I’ve always been a fan of Posh, so when I was approached by the magazine from my hometown about a Fall/Winter collaboration, I was thrilled! I work as a floral designer out of Nashville, Tenn., and I enjoy bringing a natural approach to floral arranging with the use of large blooms, seasonal elements and a garden style design.

STORY BY ELIZABETH EARNEST & PHOTOGRAPHY BY CASSIDY CARSON

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    Hand-hewn beams sourced from North Carolina and 3-tier chandeliers fitted with over 20 Edison bulbs give the home a rustic, industrial feel.

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    Custom-made Edison bulb sconces decorate the walls at the Brown home.

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For our winter palette we used a soft ivory table cloth with a loose unbleached linen runner. To make the deep reds and greens of the arrangement pop, we went with robin’s egg blue place settings with charcoal gray salad plates to draw attention to the seasonal tones.

Foliage and flowers used for the winter arrangement: Winter Berry, Red Dalias, Russian Olive, Red Leucadendron, Grevillea ivanhoe, Various Types Of Cedar & Spruce.

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I’m greatly inspired by nature, color and the flowers themselves. With that I hope to take their natural beauty and design a space to create a feel that is wild, yet refined. In this shoot I had the opportunity to work with my friend Cassidy Carson, who is a phenomenal film photographer in Nashville. Our inspiration for the design of the two seasons was to use complementary colors that really made each hue stand out, while staying within the themes of winter and fall.

For our fall table scape we used a velvet golden brown table cloth as our statement color. With that in mind we pulled elements of ivories, lavenders, and plums to complement and coordinated with copper silverware and bone white china. Cassidy came up with the creative idea to design the table in my greenhouse, which has stirred the possibility of future dinner parties!

Foliage and flowers used for the fall arrangement: Cafe Au Lait Dahlias, Chocolate Lisianthus, Wheat, Garden Roses, Russian Olive, Chocolate Queen Anne's Lace, Hydrangea, Cosmos, Golden Amaranthus.

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    Wood salvaged from barns in Utah, stone sourced from Ohio and century-old hand-hewn beams from North Carolina are some of the materials used in the home. The design has embraced the virtues of recycling materials that were made to last by breathing a second life into them.

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    The Browns’ hand-chiseled granite sink is a one-of-a-kind.

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Elizabeth “Betsy” Cooper Earnest is a native of Paducah. She and her husband, Stephen, live in Nashville, Tenn., where she enjoys owning her own oral design business, Elizabeth Earnest Floral Design. She sees oral arranging as an artistic form of self-expression for herself as well as for the clients with whom she works.

Credits: Elizabeth Earnest Floral Design: Find her online at www.elizabethearnestflorals.com or on Instagram, @ elizabethearnestflorals
Cassidy Carson Photography: Find her online at www. cassidycarsonphotography.com or on Instagram, @ cassidycarsonphoto