My name is Hayley, and I built Maison Merritt around a simple belief: that planning your wedding should feel supported, not stressful — and that the person guiding you through it should feel less like a vendor and more like the friend who happens to know everything.

For couples coming to Vermont from away, that matters more than anything. You’re planning a wedding in a place you may have only visited once. You need someone you can call with the small questions and the big ones, someone who will be honest with you, and someone who can take a half-formed vision and hand it back to you fully realized.

That’s where I live. I’m deeply visual — I think in color palettes, tablescape moments, and the way late afternoon light hits a tent in October. I can see your wedding before it happens, and I’ll make sure you can see it too.

Based in Shelburne, Vermont. Designing weddings for couples who chose this place on purpose.