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A Black woman wearing a denim shirt is carrying a bicycle down a set of stairs in an urban environment. The bicycle has a green paint job and honey leather wrapped handlebars.

Original, unique designs to help with lifting and carrying your bicycle

Lifetime leather bar wraps in five styles for every type of handlebar and bicycle

A woman bicycling on a bright summer day over a green lawn wearing suede fringe cowgirl boots and with a 6-pack of Anchor Steam beer connected to the top tube of her bicycle with a honey leather 6-pack frame cinch

Best-selling "commuter essentials" for making the daily commute easier

A dark brown leather round, barrel-shaped saddle bag with cedar wood sides mounted to the back of a brown leather Brooks saddle on a cream-and-brown painted bicycle

Stunning handcrafted bicycle bags carry the essentials and turn heads!

Two people playing a game of travel cribbage on a wooden picnic table with a small leather and birch cribbage board

Our original best-selling Travel Cribbage Boards have fans worldwide

Two sets of travel dice on a dark brown leather table surface. Both sets show six dice coming out of a square brass tube. The dice are 7mm, smaller than standard. One has white dice and the other has black dice.

Play dice anywhere you go in a handcrafted brass keychain or necklace.

Two people playing dominoes using small, domino-sized playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks. The domino cards are double 12 with different colors for each number and hand-drawn.

Uniquely functional for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Close-up of a folding leather travel backgammon board mid-play on a weathered wood surface. A hand is reaching in and moving four game pieces (which are brass nails) between triangles, which are laser-engraved in the honey dyed leather. Accessories are visible, dice and doubling cube and peg storage

Our newest folding leather board and favorite game: Travel Backgammon!

A variety of handcrafted leather and wood handles on a sample board as seen from above and an angle

All handcrafted handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, & 3 metal finishes

A white chest of drawers in a white and lilac baby nursery with three colors of leather Morrison bin pull handles, in Honey, Dark Brown, and Black

Strong yet soft, durable and sustainable, no-bumps and no-bruises

Collection details, stylesheets, dimensions, sizing, palette & more

Two cabinet doors swinging open towards each other with matching leather Lovejoy loop handles. The leather touches so the cabinets don't crash into each other, a solution for problem corners in kitchen design planning

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

The Blog

Our blog"In a Nutshell" is written by humans:

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

Valerie and Geoff from Walnut Studiolo are standing on a pile of driftwood between two boulders on the North Oregon Coast beach near Manzanita, with mountains and grey sky in the background

About Us

A long dark brown leather blueprint tube is shown on a long countertop being hand stitched together by Geoff, whose stitching hands are in the background

More Information

Valerie and Geoff Franklin of Walnut Studiolo standing behind their bicycles on a grassy green lawn. Geoff is doffing his hat to Valerie and she is smiling, as a gesture of service.

Customer Service

Leather 101

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, from how it's made to spotting vintage quality

How European Tariffs Could Impact Our American-Made Goods

On October 13, 2020, the World Trade Organization gave the European Union permission to impose tariffs on up to $4 billion worth of American products. For Walnut Studiolo customers in Europe, this could mean certain items will be more expensive after the Nov 3 election.

October 20, 2020
2 min read

Best the Siberian show cat looking regal

Meet Best, Our 2nd Shop Cat

Introducing our new shop assistant: Best the retired Siberian show cat and aspiring mouser in his retirement.

October 08, 2020
2 min read

A grid of icons showchasing Walnut Studiolo's sustainable business values: woman-owned, bench-made, repairable, made in Oregon, re-usable packaging etc.

Announcing our Sustainability Program

Every effort we can take, no matter how small, is worthy in trying to tackle the biggest challenge of our generation: Climate Change. We think about sustainability in everything we do. In this post, we'll go through some of the efforts we're taking to be an eco-friendly small business you can be proud to work with.

August 05, 2020
5 min read

Valerie and Geoff wearing complementary yellow and blue bandanas like face masks and smiling against a forest backdrop

Walnut Studiolo Fundraiser for "No Kid Hungry"

Fundraiser With Donor Report: We're selling a bandana and "no-sew mask" to raise funds to end child hunger during COVID-19 for No Kid Hungry.

May 06, 2020
3 min read

A Note from Walnut on COVID-19

UPDATED 8/4/20. The COVID-19 pandemic is creating big changes everywhere we look. We want to help. Here's how we're doing our part, plus some thoughtful hopes for the future.

March 31, 2020
6 min read

23 Ideas to Keep Yourself Occupied During the COVID-19 Crisis

We're all under COVID-19 lockdown together! Here are our best maker projects and quarantine activities ideas that we're doing to keep from going stir-crazy (other than streaming television!)

March 31, 2020
4 min read

Free Gift Wrap During the COVID-19 Crisis

We're taking extra-tender care of all your gifts during the COVID crisis.

March 29, 2020
1 min read

A head stack showing cute tiny Siberian tabby kitten Tanuki's head on Geoff's arm, with Geoff smiling down on her in the background

Meet Tanuki, Our New Shop Kitten

Kitten photos inside! We are delighted to introduce our new mouser and shop assistant, Tanuki the Siberian kitten.

March 25, 2020
1 min read

Meditations on the survival of craftsmanship

How can we survive making crafts into the future? And is there any point to making crafts when machines and factories are so good, so prevalent, and make goods so affordably?

In this post, we're going to meditate a little on the value of craft and craftsmanship, and the future as we see it.