“How to” posts, guides, and tutorials about our products and leathercraft by Walnut Studiolo
Part of the joy in stitching on leather bar wraps yourself is in choosing a stitch pattern. Stitch patterns can be neat and minimal or an elaborate detail that expresses personality on your bicycle. In this post, we’ll explore some of the stitch patterns our customers have done.… Read More Stitch Patterns for Sew-on Leather Bar Wraps
How to use knot tying techniques to leather bar wraps with natural twine, hemp, or waxed thread… Read More Complete leather bar wraps with natural twine, jute or waxed thread for a vintage finish detail
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!)… Read More Crafty DIY Projects Using Leather Strap Handles and Pulls
We’re all under COVID-19 lockdown together! Here are our best maker projects and quarantine activities ideas that we’re doing to keep from going stir-crazy (other than streaming television!)… Read More 23 Ideas to Keep Yourself Occupied During the COVID-19 Crisis
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. … Read More Leather and Wood Pulls for Barn Doors
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)
