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Get inspired by some of our customers' crafty, creative, DIY uses for our leather handles and pulls (hint: this is a great way to use our super-discounted "dents and dings" pulls during our annual AS-IS Sale!)

A retrospective celebrating 10 years in business.

Our new catalog and stylesheets feature several big improvements to assist with your project planning and visualization:

We're joining Etsy's $35 free shipping guarantee on our walnutstudiolo.com too - and our prices will stay the same.

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.

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.

When we were filming the installation video for our new bar wrap, the Coil Leather Bar Wraps, earlier this year, we realized the exact same bikes from our previous videos were all together in one place, after 6 or 7 years! How did the leather hold up?

Comparing bicycle leather bar wraps after two years of use: bonded vs full grain leather (infographic)

n this post we'll explain the most common tanning processes: vegetable-tanning and mineral-tanning, plus briefly, other kinds of tanning.

Inspired by recent news reports and nature documentaries, we're committing here and now to eliminating single-use plastics in our product packaging. Here are our reasons why and how - plus a little on how you can help, too.

Not too big, not too small, our new Tilikum Medium leather handle is sized just right.

We’re used to seeing gorgeous customer photos of their bike designs with our leather bike accessories, but it’s not everyday we have the good fortune to meet a cat that bikes in style.  We recently interviewed Mr. Pig Cat, a classy cat from Northeast Ohio who loves adventures. Yes, Mr. Pig Cat is really his name (friends and owner Audrey call him Piggy) and yes, he really rides on a bike, in a bike basket.

The Walnut Studiolo Leather Drawer Pull collection is well suited to a variety of interior design projects. And they're not just for kitchen overhauls. Many of our customers install pulls to freshen up bland Ikea furniture or as an accent handle on doors.

The couple who almost never met ties the knot with our Travel Cribbage Board.

As travelers ourselves, we know what you want: functional, organizational little things to help you with your gear, and conversation-starting, long wait in the train station boredom-eliminating, lightweight and small, classic travel games. Also with a monogramming option to prevent theft.

The Travel Cribbage Board is one of our most popular gift items and there are plenty of options for expanding the board into an extra special gift.

Our Leather Care Dressing is carefully formulated for the needs of the vegetable tanned leather we use in our products. But there are also plenty of other fine uses for our dressing. Here are some ideas.

Our all-leather pulls and handles are a natural choice for homes with children. These soft, durable, and natural furniture features are a smart choice for safety, durability, and sustainability.

We here at Walnut Studiolo brainstormed our Top 3 unique experience-based ideas for making a memorable Mother's Day.

Field trip! Walnut explores historic leather, cycle history, and high design in Milwaukee Wisconsin.

For classy smokers, we present the perfect holiday gifts for discerning cannabis smokers: the handcrafted, American-made Walnut Studiolo Cannabis Collection.

Introducing a new kind of product from designer & maker Geoffrey Franklin at Walnut Studiolo: large, tabletop Natural Branch Wood Cribbage Boards made from foraged tree branches and driftwood. 

One New Year's Day, on the advice of a friend, we decided to lay out our mission, goals, and values as a company. At first it felt hokey, but by the end, it had a more profound impact on us that we could have imagined. Now we want to share them with you. 

Here at Walnut Studiolo, we are dedicated to lasting quality - which can only come from a thoughtful hands-on process. Here's why it matters.