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Amount of long-lived assets other than financial instruments, long-term customer relationships of a financial institution, mortgage and other servicing rights, deferred policy acquisition costs, and deferred tax assets, located in the entity's country of domicile.

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Revenues from external customers attributed to the entity's country of domicile.

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Amount of revenue generated from a single external customer that accounts for 10 percent or more of an entity's revenues.

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The amount of impairment loss recognized in the period resulting from the write-down of the carrying amount of an intangible asset (excluding goodwill) to fair value.

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Segment Information - Company by Segment and Geographic Area (Parenthetical) (Detail) (USD $) In Millions, unless otherwise specified	3 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2012	Dec. 31, 2011	Dec. 31, 2010
Operating Statistics [Line Items]
Export sales from U.S. included in net sales			$ 229	$ 241	$ 246
Intra-company sales between segments in percentage			2.00%	2.00%	2.00%
Sales to one customer included in net sales			2,143	1,984	1,993
Net sales from the Company's operations in U.S.			5,793	5,394	5,618
Impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets	42	494	42	494	698
Long-lived assets of the Company's operations, Domestic	2,795	2,964	2,795	2,964	3,684
Europe [Member]
Operating Statistics [Line Items]
Long-lived assets of the Company's operations, Domestic	567	565	567	565	617
Cabinets and Related Products [Member]
Operating Statistics [Line Items]
Impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets				44
Plumbing Products [Member]
Operating Statistics [Line Items]
Impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets				1	1
Installation and Other Services [Member]
Operating Statistics [Line Items]
Impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets					697
Decorative Architectural Products [Member]
Operating Statistics [Line Items]
Impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets				75
Other Specialty Products [Member]
Operating Statistics [Line Items]
Impairment charges for goodwill and other intangible assets				374
Impairment charges for other intangible assets			$ 42