Inside look at Vanessa Williams’ sprawling 4.45-acre Chappaqua mansion
09.12.2023 - 19:49
/ nypost.com
Vanessa Williams lives in an 11,603-square-foot $1.75 million Chappaqua home, which will be featured on MTV’s “Cribs” on Dec. 13. The 4.45-acre Westchester County spread is so sprawling, the singer and actress uses a golf cart to retrieve her mail.
A highlight of the six-bedroom, five-bath abode is an office filled with memorabilia from the 60-year-old star’s decorated career. It includes gold and platinum records, and “my original Corn Flakes box when I was Miss America 1983,” she says.She also shows off her “presidential wall, these are the presidents I’ve met over the years,” with photos of herself with Gerald Ford, Jimmy Carter, Bill Clinton, and George W. Bush.The mom of four — who became a grandmother in 2021 — also has a room dedicated to rolling racks of glittering ballgowns.
“These are some I’ve worn on television, in ‘Ugly Betty,’ ‘Queen of the Universe’ . . .
on stage, in concerts,” she explains. “I’m gonna give you a show, no matter what I wear.”When renovating the residence — which is just four miles from where she grew up in Millwood and dates back to 1906 — Williams made sure to preserve its history.“These stones are the original stone wall to the exterior of a cottage that was here … And this house is probably haunted . .
. it’s gotta be,” she said.The stones on the other side of the house are from its original carriage house.“So what we have done is connected the carriage house and the cottage with all of the structure and that’s where the magic begins,” she explains. Williams also steps into her dining room, where there’s a large painting of her in the witch costume she wore in Broadway’s “Into the Woods,” which earned her a Tony Award nomination.During the kitchen tour, she opens up her Sub-Zero
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