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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950103-01-500862
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	8-K
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20010328
ITEM INFORMATION:		
FILED AS OF DATE:		20010413

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MASCO CORP /DE/
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000062996
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MILLWOOD, VENEER, PLYWOOD & STRUCTURAL WOOD MEMBERS [2430]
		IRS NUMBER:				381794485
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0405

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		8-K
		SEC ACT:		
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-05794
		FILM NUMBER:		1602310

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		21001 VAN BORN RD
		CITY:			TAYLOR
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48180
		BUSINESS PHONE:		3132747400

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		21001 VAN BORN ROAD
		CITY:			TAYLOR
		STATE:			MI
		ZIP:			48180

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	MASCO SCREW PRODUCTS CO
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19731025
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                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549

                            -----------------------

                                    FORM 8-K
             CURRENT REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                        SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) March 28, 2001


                            -----------------------


                               MASCO CORPORATION
               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)


           DELAWARE                      1-5794               38-1794485
(State or Other Jurisdiction)   (Commission File Number)     (IRS Employer
                                                           Identification No.)


                              21001 VAN BORN ROAD,
                             TAYLOR MICHIGAN 48180
              (Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)

                                 (313) 274-7400
               Registrant's telephone number, including area code


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Item 5. OTHER EVENTS

     On March 28, 2001, Masco Corporation issued a press release containing the
following comments that Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Richard A.
Manoogian made on that day to a group of investors:

          "Although the Company has experienced continued softness in its
          markets, first quarter 2001 sales, aided by acquisitions, should
          approach a first quarter record of $1.9 billion, an increase of
          approximately eight percent from the comparable period of a year ago.

          The Company also believes that first quarter 2001 earnings will
          approximate the $.25 per share that it had previously projected. This
          would compare with $.39 per share in the 2000 first quarter

          Based on present business trends, the Company believes that second
          quarter 2001 earnings per share should increase at least 20 percent
          from the 2001 first quarter, and second half results should exceed
          those of the first half."

     The press release also advised that statements in the press release may
include certain forward-looking statements regarding Masco's future sales and
earnings growth potential; actual results may vary because of various factors,
including external factors over which Masco has no control; and that additional
information about Masco's products, markets and conditions, which could affect
future performance, is contained in Masco's filings with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.


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                                   SIGNATURE

     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                       MASCO CORPORATION


                                       By: /s/ Richard G. Mosteller
                                          -----------------------------------
                                          Name:  Richard G. Mosteller
                                          Title: Senior Vice President - Finance


April 13, 2001


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