Nora Murphy's Country House Style: Making your Home a Country House

Lovely Photography.

This lovely book is so much more than the "coffee table" book you might expect! It is large book, 9 1/2" by 13", and is beautifully presented with lovely text, great advice & suggestions & SUMPTUOUS photographs. Through their blogs, I was already very familiar with Nora Murphy's lovely home, Amy's gorgeous romantic Country French home & Tessa Foley's charming & beautiful home (a favorite of mine for years - so nice to have photos of her home in print now!). One question: Why did the stylist decide to turn the Bosporous Toile pillows in Tessa's dining room to the reverse beige side?! I miss them!! LOVE, LOVE this book & would recommend it to anyone with a love of decorating details. Something for everyone: primitive, country, romantic French style, an appreciation for textiles & blue & white! I know I will return to the beautiful pages & prose again & again.

Before I begin, I have so many expensive design/ country home books and this personally is the best by far. For once, I got a brand new book for less than $17. Not $35, not $45 and not used etc. It tells me the author isn't greedy. Love that.In reading the book, I sense the author to be very humble and it is something I like stating how she began. I know some of the reviews said, the book isn't detailed enough nor tells you what to do but what the writer is trying to say doesn't need to spelled outright word for word. You get what she is trying to say by pictures and the homes shown.Why I gave it 5 stars and would give it a 10 if it were available.This is one of the rare books I can actually follow. I bought a small house in the country here in CT and as a single home owner, I quickly found out paying landscapers and what not is not something sustainable long term. So I bought a lots of books, watch YouTube videos and started.Before the house, my realtor said I was crazy for buying it and my friends said, you are always welcome to sleep over just incase. The place was a forest and the house was terrible.Little by little I started working every weekend. One neighbor said you are going to get sick cutting trees, spreading gravel with a bucket and what not. Mind you, I am a petite woman.. but I kept going. Then I started noticing the cars stopping to stare at my house, random people telling me they couldn't believe what I'd done to the crappy place etc... So much cars started stopping I freaked out and got a fake security sign just incase...Gist of the Story..It is books like this that inspire people like us that are not affluent. It gives us ideas that can be tweaked to make our own homes the country homes we all envisioned. Not too fancy nor too shabby either. Just perfection.Thank you Nora. Loved every minute of this book and looking forward to more.

I am obsessed and have amassed a very large cache of decor books, especially American, English, and French country. Brimfield, flea markets and antique shows are my primary source of decor in my home. This is probably the most beautiful, useful, fresh decor book I own. Beautiful photos, nicely curated homes (chapters) with familiar faces, including the Textile Trunk dealer from New England Motel at Brimfield, Nora Murphy whose beautiful Connecticut home is the subject of her blog and Instagram feed, as well as Amy Chalmers of Maison Decor blogger, shop owner and Instagrammer.

Was not impressed with this book! Same pictures throughout. No differentiation from house seaside or lakeside as there were no pictures showing the landscapes; hence, no inspiration behind the decor. Although the photography was nice, the photos didn't really capture anything. The book had no substance which was disappointing. I had purchased Summer to Summer last year; a book that has become a staple reference for home decor. I guess I expected something similar from Nora Murphy's book.

The book itself is beautiful. A timeless piece you that may be proudly displayed. Within the hard outer covers are photos of timeless country homes. Reminds me of the country home that I was raised. Simple and enjoyable.

I am a longtime follower of Tessa Foley’s blog, and Nora Murphy. I preordered my book as soon as I was able, and I am so glad I did. Nora did a beautiful job on her first book. The photography is inspiring, but so are the words. I am not sure if I have ever read a decor book? Nora tells a lovely story of each of the featured country houses. This book has heart. I am so glad to have a copy. I find myself picking it up often. It’s a winner!

This book has very pretty pictures, but no substance. When I order a book like this, I am expecting practical tips and hints about how to decorate my home.This had a brief chapter at the beginning about how to style country, but the majority of the book was pictures of accessories one might expect to find in a country house: one page had a giant picture of roses, close-up; another had a giant picture of sea coral, etc. There was no meaningful text beyond the first chapter--just pictures as I just described.There are a lot of expensive "how-to" decorating books like this, with no real explanations or tips or help, for that matter. A rip-off as far as I'm concerned. If you are very affluent and have a lot of fresh roses and giant sea coral, etc., hanging around, you might like this book.

I really enjoyed all the photographs as well as what Nora has written.

The perfect book as we hurtle towards Winter. Nora has a way of writing that makes you feel relaxed and included in her beautiful world. It’s about creating a home you love with achievable elements. I would thoroughly recommend Country House Style if you want a read that makes you feel good. Beautiful photography.

Good ideas for country decoration!

Très belles photos. Convient parfaitement au style déco que j'aime.

Correcto para decoraciones campestres , con estilo muy americano. Le falta chispa, originalidad, detalles...No ha cumplido mis expectativas, si a alguién le interesa...?