Declaring Our Values

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'

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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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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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by admin
November 08, 2017
2 min read

One New Year's Day, on the advice of a friend, we decided to lay out our mission, goals, and values as a company. At first it felt hokey, but by the end, it had a more profound impact on us that we could have imagined. Now we want to share them with you. As community-minded people running a small business, we have been given the great opportunity to make choices for ourselves and our business that steer the entire ship. Every little choice makes an impact, and by writing down our values, we now have guiding principles to direct each choice in the right direction. With you as our witness, we are committing ourselves fully to living and working our values. And believe us, we aim to stand tall. So what are they? We created a series of vignettes that illustrate what we stand for. View them all (20+).

We believe in the family business, run by real people that you can get to know.
We believe "Made in America" means from start to finish.
Our products are made to be used for generations.
Lasting quality may not be the norm these days, but it will always be the standard for Walnut.
We believe in treating everyone with love and respect.
In customer service, we believe in the Golden Rule.
We believe in taking the time to make it better.
Every Walnut Studiolo product is field tested for true use by real people - like you & me.
We are committed to supporting bicycling communities and projects all over the world.
"My goal is to make high-quality, beautiful, durable, and most of all functional solutions to everyday problems" - Walnut Studiolo's Geoff Franklin
"I put my heart in everything I make" - Walnut Studiolo's Geoff Franklin
We create products made with a deep respect for our natural environment.
Walnut Studiolo stands for beautiful solutions to everyday needs.
We believe in making it beautifuland durable.
We believe in being a citizen of the world.
We are driven by quality: the highest-quality leather, greatest-intention designs, and excellent customer service.
Our customers are the heart of what we do. We love designing and making for you.
We use natural materials. Period.
We believe in the personal touch of our hands-on process.
We make awesome products.
We believe in replacement parts.
We make products that we use ourselves.