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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

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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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How To Move Leather Bar Wraps from Handlebar to Handlebar

Unlike most bar tape, you can re-stitch and re-wrap our "zero waste" veg-tan leather bar wraps for years to come. In this post, we tell you how to un-install and re-install leather bicycle bar tape.

May 10, 2022
3 min read

We Joined the Etsy Strike - This Is What Happened

We are joining the âœŠ #EtsyStrike âœŠ and putting our Etsy store on vacation mode April 11-18. In this post, we'll tell you what the strike is, why we're joining it, and what we want.

April 11, 2022
11 min read

How We're Supporting Ukraine - and How You Can, Too

Announcing the successful conclusion of our fundraiser for Ukraine and donor report. Read this post for: - A list of trusted organizations for donations to Ukraine. - Advice for directly supporting Ukrainian entrepreneurs, crafters, and artists. - Walnut Studiolo leather sunflower donation report and fundraiser announcement

March 23, 2022
7 min read

Shipping Options to Canada with DDP (Delivery Duties Paid) Flat Rate

we've got good news for our neighbors in Canada: our shipping providers ShipStation / GlobalPost are now offering a new flat rate, pre-paid Canada DDP (Delivery Duties Paid) service, and we're passing through the savings directly to you! In this post we'll share what that means and how it works:

March 17, 2022
3 min read

Mixed Metal Hardware Kits for a Unique Look on Cabinets and Drawers

Our leather drawer pull hardware comes in 3 metal finishes but that isn't the end of the story! Customers have been requesting mixed-metal finishes and we're happy to abide. Learn more about the options for mixed metal cabinet hardware:

February 15, 2022
2 min read

How to Play Dice: Yacht / Yatzy Rules of Play

Free game rules and printable scoresheet for the popular dice game. Yacht is the old school version of the trademarked dice game Yahtzee.

February 14, 2022
3 min read

A man's hand throwing down 6 small travel dice on an outdoor picnic table on a pretty sunny day. In the background are a brass square carrying tube or case for the dice, with an open keychain, and someone else keeping score on a piece of paper

How to Play Dice: Farkle / Ten Thousand Rules of Play

Free game rules and printable scoring "crib sheet" for the popular dice game Farkle / Ten Thousand (also known as Farkel, Hot Dice, 1000/5000/10000, Cosmic Wimpout, Greed, Squelch, Zilch, or Zonk)