North by Southwest
One drawback to life as a major league ballplayer? Where you put down roots is rarely your call. Which can prove difficult if, like Bill Mueller, you get a bit too comfortable in a certain leafy Massachusetts town. Though Bill and his wife, Amy, fell madly in love with the suburb of Wellesley, in 2007, when the Los Angeles Dodgers swooped in with an offer to good to pass up, the Muellers found themselves moving to Chandler, Arizona, near the team's spring training facility. Intent on retaining a bit of Northeastern charm, Amy hired Phoenix architect Agnieszka Jastrzebska to devise a saltbox-meets-Southwest home.
In this photo: Linen-covered pendant lamps bring the kitchen's 17-foot ceilings down to a cozy scale. Amy bought the giant train-station clock on 1stdibs.com, then had the timepiece mounted to look as if it's casually propped above her Wolf range. White marble tops the custom cabinets and island. The trim is painted Cottage White by Dunn-Edwards.
Bright idea: Fresher than cut flowers, a single evergreen branch suggests a larger tree.
Since plopping a clapboard Colonial on a block lined with Spanish-style ranches would hardly have been neighborly, Amy and Jastrzebska dreamed up an exterior that blends Arizona stone with New England-esque woodwork. When selecting wood furniture, Amy chose already-weathered reclaimed elm and pine, not fine mahogany.
In this photo: In the Muellers' dining area, custom armless wing chairs tuck neatly beneath a pedestal table of reclaimed elm. The chalkboard was cut and framed in a weathered wood to match. All the walls wear Exclusive Ivory by Dunn-Edwards, making touch-ups easy.
Patio
Inside the home, wood details—beadboard, crown molding, and window casings—go against the local grain. "The weather here is so hot and dry," Amy explains. "We were warned that our wide-plank floors and Dutch doors would need constant care." She weighed her options and went for it anyway.
Amy also teamed with designer Kristin Alber to achieve a crisp look that can withstand the messiness of real life. Most of the upholstered chairs sport slipcovers of washable linen. "If there's a spill, I just toss them in the laundry," Amy says.
In this photo: A stone fireplace keeps things toasty on the covered patio, furnished like a full-fledged living room.
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