White Magic

An all-metal compound is the perfect format for Peri Wolfman and Charley Gold's pristine world

Written by Suzanne Slesin • Styled by Lili Abir Regen
Photographed by Joshua McHugh

There are certain perfectly well-ordered worlds that immediately inspire awe in less organized beings--as well as hope that the deities of discipline will one day shine upon them too. Welcome to the staggeringly pristine Hamptons country house of Peri Wolfman, product designer and stylist extraordinaire, and Charley Gold, still-life photographer and author, with his wife, of numerous tabletop-decorating and design books.

First, the approach: a winding road lined with cornfields and wildflowers waving gently in the breeze under an electric-blue sky, with hardly another house in sight but for an idyllic red barn straight out of a stage set. Minutes later, a tidy group of plain white structures emerges. Move past the picture-perfect herb garden out front through a meticulously arranged mudroom where boots and hats are dropped--neatly, of course--and enter an impeccable realm where every last detail has been assiduously attended to and everything is in its place. Really.

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