About Us

I’m Ariane, Innkeeper and Owner with my husband Scott, of the Deerhill Inn, a West Dover, VT Bed and Breakfast. When I was growing up in a small country village in the Southeast of England, I was determined I would wander the world, live and work in busy and exciting cities and try my hand at different things – and I was lucky, because I did. But I never imagined I would be an Innkeeper and have a home in Vermont – in fact, I hardly knew where it was on the map.

Scott is a software developer from the suburbs of Boston, and I don’t think he ever imagined he would be an Innkeeper either. But unlike me he knew Vermont from way back – he even lived here for a while. Later on, when we lived in Manhattan, he used to bring me to Vermont for long weekend escapes. We even got married here, in a tiny little village way up in the Northeast Kingdom – and on another of those visits, we found Deerhill Inn.

It took a number of years before we decided on Innkeeping as our next adventure, and settled on Deerhill Inn as our destination. But from the first we loved its quiet serenity, its gorgeous views and lovely grounds, and the sense of history and continuity that is one of Vermont’s particular gifts. Beyond that, though, there seems to us to be something unique and valuable about the Inn, the Valley and the Mountains which we want to preserve and share.

We often get asked whether we mind having guests all the time in our own home, but actually we love it. We meet so many interesting people and it’s such a pleasure to see them gradually unwind from their stressful lives, settle into the Inn and truly relax – then start to look around at all the fun and interesting things this part of Southern Vermont has to offer.