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

All handcrafted handles in 8 styles, 4 leather colors, & 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

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

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

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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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Museum Exhibitions and Gallery Collections

Books

Awards

"Best of Portland": Honorable Mention for Home Design (2014)

"The Ten Best Bicycle Innovations": Architizer (2011)

"Seller of the Month": Etsy Featured Seller (July 2010)

Interviews

2025. The Verge. Small businesses feeling Trump's tariffs.

2024. How I Built This Podcast with Guy Roz [Wondery]. Advice Line with Gary Erickson, CLIF Bar.

2022. Nice Reply Blog. The Importance of Setting Clear Expectations

2018. Tillamook Headlight Herald.Walnut Studiolo Making Magic Out of Leather

2018. The Daily Astorian.Leathercraft Company Relocates to Nehalem Valley

2017. OWN IT Small Business Success.Beer, Bikes & Building a Following on Social Media

2016. Portland Business Journal.CEO Roundtable: Navigating International Markets

2015. Portland Monthly Magazine. Meet the Hottest Makers of the Moment

2013. StoryBrand podcast interview: Geoffrey and Valerie Franklin (Walnut Studiolo)

2012. Portland Made. Feature: Geoff Franklin, Walnut Studiolo

2012. The Cyclr.Design at Its Best: A Conversation with Walnut Studiolo

2012. Those Who Make.5 Questions for Walnut Studiolo

2012. MocoLoco. Love Your Way

2012. Etsy. Featured Seller Walnut Studiolo

2011. Portland Bazaar. Featured Vendor Walnut Studiolo

2011. BikePortland BikeCraft Fair.Featured Vendor Walnut Studiolo

2011. NEVERMIND Australia.Interview with Walnut Studiolo.

Our First Press from 2009!

With special recognition and thanks to these folks. Their early coverage of our work made our career in leathercraft:

BikeSnobNYC: "Dandycross"

BikePortland.org: "Great work, Geoff!"

Print Magazines

Sioux Falls Woman Magazine Cover from June 2023

Real Simple Magazine Organize Your Home Special Edition Leather Drawer Pulls

Real Simple Magazine > Get it done! > Little Projects

1859 Magazine Buy Local Holiday Gift Guide Travel Dominoes

Cigar Aficionado > Leather Whiskey Case > Made for You

Shop Talk! Leather Magazine

QC Quintessentially Canadian Whisky Magazine Featuring Leather Whiskey Case

Imbibe Magazine Featuring Walnut's Whiskey Case Organic Life Magazine Featuring Walnut's Bicycle Frame Handle Little Lifter

Website and Blog Features