DESIGN : THE ALPINA GSTAAD
No two rooms or suites are alike thanks to original artwork by artists such as Emily Hesse , Ian Turnock and Sonja Aeschlimann .
The spacious junior suites , which measure approximately 614 sq ft ( 57 sq m ), offer separate bedroom and sitting room areas , the latter with a hand-built local stone fireplace .
An intricately painted antique ceiling arches above the central staircase , which includes anthracite steel railings and a glass balustrade around which the highest-grade saddle leather has been hand-stitched onsite .
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