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Alpine & Tyrolean

Warm wood-lined rooms (Stube): pine or stone-pine paneling, coffered ceilings, chip carving, painted cupboards and heart cutouts.

Alpine interiors center on the Stube: a low, wood-lined room heated by a tiled stove, with benches built along the walls and a corner table. From medieval farmhouses to Renaissance castles in Tyrol and Switzerland, the Stube was paneled in pine, larch, stone pine or walnut, sometimes plain and sometimes carved, inlaid or painted.

Its appeal is warmth. Board paneling, a built-in corner bench, chip carving and painted cupboard doors translate directly to mountain homes and to dining nooks anywhere.

Swiss wood-paneled room with arched wall panels, a coffered ceiling and a tiled stove

How to recognize Alpine & Tyrolean

  • Wood-lined rooms with board or arched paneling
  • Built-in corner benches (Eckbank) around a table
  • Coffered or boarded ceilings
  • Chip carving, heart cut-outs and painted folk motifs
  • Pine, larch, stone pine and walnut

In ColoradoVail Village was built in the 1960s with Alpine-inspired architecture, and the Stube tradition suits ski houses across the Colorado mountains.

Alpine & Tyrolean cabinet doors & fronts

All cabinet doors & fronts
Walnut chest with a front of carved arches and moulded panels

Carved Walnut Chest with Arcaded Front (17th century)

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Alpine & Tyrolean built-ins & bookcases

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Tyrolean farmhouse room with a built-in corner bench, wood-paneled walls and a tiled stove

Farmhouse Stube, Hof Falkner-Schnaitter, Tyrol

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Tyrolean farmhouse room with aged wood paneling and built-in benches

Farmhouse Stube, Hof Hörl-Wetscher, Tyrol

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Swiss farmhouse room with painted folk-art cupboard, bed and chest against wood paneling

Painted Farmhouse Stube, Appenzell Folk Museum, Stein

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Alpine & Tyrolean mudroom & entry storage

All mudroom & entry storage
Wooden bench back carved with a scene of horses hauling logs

Bench with Chip-Carved Back, Lüneburg Heath

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Alpine & Tyrolean wall paneling & wainscoting

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Swiss wood-paneled room with arched wall panels, a coffered ceiling and a tiled stove

The Flims Room, Switzerland (c. 1682–84)

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Historic Tyrolean wood-paneled room with board walls and built-in benches

16th-Century Stube from the Courthouse in Niederdorf, Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

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Old Tyrolean wood-paneled room with a built-in wall bench

Stube Bench from the Johannser-Hof near Villanders (c. 1500), Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

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Renaissance Tyrolean room with carved, inlaid wood paneling and a coffered ceiling

Renaissance Stube from Thierburg Castle, Tiroler Volkskunstmuseum

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Tyrolean inn dining room with wood-paneled walls and built-in benches

Traditional Tyrolean Stube at the Brückenwirt Inn

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Panoramic photograph of a Tyrolean wood-paneled farmhouse room with built-in seating

Tyrolean Farmhouse Stube of 1830

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Medieval wooden room with thick board walls, a plank table and a small window

14th-Century Stube from the Pifing Farm, South Tyrolean Folklore Museum, Dietenheim

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Very old log-walled Alpine room with a small window and a wooden chest

Rhaetian Stube from the Tschaggen Farm, South Tyrolean Folklore Museum, Dietenheim

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Alpine & Tyrolean metal hardware

All metal hardware
Black wrought-iron wall bracket with decorative scrolls and a hook

Wrought-Iron Wall Bracket (17th century)

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Signature motifs

Chip carvingHeart cutoutPainted folk motif

Typical woods and materials

Stone pineKnotty pineLarch

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