If you've been following along, the goal is to do a fairly accurate reproduction/capture the feel, times six, of the following chair, beloved by SWMBO, but perhaps with a bit of modern updating:
Now here is one of the new QSWO chair frames (1 of 6 awaiting resolution of same controversy), equipped with a "prototype" wooden seat (once again of poplar, but stained with the same stain so as not to throw my colorblind eye off too far with the huge contrast of stained/unstained wood):
_We_ are going with the wooden seats, with the only difference being that they will be made of 1 1/4" thick QSWO, instead of the 3/4" thick poplar in the last photo above.
... and Thanks to Leon for researching/providing me the location/phone numbers of all the known hardwood dealers between Hot Springs, AR and Houston, TX (while I was stranded in the former for two days this week without online access), enabling me to find some nice QSWO for the wooden seats, on what would have otherwise been just a long, monotonous drive home.