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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

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

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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.

Customer Service

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

Presenting the Ultimate List of Cycling Movies

We present the ultimate list of cycling movies: a research project encompassing over 80 feature length films about the bicycle in all its genres.

February 09, 2023
2 min read

2022 Year in Review: Hitting Our Stride

We got back into our stride and sent that energy back out into the world. We gave back, took a principled stand, and started something new to help all artisans: this is our 2022 year in review.

December 31, 2022
2 min read

How to DIY Cut and Finish a Leather Edge Without Any Special Tools: Bevel, Dye, Burnish

An answer to a customer question turns into a tutorial on how to cut, bevel, dye, and burnish leather edges at home.

November 06, 2022
4 min read

"Artisans Cooperative" Fundraiser

Walnut Studiolo supports great causes. Learn about the fundraiser we held for Artisans Cooperative, a member-owned marketplace designed to help artists and artisans of all kinds.

October 29, 2022
2 min read

Holiday Shipping Deadlines 2022

Check our 2022 holiday order-by and ship-by deadlines below to ensure your gifts arrive in time for the holidays! Domestic and international.

October 13, 2022
2 min read

Artisans Cooperative: Building a Handmade Alternative to Etsy

Back in April, we shared the news that our Etsy shop was unhappy with changes at Etsy and joined the #EtsyStrike. Since then, we banded together with a team of fellow artisans and supportive customers to begin building an alternative handmade marketplace called Artisans Cooperative. In this post, we'll tell you all about it!

October 11, 2022
3 min read

Good Reasons to Shop Online Early for the Holidays in 2022

We know it's annoying to start talking about the holidays in October. But hear us out: this is a good year to shop early.

October 11, 2022
3 min read

New! Hand-drawn Bookmark Included with Every Bicycle Barrel Bag

Presenting the Bicycle Barrel Bag Bookmark, now included free with every handcraftedÂ Handlebar Barrel Bag and Seat Barrel Bag purchase.

September 05, 2022
1 min read

Our Best Advice for Picking, Installing, and Placing Handles

In this post, we'll share some of our best tips and tricks to help narrow down the search and choose the right style, size, and location of handles for your furniture and kitchen remodels.

August 29, 2022
5 min read

This customer review photo features the Hawthorne Small leather handle installed two different way (without the washers): flat as a handle on the upper drawers, and folded as a loop on the lower cabinet doors.

Four Ways to Install the Hawthorne Leather Handle

In this post, we explore the versatility and optionality of the Hawthorne leather handle with lots of customer photos, including how to install the Hawthorne leather pull "flat" as a handle with two points of contact with the surface.