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

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.

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

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.

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?

Walnut Studiolo's sturdy leather and wood drawer pulls and cabinet handles are a natural fit on rustic and modern barn doors. In this post, we'll discuss some of our options and recommendations for outfitting your sliding door with natural material pulls and handles made from leather and wood.

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.

Announcing the extension of our monogramming / labeling service to our leather drawer pulls and handles for a superior storage organization solution.

Happy Bike Month! Riding a bike in the city can be fun, safe and easy once you know the basics. Here are our favorite tips for getting started.

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

Everything we've discussed about leather on this blog all together into one tidy infographic: this is the leather we use at Walnut Studiolo. We think it's the best, and we're proud of it.

New product announcement! Coil Leather Bar Wraps are a new style of leather handlebar wrap that should be intuitive for anybody who has ever used handlebar tape. They coil around the handlebar like typical bar tape out of one single piece of full grain veg-tan leather.

In this post, we'll walk through the various leather care products and introduce you to the world of leather crafting.

If you've accidentally neglected vegetable-tanned leather or found a forgotten treasure in a thrift shop, we explain how to rejuvenate and rescue old, dry leather and moldy, mildewed leather.

How can you tell if it's good quality is when you're looking at it in a store or from a photograph online? Can you tell what kind of leather it is, and if it's recoverable when you've found a hidden gem at a thrift store? In this post, we'll discuss observable design details so you can make informed decisions.

In this post, we'll explain what else you should look for when deciding whether a product is quality - meaning, is it using the right leather for the right purpose to ensure a long and useful life. Plus - why maker-made matters.

In this post we'll discuss why we believe full grain vegetable-tanned cowhide is a sustainable choice, and what other sustainability considerations customers have with leather.

Cowhide is the most common leather, with 67% of leather produced globally. In this post we'll explain the difference between the structures of cowhide leather: full grain, top grain, genuine, and bonded leathers.

Once a cowhide is preserved for long life through tanning, the tannery can choose to apply any number of finishing treatments to it to change, enhance, or obscure its look, feel, or durability. In this post, we walk through some of the finishing options, including coloring, coatings, and waxes, and why they matter.

Often called mankind’s "first fabric," leather has been considered a fine and treasured material since the beginning of history and across nearly all cultures and peoples around the globe. In this kick-off to our leather learning series, we go through a broad overview of what leather is, how it's made, and why it's important.

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

In this post we'll review the various kinds of animal leathers and leather alternatives before we focus on the one we use, cowhide.

When PR specialist April White wanted to update the dated cabinets in her cabin, she turned to Walnut Studiolo. Her pet goats approved.