Owen’s dating life is not so smooth. In fact, in 2011, he had a son with Jade Duell, his girlfriend back then. They broke up the next year, only for him to have a second son in 2014 with Caroline Lindqvist.

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Finally, in October 2018, Owen had his third child, a daughter, with Varunie Vongsvirates. One could say that he has a terrible time settling down – or maybe he is not husband material, either!

John Mayer

Jennifer met John in 2008, and they instantly clicked. Even though they had a significant age difference, they couldn’t care less. However, with his young age came a lack of experience in handling both his personal and public life.

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Jen and John had a short history together, but not without sweet memories. Their relationship was filled with fun vacations. They dated for six months and traveled around together on one of his music tours in Europe.

About John

In 2009, they walked together on the red carpet as an official couple, only to end it a month later. Mayer admitted that their break-up was one of the worst he’s ever had. He came to realize that the way he handled their relationship was all wrong and he was sorry about it.

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After Jen, he went back to being a playboy and had numerous flings with many celebrities such as Cameron Diaz and Taylor Swift. He has not had a stable relationship in his life so far, but we surely hope he will find the one very soon!

Gerard Butler

The Bounty Hunter is a well-known romantic comedy in which Jennifer starred alongside actor Gerard Butler. While their relationship was never confirmed, there have been reasons to believe they were dating, as they were often seen acting quite affectionately toward each other.

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If they had a romance, it was short – but led to a solid friendship. Was it just a rumor, or was there more to the entire story? We’d love to find out!

About Gerard

Gerard Butler has won four awards throughout his career and has been nominated fifteen times. As for his love life, he recently met a young woman named Toula Sidiropolou and now lives a story that seems to be pulled out of one of his romantic movies.

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Gerard was completely swept off his feet when he met Toula, and they decided to quarantine together in Sparta, in a mountain cottage. It’s well known that these times of isolation have brought people together on many levels, and these two have a happy story to tell.

Bradley Cooper

Another short fling that Jen was rumored to have was with Bradley Cooper back in 2009. These two supposedly dated while filming He’s Just Not That Into You, although they didn’t have any scenes together.

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However, their relationship was never confirmed, and Bradley ended up dating Renée Zellweger instead. Was it all just another rumor, or did it actually happen? We may never know.

About Bradley

Bradley is an ambitious man who is always pursuing big projects, directing and starring in his own films. Bradley and Renée met in 2006 on the set of Case 39. Their relationship was made public three years later, but in 2011 they announced their break-up.

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Later that year, he started seeing Zoe Saldana, only to call it quits in January 2013. He then dated English model Suki Waterhouse for two years, before becoming involved with Russian model Irina Shayk. They had a little girl together, but broke up when she was just two years old.

Jason Sudeikis

Another hot rumor surrounded Jen in 2010, this time with Jason Sudeikis. She declared that they had fun together and that he made her laugh. They had known each other for many years even back then, so they were very comfortable with each other.

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This might have been the basis of new rumors, as Jen publicly wished for more scenes with Jason. Was this just a rumor or was there a spark between them?

About Jason

Jason connected with Olivia Wilde once both of their marriages met their end. Wilde was married to Tao Ruspolio, an Italian filmmaker who she committed herself to when she was only 19 years old. Sudeikis had another marriage from 2004 to 2008 with Kay Cannon.

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Jason connected with Olivia once both of their marriages met their end. They met in 2011, and they got engaged in 2013. The two have never tied the knot, remaining engaged. Now, the couple has two beautiful children together.

Josh Hopkins

Can you imagine someone saying no to our beautiful Jennifer Aniston? Perhaps you can’t, but Josh Hopkins did not want to take it to the next level. More rumors in 2010 suggest that Aniston casually dated Josh in May.

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Apparently, rumor has it that Jennifer wanted more than a fling. However, Josh apparently did not want a relationship with Jen, and they decided to wrap it up.

About Josh

Josh Hopkins is not exactly husband material as he has had many girlfriends throughout the years. He also seems to like younger women, and some might say that this is why it didn’t work with Jennifer – she was 41 at the time, while he was 40.

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Unfortunately, he quickly faded away from the spotlights, and it is currently unknown if he is married or whether he has a girlfriend.

Orlando Bloom

We’ve heard the phrase more than friends so many times, and here it is again. Some sources report that there were secret sparks between Jennifer and Orlando Bloom.

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It is believed that they had a secret relationship years ago, and even though they never confirmed it publicly, it is believed that the spark is still vivid. The sources claim that there is a serious flirt contest between them whenever they see each other, but “the time was never right.”

About Orlando

If you are not up to date with Orlando’s personal life, this will be a hit! Orlando Bloom’s sweetheart is no one else than Katy Perry – a couple that no one could anticipate. They met in 2016 during a Golden Globes after-party, and the chemistry was just right.

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They dated for a year, broke up, and then got back together. Orlando proposed to Katy in 2019 with a unique ruby ring, and on March 4, 2020, Katy shared the big news – they’re expecting!

Aaron Eckhart

So many co-stars end up in rumored relationships and Jennifer Aniston and Aaron Eckhart were no different. The two starred together in 2008’s Travelling in Vancouver. At the time, the pair were rumored to be “inseparable.” However, an actual romance between Aniston and Eckhart has never been confirmed.

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Truth be told, it wouldn’t have been the craziest theory that something happened between the two. After all, Aniston had already been single for a few years post-Brad and so was Eckhart at the time.

About Aaron

Suffice to say that Aaron Eckhart has kept his personal life pretty low key over the years. This is because he’s very reluctant to dish out information about his relationships in interviews.

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With that said, The Dark Knight actor was at one point engaged to actress Emily Cline, after working together on the film In the Company of Men. Also, before working with Jennifer Aniston, Eckhart had briefly dated songwriter Kristyn Osborn, who is a member of SHeDAISY.

Justin Theroux

Last but not least, we have Justin Theroux. Although Jen and Justin only went public with their relationship in 2010, they met three years prior while filming Tropic Thunder. In 2015, they secretly married.

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Sadly, in 2018, Jennifer was already going through a second divorce. There has been no confirmation as to why they decided to separate, and their divorce is surprising because she seemed to be very grateful for meeting Justin. She even stated that he was heaven sent.

The Second Wedding

Jennifer’s second wedding was the opposite of her first. While the first one cost a fortune, the second time around was more like a relaxed backyard BBQ. Even though there are no pictures of the event, a friend who ended up being the Best Man said that “it was perfect.”

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After the casual wedding, they grabbed some of their close friends and took off to Bora Bora for their honeymoon. Just three years later, they announced that they were separating.

About Justin

After their break-up in 2018, Theroux had two attempts to get back onto the dating scene, but neither led to anything serious. It’s fair to say that both Jen and Justin needed some time out.

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Both of them seem to be still single but happy, being very polite to each other. We can say that, considering the usual drama of celebrity break-ups, Jennifer and Justin managed to pull it off without any sparks.

Catching Up

Though Jennifer has not yet found her true soulmate, her love life has been fruitful and she has met many wonderful people and created beautiful memories along the way. We truly hope that she will find love again, and enter into a solid marriage that will not end up in divorce.

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Or maybe she’s happy with her life just as it is, and doesn’t need marriage in order to feel fulfilled. We wish her all the best as she continues on her journey!