Walnut Studiolo Blog Tagged "Art" Page 2

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 original best-selling Travel 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

Perfect for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Travel Backgammon for travelers, 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

Close-up of a woman's hands wrapping a gift using a blue bandana

The Blog

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

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

Customer Profile: Goldhart's Bike Aesthetic

Artist Goldhart says his bike project finally came together once he found Walnut Studiolo's Bullwhip Braided Leather Bar Wrap.
"The end result is stunning!" he says. "These leather wraps are truly the centerpiece of the build."

October 09, 2018
3 min read

A curved natural driftwood cribbage board hanging on a white wall surrounded by objets d'art like a sea glass buoy and landscape painting next to a wood shelf and brick wall

New Product! Introducing One-of-a-Kind Driftwood and Live Edge Cribbage Boards

Our first one-of-a-kind offering, our maker Geoff Franklin individually crafts each cribbage board to be as unique as nature shaped it.

April 17, 2018
3 min read

A roll of kraft gift wrap with black line drawings being unfurled and displayed by a woman's hands

The Story Behind our Custom Gift Wrap

Walnut's own gift wrap is not only eco-friendly, it has an interesting story behind it: the design came from a 9-hour photo shoot capturing 5+ years of work!

November 06, 2016
2 min read

Making for Makers: A Tribute to Nick Offerman

"Makers Gotta Make" so the t-shirt worthy phrase goes. And makers who heed the call of this deeply-rooted drive are part of a special tribe. Which is why, perhaps, Walnut Studiolo's founder Geoff Franklin couldn't resist making a special gift for a fellow maker he admires, Nick Offerman.