Carte Blanche

Shawn Broaddus brought the family room down to size with a pair of oversized cabinets and custom Belgian linen-covered sofas by Bjork Studio. The wooden wingback chairs by Mr. Brown are a youthful take on a traditional design. “I wanted the couple to feel like the house fit their personalities,” she says.

The Ugglas enlisted Shawn Broaddus, pictured, and Mike Hammersmith to transform their sprawling house into a more intimate space.

The credenza is custom by Envision Designs.

“Since my clients are young and hip, a formal dining room might have felt intimidating,” says Broaddus. She selected a zinc-top table with cypress stump bases from Groundworks and chairs custom designed by Bjork Studio. The light fixture, by Jean De Merry from R Hughes, was a splurge, she says.

Hammersmith and Broaddus refaced the kitchen cabinetry and replaced upper cabinets with a wall of Calcutta Caldia marble. “It really sets the stage for the space,” says Broaddus.

Breakfast table, Global Views. Chairs, Restoration Hardware. Coco bead chandelier, Made Goods.

The spacious master bedroom easily accommodates a sectional by Bjork Studio in the sitting area, along with a pair of slipper chairs and a limed oak wine bar from Arteriors.

A Mongolian lamb rug grounds the draped bed, with a headboard covered in a custom fretwork velvet from Lewis & Sheron.

A portrait of the couple hangs in the bedroom entrance.

Glass cases in the master closet store Janette’s accessories.

Dan’s son and daughter have a space all their own, with areas for study, crafts and games. Pendants from Robert Abbey break up the expanse of ceiling. Flor tiles create a durable floor surface for child’s play.

Dan’s baseball memorabilia, including signed jerseys, hangs in his home office.

On the lower level, a viewing room allows Dan’s friends to gather and watch three games at once.

A lounge area for the ladies also keeps the games in sight.

The bar, with its backlit wall, gives the Ugglas a glamorous space to entertain friends. A custom light installation by GREY Furniture lends drama to the space.

Modest it isn’t. At 14,000 square feet, Dan Uggla’s Sandy Springs house boasted more elbow room than even the Braves’ muscular second baseman might ever require. But for all of its lofty luxury, the house lacked a sense of warmth, and Dan found himself opting to spend most of his time in his light-and-bright Buckhead penthouse. After proposing to his new bride, Janette, the couple set out to transform the house from a bland McMansion into a stylish headquarters for their dynamic married life. It quickly became apparent, though, that between his travel schedule and planning their wedding, they would need to call in the professionals to reinvent its dated spaces.

The Ugglas enlisted contractor Mike Hammersmith to handle the home’s renovation, and Hammersmith, in turn, recommended designer Shawn Broaddus to tackle the interiors. After a few meetings, the couple handed her carte blanche to create a home for the pair and Dan’s two children. “Janette and I were on the same page and she trusted my judgment and my choices,” says Broaddus. “I went with my style and kept them in mind in all the design decisions.  They are both very stylish, so I wanted to create a super-cool house that reflected their energy and their age—nothing stuffy,” she says.

Hammersmith and Broaddus set about stripping away the elaborate moldings in the house, removing two-story columns over the mantel, closing off extraneous niches and painting interior walls a pale cream to simplify the architecture. The neutral palette in the living room highlights the lay between contrasting textures of limestone floors, iron furniture and bold artwork, including a Juju hat the couple brought back from their African honeymoon. Hammersmith and Broaddus also refaced the kitchen cabinetry, removing ornate but dated cabinets and giving them a clean, modern space for entertaining. But it’s the home’s lower level where Broaddus and the couple really had some fun, creating a glamorous party central. The designer swathed the viewing room—a space with three flat-screens for multi-game viewing—with rich green walls enclosing a sectional upholstered in gray linen and trimmed in a turquoise tape. 

The adjacent ladies lounge, separate from the fellas’ space, but still in sight of the TVs, features aged leather chairs centered around a brass and smoked glass table, perfect for chatting over mojitos. In the lower-level bar, the design team replaced a wraparound fish tank with a waterfall marble island, a dramatic lath wall lit from behind and a custom light installation. “I wanted them to have great parties entertaining their friends but also feel like it suited their personalities,” says Broaddus.