“How to” posts, guides, and tutorials about our products and leathercraft by Walnut Studiolo
Our clever customers have been finding all kinds of unique DIY uses for our old-fashioned leather wraps. This post shows the different wrap styles and dimensions so you can DIY the perfect leather-wrapped handle, railing, bar rail, bannister, appliance, door, and more! … Read More You Can DIY Leather Wraps on Anything (!) using our Bicycle Bar Wraps
On 12/20/2019 — one of the most critical days for shipping holidays orders in time — the power went out for 21 hours across the entirety of North Tillamook County. In this post, we’ll share how we managed to keep orders shipping out during a power outage, including gear lists of what was essential, and what we wished we’d had! … Read More Power Outage! ⚡ An Unusual Day in the Life at Walnut Studiolo
These holiday wreaths are so easy to do, and so inexpensive, we had to share a quick tutorial. … Read More Easy DIY Holiday Wreaths
3 ways to install Leather Sew-on Bar Wraps on a 22.2 or 22mm bicycle handlebar (such as Nitto)… Read More Tips: Adapting Sew-on Leather Bar Wraps to a 22mm handlebar
We remodeled our own personal kitchen on a below-average budget ($119/sqft) using IKEA cabinets and Walnut Studiolo leather drawer pulls and handles. During the process, we learned that a few big design compromises kept us on budget and schedule, while freeing us up to splurge on a few important design details (that are now our favorite features!). We also share a few tips we learned to make DIY kitchen planning easier. All in all, we managed to come in under budget and on schedule thanks to careful planning and a willingness to compromise. Here’s how:… Read More How to do a home kitchen remodel on a budget: compromise on the big decisions and splurge on the details (Case Study)
Often people are worried about how to look good on a bike but we know how to make it easy.… Read More How to Look Good While Riding a Bike
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? … Read More Bicycle Reunion! The bar wraps from our installation videos meet again – how did they hold up?
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. … Read More FAQ: A word about padding or cushioning handlebar wraps for wrist and finger pain
Announcing the extension of our monogramming / labeling service to our leather drawer pulls and handles for a superior storage organization solution. … Read More Label leather drawer pulls and handles for super drawer organization
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. … Read More Moving forward with leather: rescuing and rejuvenating old or moldy veg-tan leather
