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                                                                    EXHIBIT 99.1


D.I.Y. HOME WAREHOUSE, INC.

Phone:    216-328-5100
Fax:      216-328-5134

CONTACT: CLIFFORD L. REYNOLDS
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
D.I.Y. Home Warehouse, Inc.
5811 Canal Road
Valley View, Ohio  44125

PRESS RELEASE

D.I.Y. HOME WAREHOUSE, INC. ANNOUNCES CLOSURE OF REMAINING LOCATIONS

     CLEVELAND, OHIO, JUNE 19, 2001: D.I.Y. Home Warehouse, Inc. (OTC-BB: DIYH)
today announced that it will voluntarily close its remaining six stores in
Cleveland, Eastlake, Elyria, Warren, Akron and Ashtabula, Ohio. Inventory
close-out sales at all locations are scheduled to begin later this week and are
expected to be completed by the end of August. The Company made the difficult
decision after a review of updated projections indicated that the Company would
not be able to operate profitably on a long-term basis given the continued
competitive pressures from national warehouse retailers in its markets. In
addition to selling its existing merchandise inventories, furniture and
fixtures, the Company will actively market the real estate of its closed
locations which may result in the sale, lease, sublease or redevelopment of some
or all of the properties.

     The Company currently expects that the net proceeds from the disposition of
merchandise inventories will exceed its total outstanding obligations. The
Company will evaluate its existing and future financial obligations and all
valid claims against the Company will be honored. After evaluating the results
of the sale of merchandise inventories, furniture and fixtures and the sale,
lease, sublease or redevelopment of its real estate, the Company intends to
determine how it can maximize shareholder value. The Company intends to retain
an investment banker to assist it in making such a determination.

     D.I.Y. Home Warehouse, Inc. would like to thank its customers, associates,
stockholders and vendors for their support and dedication to the Company
throughout its sixteen year history and regrets that it must now exit the
marketplace.






The statements contained in this news release may include certain predictions
and projections that may be considered forward-looking statements under
securities law. These statements involve a number of important risks and
uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially including,
but not limited to, the matters described in the Company's most recent Form
10-K, the Company's ability to generate sufficient proceeds from inventory sales
to retire all debt, the performance of the retail and home improvement industry,
as well as other economic, competitive and technological factors involving the
Company's operations, markets, products and prices.


-    FOR RELEASE JUNE 19, 2001