When Ralph Lauren dishes out design advice, you listen. Nora Murphy knew as much while working for the famous purveyor of prep in the 1980s as Polo Ralph Lauren’s design project manager of furniture.

It started with a blog called Connecticut Country House. Nora Murphy, of Newtown, filled her it with posts about the activities of her country lifestyle -- gardening, antiquing, cooking and ...

The country house that served as inspiration for designer Nora Murphy has been relisted for $675,000. The beautifully restored farmhouse in Newtown, Conn., is the backdrop for her lifestyle busines… ...

Author and blogger Nora Murphy is lucky to have such a place in Connecticut, but she thinks a country house is as much a state of mind as a location, a philosophy she makes clear in her new book ...

Welcome Connecticut decorator and author Nora Murphy whose e-magazine, blog and new book, “Nora Murphy’s Country House Style: Making Your Home A Country House,” have made country oh-so-chic.

Nora Murphy is no stranger to country house living. She had a country house circa 1767 in Newtown, Connecticut for 19 years and reminisces, “It was a beautiful place to raise our son. ...

The country house that served as inspiration for designer Nora Murphy has been relisted for $675,000. The beautifully restored farmhouse in Newtown, Conn., is the backdrop for her lifestyle busines… ...

The country house that served as inspiration for designer Nora Murphy has been relisted for $675,000. The beautifully restored farmhouse in Newtown, Conn., is the backdrop for her lifestyle busines… ...