I owe my sister-in-law a birthday present, and she'd like a slatted bench roughly as per the image. It will sit on a covered patio in LA. The only design refinement I think I'm going to add is to miter the ends at an angle to break up the squareness of the profile. Likely wood is iroko. I've never used it, but it's on sale 25% off right now and seems like it's good for this sort of thing.
What are good options for attaching the slats to the leg cleats?
Any other thoughts or gotchas I should look out for when working with a bunch of slats?