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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.

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

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.

Perfect 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

Travel Backgammon for travelers, made from natural materials

A variety of handcrafted leather and wood handles on a sample board as seen from above and an angle

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

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

Walnut Studiolo Drawer Pulls Oswego 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

Flexible but sturdy, creative solutions to tricky problem corners

Leather 101

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

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

About Us

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

More Information

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.

Customer Service

The Blog

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

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

The Wine Lover's Guide to Summer in Oregon

With 16 different winegrowing regions, 700 wineries, 72 grape varieties, and abundant good summer weather, Oregon is a playground for wine lovers. These are some of our favorite summer wine activities in Oregon.

June 18, 2019
2 min read

A man in an athletic wheelchair with leather grips walking a yellow lab dog

Customer Profile: Athlete and Music Lover Max Woodbury

Max Woodbury describes himself as a "C-6 quadriplegic who loves handcycling and wheelchair rugby." He found an innovative use for our Leather Bar Wraps: Impact guards o his wheelchair.

June 01, 2019
2 min read

Customer Profile: Restoring a Condo in a Québec Castle with Leather Drawer Pulls

When working on a unique project, small finishing touches like our Leather Drawer Pulls can be the perfect accent to compliment the space. Thatâ€™s what Marie-Helene Laporte discovered when she embarked on the remodel of her extraordinary condominium nestled inside a castle.

May 29, 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

Our favorite things to do, eat, drink and places to stay on the North Oregon Coast near the Manzanita, Wheeler, and Nehalem - between Tillamook and Cannon Beach.

May 24, 2019
4 min read

Oregon Bicycle Adventures

We love our little corner of the world. Here are some adventures you can enjoy on two wheels in Oregon near Walnut Studiolo, starting with the North Oregon Coast.

May 23, 2019
3 min read

New color for the Drawer Pulls Collection: NATURAL

Announcing a new colorway for all styles and sizes of our Leather Drawer Pulls Collection: NATURAL.

May 23, 2019
1 min read

Where in the world have your travel games adventured? (map)

Our handcrafted travel games are conversation starters, friend makers, and travel must-haves. Now we're armchair-traveling along with you, tracking the travel game adventures you've shared with us worldwide.

May 19, 2019
1 min read

Three leather bicycle handlebars with leather wraps next to each other

How Does the Leather Hold Up? Bicycle Bar Wraps 7 Years Later

How did veg-tan leather bicycle bar wraps hold up after 6-7 years of outdoor use? We check in with three bikes from our installation videos and compare results.

May 12, 2019
2 min read

FAQ: A word about padding or cushioning handlebar wraps for wrist and finger pain

Wrist and finger pain and numbness during cycling is real and can be a challenge for some cyclists. The intuitive solution would seem to be adding padding or cushioning to handlebars, but most bike experts agree that padding and cushioning handlebars is often not the only - or even a good - solution for the problem.