FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, DC 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number:  3235-0287 Expires:  January 31, 2005 Estimated average burden hours per response.........0.5
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(Print or Type Responses)

1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*           Robotti, Robert Edward

2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol Decorator Industries, Incorporated ("DII")

6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer                   (Check all applicable)

Director

x

10% Owner

Officer (give title below)

Other (specify below)

(Last)                    (First)                (Middle)

3. I.R.S. Identification    Number of Reporting    Person, if an entity    (Voluntary)

4. Statement for     Month/Day/Year 04/09/2003

7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)

c/o Robotti & Company, Incorporated 52 Vanderbilt Avenue, Suite 503

(Street)

5. If Amendment,     Date of Original     (Month/Day/Year)

Form filed by One Reporting Person

New York, New York 10017

X

Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

(City)                      (State)                  (Zip)

Table I  ¾ Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned

1. Title of Security     (Instr. 3)

2. Trans-     action     Date   (Month/     Day/    Year)

2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any   (Month/     Day/    Year)

3. Trans-     action     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. Owner-     ship     Form:     Direct     (D) or     Indirect     (I)   (Instr. 4)

7. Nature of     Indirect     Beneficial     Owner-     ship     (Instr. 4)

Code

V

Amount

(A) or (D)

Price

COMMON STOCK, PAR VALUE $0.20 Per Share

04/09/2003

S

1,119(1)

D

$4.21

415,175 (2)(3)(4)

I

(5)

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FORM 4 (continued)

Table II  ¾ Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

1. Title of Derivative     Security     (Instr. 3)

2. Conver-     sion or     Exercise     Price of     Deri-     vative    Security

3. Trans-     action     Date (Month/  Day/ Year)

3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any   (Month/    Day/   Year)

4. Trans-     action     Code     (Instr.8)

5. Number of Deriv-     ative Securities Ac-     quired (A) or Dis-     posed of (D)     (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)

6. Date Exer-     cisable and     Expiration     Date     (Month/Day/     Year)

7. Title and Amount of     Underlying Securities     (Instr. 3 and 4)

8. Price     of     Deriv-     ative     Secur-     ity     (Instr.     5)

9. Number    of deriv-    ative    Secur-    ities    Bene-    ficially    Owned    Follow-    ing    Reported    Trans-    action(s)    (Instr. 4)

10. Owner-      ship      Form of      Deri-      vative      Security:      Direct      (D) or      Indirect      (I)      (Instr. 4)

11. Nature      of      Indirect      Benefi-      cial      Owner-      ship      (Instr. 4)

Code

V

(A)

(D)

Date Exer- cisable

Expira- tion Date

Title

Amount or Number of Shares

Explanation of Responses:

(1) This amount was directly owned by a discretionary account of Robotti & Company, Incorporated ("Robotti & Company"), a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("Exchange Act"), and as an investment advisor registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940, as amended, and was sold and disposed in accordance to the discretionary client's instruction to liquidate and close the account.  Robert E. Robotti ("Robotti") did not exercise discretion over the sale and disposition of these shares.  The sale and disposition of 1,119 shares of the Common Stock is being reported due to a change in the total number of shares that is under discretion of Robotti & Company.
(2) This amount includes 287,861 shares of Common Stock directly owned by the discretionary accounts of Robotti & Company, Incorporated, and beneficially owned by its discretionary brokerage customers and advisory clients.  This amount also includes 231 shares of the Common Stock directly owned by a brokerage customer prior to becoming a discretionary brokerage customer on April 10, 2003.  Robotti & Company disclaims beneficial ownership of all 288,092 afore mentioned shares.
(3) 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.  Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C. ("RMC"), serves as the general partner of RIC.  Both RIC and RMC disclaim beneficial ownership of such securities.
(4) This amount includes 4,765 shares of the Common Stock directly owned by Mr. Robotti and is held in Mr. Robotti's individual brokerage account.  Mr. Robotti claims beneficial ownership of such securities.
(5) 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 (1) and (2) above through his proportionate ownership of Robotti & Company, by virtue of the investment discretion Robotti & Company has over the accounts of its brokerage customers and advisory clients, and as managing member of RMC, 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.


*Individually and as President and Treasurer of Robotti & Company, Incorporated and as a managing member of Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C., which serves as the general partner of The Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P.

		/s/ Robert E. Robotti *	04/11/2003
**	Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations.	**Signature of Reporting Person	Date
	See18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

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