Walnut Studiolo Blog Tagged "About Us"

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

Close-up of handlebars with honey leather coiled and wrapped around

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 best-selling handmade cribbage boards have fans worldwide

white travel dice in a brass tube with a necklace length beaded ball chain on a green wool army blanket

Convenient dice games on-the-go: farkle and yacht (yatzy)

Two people playing dominoes with colorful domino playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks

Hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!) for travel Mexican Train

Backgammon for travelers, pocket-size and made from natural materials

Color palette chart with metal finishes and leather colors for all variants of leather drawer pulls

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

Architectural rendering of a shadow person for scale, marked Model is 5'3" next to a white wall of doors and drawers that have all of Wlanut Studiolo's leather handles on them. All are in honey leather / brass hardware. They are in comparison so you can see their relative size / scale.

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

Person holding a refrigerator door handle with a beautiful and eye-catching honey brown leather wrap

Wrap handles, bannisters and more in quality veg-tan leather

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

Tips and tricks on our blog: like using leather handles as bumpers

Close-up of a hand applying dye to natural leather

Leather 101

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

A man and a woman on a pile of driftwood on a misty , rainy Oregon beach with mountains and boulders

About Us

Close-up of a dark brown leather tube being hand-stitched on a marble kitchen countertop, with Geoff in the background stitching it with a needle using his hands.

More Information

A man and a woman holding their bicycles upright while the man tips his cap to the lady in the Oregon coast forest

Customer Service

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The Blog

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

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

A man unrolling a hide of leather across a large table in a cluttered leather supply store

Plastic-Free Analysis: Product Content Transparency at Walnut Studiolo

Our initiative to identify which products are plastic-free, non-plastic-free, and can be ordered plastic-free by choice.

August 26, 2026
6 min read

Selfie of Valerie and Geoffrey Franklin from Walnut Studiolo on Rockaway beach on a sunny day

2025 Year in Review: Adapting

Our annual year in review! 2025 was a tough year. This is how we adapted as a small business.

January 04, 2026
4 min read

An old growth tree stump in a green coastal forest that has new branches growing out of the top

Walnut Studiolo's Tree Project

Our on-site environmental project to save and plant trees in a critical region for climate change with donor report.

October 16, 2025
13 min read

A shipping package with a handwritten note that says with love and a hand-drawn heart in red ink

The Gift of Convenience: Now Schedule Shipping in Advance

A new way we're providing excellent customer service: schedule order shipping in advance with preferred delivery dates. How and why. Not a delivery guarantee - learn more.

October 03, 2025
3 min read

Geoff standing in front of the workshop, rainwater tank greenhouse and garden orchard

10 Years After Going Rural: How Our Workshop Developed Into a Homestead

Reflections on developing our craft business into slow living, growing and cooking our food, creating gardens from lawns, and planting trees.

August 16, 2025
12 min read

A sepia-toned photo of Geoff working in a cozy corner of the workshop at a bench underneath under a focus light. Image credit: Russ Roca, Path Less Pedaled

Where Did Our Name Come From? And What Is a Studiolo?

A brief explanation of the Italian architecture term, "studiolo" and why we named our small business "Walnut Studiolo"

April 29, 2025
3 min read

A yarn bombed maple tree in Canada with a hand-knit canadian flag scarf

A Word About the Tariffs, Trade War, Boycotts

Updated August 2026. How tariffs are impacting a small American business. Transparency on our ownership for boycotts. A message to our neighbors and friends in Canada.

March 09, 2025
5 min read

Selfie of Valerie and Geoffrey Franklin from Walnut Studiolo on Manzanita beach on a cloudy day with blue sky and a peach sunset, taken in March 2024

2024 Year in Review: Production

Our annual year in review! 2024 saw a surge of productivity for Walnut Studiolo as we launched new products, wrote new in-depth articles and how-to guides, and wrapped up our 2024 charitable giving campaign.

January 08, 2025
4 min read

Geoff tips his hat to Valerie in a gesture of thanks, appreciation and gratitude while they each stand with bikes on a green Oregon meadow surrounded by Doug Fir trees

Introduction to Gratitude Practice

The humble act of feeling gratitude on a regular basis has profound benefits on body, mind, and community. What is a gratitude practice, why start, and how to.

December 31, 2024
8 min read

Valerie and an Estonian customer smiling in Tallinn in front of beautiful cityscape and holding her bicycle with leather city bicycle grips

A Word about the EU GPSR Regulations

We just learned about the EU’s new General Product Safety Regulations (GPSR), and what we can (and can't) do about it here as an American micro-business.

December 05, 2024
3 min read

A woman's hand is holding a digital Apple Pencil over a tablet and drawing a domino playing card on the screen

Our Statement on A.I.

We do not use generative A.I. at Walnut Studiolo. In this post, we explain why.

October 07, 2024
6 min read

Behind-the-scenes image from a photoshoot of a Walnut Studiolo barrel bag, showing the photographer's work station with a large monitor showing the Black Seat Barrel Bag, and the laptop with the working image program

Walnut Offers Referral Discounts and Affiliate Commissions [Deprecated]

We've discontinued these programs. If you're interested in collaborating, please contact us. Following is the original post from 2024.

September 12, 2024
4 min read

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In a Nutshell

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Plastic-Free Analysis: Product Content Transparency at Walnut Studiolo

2025 Year in Review: Adapting

Walnut Studiolo's Tree Project

The Gift of Convenience: Now Schedule Shipping in Advance

10 Years After Going Rural: How Our Workshop Developed Into a Homestead

Where Did Our Name Come From? And What Is a Studiolo?

A Word About the Tariffs, Trade War, Boycotts

2024 Year in Review: Production

Introduction to Gratitude Practice

A Word about the EU GPSR Regulations

Our Statement on A.I.

Walnut Offers Referral Discounts and Affiliate Commissions [Deprecated]

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