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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.

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'

Add a label to handles and pulls for superior organization

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

A roll of natural leather on a white background

We wrote a free educational series about our favorite material, delivered to your inbox.

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

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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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When it comes to leathercrafting projects, we wrote the book on it for DK Publishing!

This is what a 75 cent leather belt look like

June 04, 2014
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Geoff Franklin of Walnut Studiolo installing a leather bicycle barrel bag on the saddle of a bicycle in a yurt, surrounded by hanging sheepskins and rolls of leather in warm lighting

Why I Use USA-Made, Vegetable-Tanned Leather

Why do we use leather, and not pleather in our products? I am interested in exploring new, non-petroleum-based materials, but there are a few reasons we use vegetable-tanned leather right now.

May 26, 2014
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It was my first...

May 21, 2014
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Group order of discounted, Portland-made Walnut wool cycling jerseys

May 01, 2014
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I think this sign means cyclists over thirty must wear fedoras.

April 11, 2014
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Bikes with built-in umbrellas. I can't decide if it's a silly idea, or I'm just jealous.

April 11, 2014
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Kickin' it in Kyoto. Getting ready for our Portland PopUp event on the 14th.

April 11, 2014
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This leather briefcase is actually a cake from Jaciva's!

April 09, 2014
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A pair of Walnut Studiolo City Grips. The leather gets conditioned by your hands natural oils. Image credit: @lukemlopez!

April 09, 2014
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Another great bike. This one with Walnut's City Grips and Portage Strap.

April 08, 2014
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Customer's bike with Walnut Studiolo Sew-On Bar Wraps.

April 08, 2014
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Valerie from Quebec refinished this chest of drawers, a thrift store find, with our leather drawer pulls.

April 08, 2014
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