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EMPLOYEE RETIREMENT PLANS (Details 4) (Qualified)	Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Employee Retirement Plans
Weighted average asset allocation (as a percent)	100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations	100.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations
Equity securities
Employee Retirement Plans
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Debt securities
Employee Retirement Plans
Weighted average asset allocation (as a percent)	34.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = mas_UnitedStatesQualifiedPensionPlansOfUSEntityDefinedBenefitMember	35.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = us-gaap_DebtSecuritiesMember / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = mas_UnitedStatesQualifiedPensionPlansOfUSEntityDefinedBenefitMember
Other
Employee Retirement Plans
Weighted average asset allocation (as a percent)	20.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = mas_UnitedStatesQualifiedPensionPlansOfUSEntityDefinedBenefitMember	18.00%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanWeightedAverageAssetAllocations / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanByPlanAssetCategoriesAxis = us-gaap_OtherAssetsMember / us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlansDisclosuresDefinedBenefitPlansAxis = mas_UnitedStatesQualifiedPensionPlansOfUSEntityDefinedBenefitMember

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Percentage of fair value of investments (categorized by debt securities, equity securities, real estate and other plan assets) to the fair value of plan assets held.

+ References

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 5

-Subparagraph (c)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e2446-114920



Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 715

-SubTopic 20

-Section 50

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (d)(1)

-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=28361610&loc=d3e1928-114920

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