re: Arts n crafts chairs

Hi Thorreain Alder is fairly soft,say a little harder than sugar pine and finishes simalar to pine too( It’s susceptible to blotching).I recommended against alder to but the client is a wood worker and had already made his table out of alder and wanted the grain to match. He finished them himself(not shown) an I cautioned him about it blotching but he said they really liked the blotchie look.
Thanks everyone for your nice comments.