Our Team

The synergy of HammerSmith's design-build approach provides our clients with a unified team of designers, craftsmen, and project managers. We create a single source for turnkey renovations, from the initial design phase, through finish selections and meticulous construction, to styling and maintenance.

HammerSmith provides a project manager who leads the renovation from start to finish. Our project managers have been certified by NARI's rigorous CLC certification program. These hands-on managers are there to address your concerns, expedite your project, and assure a clean and safe work environment.

Our Owner

Warner McConaughey, owner and founder, started HammerSmith in 1991 to bring integrity and professionalism to an otherwise notorious industry.

Warner grew up in Druid Hills, attending Paideia School and Druid Hills High School. Since graduating from Stanford University, Warner has renovated historic homes throughout the Atlanta area.

In his twenty-four years of design and construction experience, Warner has acquired a broad range of technical knowledge working on unique restorations and additions. He has become a leader in the design-build industry. He has served five years on the Board of Directors of the Georgia Chapter of the National Association of the Remodeling Industry (NARI). He is chairman of the education committee and president-elect of NARI Atlanta.

He lives in Lake Claire with his wife Allison, their two children Zadie and Wilson, and yellow lab Emma. His hobbies include cooking, wine tasting, gardening, traveling, and running --that is, when he is not knee-deep in renovating his own home or focused on his latest addition, Wilson.

Our Mission

HammerSmith's mission is to be Atlanta's most respected residential design-build firm, combining the brightest design talent with the most capable craftspeople to achieve outstanding client satisfaction.

Clients will choose HammerSmith for our unique design solutions, attention to detail, and reputation for service. We will serve as the expert in the client/contractor relationship and will guide and nurture our clients from the early planning stages, through the renovation process, and beyond.

HammerSmith will offer its employees a dynamic and stimulating work environment with a focus on safety, hard work, personal growth, and education. HammerSmith will be a strong industry leader, with active community involvement.

Design-Build

Successful projects are a melding of exceptional design, quality construction, and meticulous project management. Rather than separate these into opposing entities, Design-Build works to bring both design and construction together under one roof, thus creating a single responsibility center for these otherwise conflicting points of view.

At HammerSmith, in-house designers work closely with the estimator, the project manager and various licensed tradesmen, who all serve as consultants throughout the design process. When the project is underway, production has direct access to design--whether for clarification or additional work--and the field proceeds in a timely manner to remain on time and on budget.

In addition to being the most cost-effective building method, Design-Build streamlines the construction process and creates a truly "turnkey" remodel. Communication lapses are bypassed, accountability is created, and clients find that they can shave months off the design-to-construction timeline by locking into a construction start date early in the design process.