New product announcement! Introducing a creative new classic game design from Walnut Studiolo for travel: folding leather backgammon board with all the accessories: dice, doubling cube, and pegs for secure play.

These are our simplified rules of play for learning backgammon, an ancient board game that still brings a lot of modern fun, particularly with the addition of the American doubling cube!

It’s getting harder to tell where something is really coming from when you order online! In this post, we’ll share our sources, tips, and lists for finding awesome stuff that is actually made in America.

Brass and leather are two natural materials that go together beautifully, and even a little tarnish is nothing to worry about. If you wish, you can return brass to its original natural shine easily and quickly with a cleaning product like Brasso.

Listen to Walnut Studiolo co-owner Valerie Schafer Franklin on the 621st episode of the popular podcast How I Built This with Guy Roz. -- and learn more what it was like behind-the-scenes! 

We developed the Oswego Leather Wrap Kit for wrapping infinite lengths, such as a long bannister, handrail, or stairway railing. Learn how to install leather wraps on large project in this post.

It's time for our annual year in review! 2023 saw big milestones for Walnut Studiolo, big and small, from surviving a week-long internet outage in our clever mobile office, to launching a cooperative, artist-owned alternative to Etsy as a founding member.

Announcing the Grand Opening of Artisans Co-op, a BETTER e-commerce marketplace for ACTUALLY Handmade Goods. Walnut Studiolo is proud to list our authentic handmade goods on the Artisans Cooperative marketplace because:

The best deal of the year has begun! 6 good reasons to shop early with Walnut this year for the holidays: #1: Early, Season-Long, Transparent Holiday Promotions. #2...

Just in time for the 2023 holidays, we're so pleased to announce a new batch of one-of-a-kind, artist-made Driftwood and Live Edge Cribbage Boards handcrafted from foraged tree branches and driftwood.