Maloof Low Back Chair

well here is the good, bad, and the ugly. and there is bad. i started this project about a year ago but kinda lost interest when things went sour. ill show some pic's of that. i had no plans to keep this chair, just made it because i love Maloof style furniture. you see i used a lot of sap wood which normally a chair like this i wouldn't but i just wanted to use up what walnut i had on hand so i didn't care. i used plans from Charles Brock. comes with full size templates, an instruction book and step by step CD. one thing if you ever do this chair make the seat at least 2" wider or it will be very snug. this was told to me by someone on another site. that is what caused one of the screw ups. Charles is very good about answering questions. i emailed him a couple times and he got right back. the plugs are maple. finish is 3 coats general finishes satin gel finish oil based. i took pic's in the begging of assembly and posted on my patio forum but they were lost.
NOW FOR SOME BAD !

even though i used his templates the arms were about 1/2" too short, so rather than start over i just filled in. wasn't keeping it anyway.

well i said you need to make the chair a couple inches wider, which i intended to do, but forgot and just used the template that came with it. so i had a bisquit show on both sides. well another fill in. sucks !!!!
so this is why it sat on mt bench all year until my friend was over and saw it. he loved it as is. so i said, you want it. he goes, hell ya. so i finished the sanding and got 3 coats on last week. waiting for him to get it outta here ! 
now i could have taken pic's that didn't show the mistakes but i want anyone that attempts this to avoid these problems.