Rachael Ray is getting within the vacation spirit, exhibiting off her fabulously embellished New York abode two years after she and her husband John Cusimano’s house burned to the bottom.
On Monday’s (December 19) episode of The Rachael Ray Show, the movie star chef took viewers inside her house, the place she unveiled her festive decor, together with a Scandinavian sleigh, one of many solely gadgets that survived after her home caught fireplace in August 2020.
“So since we lost our home, this is going to be our second Christmas back,” Ray stated in Monday’s episode. “We’re slowly rebuilding, guys, and we wanted to give you a little tour of what we did this year with the help of several elves and our dear friends, Peter and Susan, of Finishing Touches.”
Starting on the porch, Ray confirmed off the sleigh, which she stated additionally doubles as a marriage sleigh. “Can you imagine how small the couple had to be? The size of this sleigh is like a cradle,” she quipped.
Inside the home, Ray pointed to their “friendship bench,” which she revealed was “another weird survivor of the fire… because it was against the wall, surprisingly, it survived.”
Ray went on to indicate viewers the rebuilt eating and residing rooms, which have been as soon as massive, empty areas after the fireplace. A hearth is adorned with coloured glass bulbs, a outstanding owl statue perches in the lounge, and a number of other benches are constituted of “some of the wood from our destroyed home,” she defined. The home additionally incorporates a motorized raccoon named Stanley.
The Daytime Emmy winner additionally confirmed followers the “little house,” which was the household’s visitor home, the place she and her husband lived for over two years whereas the house was being rebuilt.
Ray ended the tour on the again porch, which she stated has turn into the household’s favourite place to spend Christmas following COVID-19 and the house fireplace. “This is where we could sit at a distance and have little space heaters on all during the pandemic. So for the last three years, really, this has become our tradition,” she said.
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