Sandra Lee Bids Farewell to Westchester Home She Once Shared With Governor Andrew Cuomo

A picture is worth a thousand words. Sandra Lee took to Instagram on Monday to pay a final tribute to Lily Pond, the house in Mount Kisco, New York, that she once shared with her then boyfriend, New York governor Andrew Cuomo.

The Food Network star purchased the house in 2008, and Cuomo, whom she began dating in 2005, moved in shortly after. The couple listed Lily Pond for $2 million in June 2019, just a few months before confirming their split. The 4,129-square-foot Westchester County property has six bedrooms and six bathrooms, and sits on nearly three acres of rolling green lawns, with the namesake body of water located just in front of the house.

“Today will be one of the saddest days of my life. Today is the day that I do the final move out from Lily Pond. I love that house and I have a personal relationship with every single room of that home,” Lee wrote on Instagram on Monday, alongside a side view of the white clapboard house.

Later in the day, after moving out the last of her belongings, Lee posted a final shot of the front of the house and confirmed her final move-out had, indeed, been a heart-wrenching experience. “I prayed the next owners would be kind to it and love it as I did—I cried and cried,” she wrote. “As I turn to walk down towards the exit gate a huge gust of wind came from nowhere and pushed up against my back. It took my breath away and as I turned around for one last glimpse it was as if the property was saying ‘You have the wind at your back now’ and with an absolutely broken heart I said ‘Thank you.’”

Since listing the beloved home, Lee has spent most of her time in the oceanfront Malibu abode she purchased for $3.38 million in January of this year. That two-bed, three-bath residence spans just over 1,700 square feet and features a wooden deck jutting out over the beach and offering unobstructed views of the Pacific Ocean.

Originally Appeared on Architectural Digest