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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

Leather handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, and 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

A white kitchen drawer under a gray countertop that has a natural tan colored leather handle with nickel hardware and an engraved label that says 'Silverware'

Add a label to handles and pulls for superior organization

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

A roll of natural leather on a white background

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, delivered to your inbox.

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

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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

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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.

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Our blog "In a Nutshell" is chock-a-block with fresh and intriguing content written by in-house humans!

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

How Many Times to Shuffle Cards Random

How many times should you shuffle a deck of playing cards? We know the answer!

October 19, 2020
2 min read

Alternate Way to Install City Grips

We love to hear when our clever customers find a new way to use our products. One satisfied customer sent us an alternate way to sew on the City Grips that he found easier.

October 13, 2020
2 min read

Stitch Patterns for Sew-on Leather Bar Wraps

Part of the joy in stitching on leather bar wraps yourself is in choosing a stitch pattern. Stitch patterns can be neat and minimal or an elaborate detail that expresses personality on your bicycle. In this post, we'll explore some of the stitch patterns our customers have done.

August 18, 2020
3 min read

How to Finish Bar Wraps with Natural Twine, Hemp, or Thread

How to use knot tying techniques to leather bar wraps with natural twine, hemp, or waxed thread

August 13, 2020
3 min read

Crafty, Creative DIY Projects Using Leather Strap Handles and Pulls

Get inspired by some of our customers' crafty, creative, DIY uses for our leather handles and pulls (hint: this is a great way to use our super-discounted "dents and dings" pulls during our annual AS-IS Sale!)

April 21, 2020
7 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

Leather and Wood Pulls for Barn Doors

Walnut Studiolo's sturdy leather and wood drawer pulls and cabinet handles are a natural fit on rustic and modern barn doors. In this post, we'll discuss some of our options and recommendations for outfitting your sliding door with natural material pulls and handles made from leather and wood.

March 21, 2020
2 min read

Close-up image of a leather-wrapped bar service rail in a high-end restaurant

You Can DIY Leather Wraps on Anything (!) using our Bicycle Bar Wraps

Our clever customers find all kinds of unique DIY uses for our old-fashioned leather wraps! This post shows the different wrap styles and dimensions so you can DIY the perfect leather-wrapped handle, railing, bar rail, bannister, appliance, tool, door, and more!

January 15, 2020
9 min read

Power Outage! An Unusual Day in the Life at Walnut Studiolo

On 12/20/2019 -- one of the most critical days for shipping holidays orders in time -- the power went out for 21 hours across the entirety of North Tillamook County. In this post, we'll share how we managed to keep orders shipping out during a power outage, including gear lists of what was essential, and what we wished we'd had!