Walnut Studiolo Blog Tagged "Oregon"

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.

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

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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

Local Food To Fuel Local Craft

March 15, 2021
2 min read

Purple wine grapes ripening on the vine outdoors in Oregon

The Wine Lover's Guide to Summer in Oregon

Updated 2026. Local's guide to summer adventures in Oregon wine country.

June 18, 2019
3 min read

Sunset on the Oregon Coast Beach at Hug Point State Recreation Site

A Local's Guide to the North Oregon Coast

Updated 2026. Local's guide to visiting the North Oregon Coast near the Manzanita, Wheeler, and Nehalem - between Tillamook and Cannon Beach.

May 24, 2019
5 min read

A bikepacker standing in the Walnut Studiolo driveway on the Oregon Coast

Oregon Coast Bicycle Adventures

Updated 2026. Local's guide to biking the North Oregon Coast: cross from Portland, the Highway 101 route, single-track mountain trails, beach bikes, railriders, cycling routes and day trips

May 23, 2019
3 min read

Collage of four photos of the Oregon Coast that each have a strong color: blue misty ocean, warm wood workshop, dark green forest, light green meadow

Walnut Studiolo Moves to the North Oregon Coast

Why we're moving our home and business from urban Southeast Portland to Nehalem on the rural Oregon Coast.

January 29, 2016
9 min read

Dear Northwest Customers,
The City of Portland says city code dictates we can not offer a free local pick-up since we work from our home and have an employee. So - we're pleased to announce free local shipping in Oregon and Washington through the end of the year instead!

November 12, 2015
1 min read

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A Tiny Local's Guide to Portland, Oregon

Updated 2026. Our short and opinionated local's guide as hometown Portlanders.

June 12, 2015
3 min read

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Walnut Studiolo Moves to the North Oregon Coast

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