SEC Form 4

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* ROBOTTI ROBERT (Last) (First) (Middle) (Street) (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol DECORATOR INDUSTRIES INC [ DII ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) Director X 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/07/2004
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock, Par Value $0.20 Per Share	05/07/2004		P		1,400	A	$7.7	430,963(1)(2)(3)	I	See Footnote(4)

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

1. This amount includes 303,880 shares of the Common Stock, Par Value $0.20 per share (the "Common Stock"), directly owned by the discretionary accounts of Robotti & Company, LLC ("Robotti & Company"), a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), and by the advisory clients of Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC ("Robotti & Company Advisors") registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 and beneficially owned by its discretionary brokerage customers and advisory clients.

2. This amount includes 122,318 shares of the Common Stock directly owned by the Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P. ("RIC") and beneficially owned by its partners.

3. This amount includes 4,765 shares of the Common Stock directly owned by Mr. Robotti and is held in his brokerage account. Mr. Robotti claims beneficial ownership of such securities.

4. Mr. Robotti is deemed to beneficially own (solely for the purpose of Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Exchange Act) the securities set forth in footnotes (1) and (2) above through his proportionate ownership of Robotti & Company and Robotti & Company Advisors, by virtue of the investment discretion Robotti and Company and Robotti & Company Advisors have over the accounts of its brokerage customers and advisory clients, and as managing member of Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C. which serves as the general partner of RIC. Mr. Robotti disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

	/s/ Robert E. Robotti	05/11/2004
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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