RachaelRay Shows off Home Christmas Decor 2 Years after Damaging Fire: “We are slowly rebuilding.”
Rachael RayYour home is ready for holiday!
Monday’s installment The Rachael Ray Show, The celebrity chef invites fans to her New York home to experience her amazing cooking. festive decor.
She said that this special occasion is “our second Christmas back” for John Cusimano, her husband. home burned down In August 2020, the ground will be ready.
“We’re slowly rebuilding guys. We wanted to share with you a brief tour of our year with the help elves and dear friends Peter & Susan. [of] Ray says Finishing Touches
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She starts the tour by showing her a life-sized Scandinavian sleigh, which she claims “actually survived the fire.” It holds decorations and doubles for a wedding sleigh.
“Can you believe how tiny the couple was? She makes a joke about the size of the sleigh, saying that it is like a cradle.
Her grand entry invites you to Christmas cheer with greenery along the border and a twinkling white Christmas tree in front.
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Ray, once inside, shows Ray a second “weird survivor” of the fire: A “friendship” bench.
She explains, “Because its was against the wall it miraculously survived.”
A large area, once empty after the fire, has been transformed into a dining space with a welcoming table and a chandelier. Ray has decorated a nearby fireplace with colored glass bulbs. The windows are adorned with beautiful “fabricated” sugared oranges, which Ray believes is “bringing back my childhood”, and reminds her of her grandfather.
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Ray is able to look back on her childhood as a night-owl child in the “rebuilt living space” as it boasts an owl statue as well as a frosted oak tree.
Ray also demonstrates benches that she made out of “some wood from our demolished home,” she explains.
Stanley, a motorized rodent, can be seen waving his tail after he has been topped with greenery.
Ray then takes viewers on a tour of the “little home,” which was formerly her family’s guest house. Ray lived in this house for over two decades with her husband. The home is adorned with multiple trees, each one decorated with caviar and bonbons.
She also shows the fans what was once the garage and sled. It is now a traditional-style, festive living room.
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The family’s living area was their main living space after the house fire. It features mini Christmas trees and holiday flair with white and sage garland over three small high windows.
Ray concludes by showing Ray the place where her family spends Christmas after COVID-19, their home fire, and the back porch. It features a charming farmhouse bench with greenery and candles, as well as ferns and greenery.
“This is where you could stand at a distance with very little heaters during the pandemic. Ray states that for the past three year, this has been our custom.
Although their house is complete, Ray said that they will spend Christmas on the back porch, which Ray considers a favorite spot.