"Is it finished?" he asked. " Well...it doesn't look it." My wonderful grandad. An inspiration behind Arundel Eccentrics decoupage style that has evolved over the past 25 years. William Matthews was a well known antique furniture restorer in Brighton  Sussex, where I was brought up. He started as a coach builder...in the days when the sides of buses were handpainted with advertisements.....and went on to become a well respected antique restorer. As children we often used to visit his workshop in Kemp Town, Brighton, after school. Much of Grandad's work went to London's high end antique shops and a lot to the US. His chinoiserie work was second to none. He used to paint canvases in the style of the old masters.... ... in his spare time .......as one does... The summer I was going through divorce and sent him a postcard from Annecy in France saying I had met someone...