Rachael Ray’s home is holiday ready!
On Monday’s installment ofThe Rachael Ray Show,the celebrity chef takes fans into her New York home to see her fabulousfestive decor.
She points out that the special occasion marks “our second Christmas back” after her and her husband John Cusimano’shome burned downto the ground in August 2020.
“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,” Ray says.
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“Can you imagine how small the couple had to be? The size of this sleigh is like a cradle,” she jokes.
The grand entrance of her home invites Christmas cheer with greenery around the border with a white-frosted twinkling Christmas tree sitting in front.
Once inside, Ray shows off another “weird survivor of the fire”: a “friendship” bench.
“Because it was against the wall, surprisingly, it survived,” she explains.
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The “rebuilt living room” causes Ray to reflect on her time as a night owl as a child as it touts a large owl statue and a frosted owl tree.
Ray also displays benches that are made out of “some of the wood from our destroyed home,” she explains.
A motorized raccoon named Stanley is then seen wagging his tail as he’s topped with greenery as well.
Ray then takes viewers to the “little house,” formerly her family’s guest house, where she and her husband lived for over two years. Multiple trees are spread throughout the home with bonbons and caviar eloquently hanging from them.
She also shows fans what used to be the garage and sled that is now a traditional-style living room that “looks quite festive now.”
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The living area, which was the family’s main living room after their house fire, touts mini Christmas trees, adding holiday flair with white and green garland above three small high windows.
“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,” says Ray.
Though their house is now complete, they plan on spending Christmas on the back porch again, a place Ray says is an easy favorite.
source: people.com
