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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

Close-up of handlebars with honey leather coiled and wrapped around

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

white travel dice in a brass tube with a necklace length beaded ball chain on a green wool army blanket

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

Two people playing dominoes with colorful domino playing cards on a walnut wood table with snacks and drinks

Perfect for travel: hand-drawn domino playing cards (2 sizes!)

Travel Backgammon for travelers, made from natural materials

Color palette chart with metal finishes and leather colors for all variants of leather drawer pulls

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

Architectural rendering of a shadow person for scale, marked Model is 5'3" next to a white wall of doors and drawers that have all of Wlanut Studiolo's leather handles on them. All are in honey leather / brass hardware. They are in comparison so you can see their relative size / scale.

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

Person holding a refrigerator door handle with a beautiful and eye-catching honey brown 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

Tips and tricks on our blog: like using leather handles as bumpers

Close-up of a hand applying dye to natural leather

Leather 101

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

A man and a woman on a pile of driftwood on a misty , rainy Oregon beach with mountains and boulders

About Us

Close-up of a dark brown leather tube being hand-stitched on a marble kitchen countertop, with Geoff in the background stitching it with a needle using his hands.

More Information

A man and a woman holding their bicycles upright while the man tips his cap to the lady in the Oregon coast forest

Customer Service

Close-up of a woman's hands wrapping a gift using a blue bandana

The Blog

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

- how-to guides

- in-depth articles

- photo essays

A set of bare knuckle leather bicycle city grips being uninstalled by loosening the thread from customer Instagram page

How To Un-install and Re-install Leather Wraps

Our vintage-quality leather wraps can last a lifetime -- sometimes longer than the items they wrap! To keep the patina you've earned, you can un-install and re-install wraps anew.

May 10, 2022
4 min read

We Joined the Etsy Strike - This Is What Happened

We are joining the âœŠ #EtsyStrike âœŠ and putting our Etsy store on vacation mode April 11-18. In this post, we'll tell you what the strike is, why we're joining it, and what we want.

April 11, 2022
11 min read

A Ukrainian children's drawing of people holding hands on a pretty day on one side and war with tanks and helicopters on the other

Walnut Studiolo Fundraiser for Ukraine

A donor report on our small and successful fundraiser for Ukraine through a leather sunflower and tip jar, and a list of trusted organizations for donations and support to Ukrainians.

March 23, 2022
7 min read

Shipping Options to Canada with DDP (Delivery Duties Paid) Flat Rate

we've got good news for our neighbors in Canada: our shipping providers ShipStation / GlobalPost are now offering a new flat rate, pre-paid Canada DDP (Delivery Duties Paid) service, and we're passing through the savings directly to you! In this post we'll share what that means and how it works:

March 17, 2022
3 min read

Mix and Match Metal Finishes for a Unique Look

Leather, Nickel, Brass and Black: mix and match Chicago screws, washers, and back screws for unique handles and pulls.

February 15, 2022
2 min read

Five wood dice on a leather game playing surface next to a Yacht (Yatzy) scoresheet with a pen on top of a wooly natural textured cloth

How to Play Dice: Yacht / Yatzy Rules of Play

Simplified game rules and a free printable scoresheet for the popular 5-dice game. Yacht is the old school version of the trademarked dice game Yahtzee.

February 14, 2022
4 min read

A man's hand throwing down 6 small travel dice on an outdoor picnic table on a pretty sunny day. In the background are a brass square carrying tube or case for the dice, with an open keychain, and someone else keeping score on a piece of paper

How to Play Dice: Farkle / Ten Thousand Rules of Play

Free game rules and printable scoring "crib sheet" for the popular dice game Farkle / Ten Thousand (also known as Farkel, Hot Dice, 1000/5000/10000, Cosmic Wimpout, Greed, Squelch, Zilch, or Zonk)