FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact:  M.L. "Chip" Fontenot
          Chief Executive Officer
          (212) 686-2080 x293

       DECORATIVE HOME ACCENTS CONTINUES POST-ACQUISITION
                    INTEGRATION OF OPERATIONS

Abbeville, SC - October 18, 1996 - The Board of Directors of
Decorative Home Accents, Inc. announced today additional
consolidated and integration plans for its Home Innovations, Inc.
and The Rug Barn, Inc. Subsidiaries, furthering such efforts since
the merger of the two in July 1995.

Barbara and Harry Scharling, the founders of The Rug Barn, will no
longer be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Company
and will resign from the Board of Directors as well as from their
positions as Executive Vice President and Chief Executive Officer,
respectively, effective today.  The Scharlings will consult on new
product development and sourcing at The Rug Barn and continue their
equity ownership and financial interest in the Company.

M.L. "Chip" Fontenot, Chief Operating Officer of the Company and
Chief Executive Officer of Home Innovations, has been named as
Chief Executive Officer of Decorative Home Accents and will be
responsible for the overall management of The Rug Barn in addition
to his current duties.  Richard Ennis, Vice President of Operations
of Decorative Home Accents, will assume manufacturing
responsibility at The Rug Barn, and Jay Baker, Executive Vice
President and Chief Financial Officer of Decorative Home Accents,
will report to Mr. Fontenot.  A search is currently underway for a
president of The Rug Barn division.

These changes are part of an overall succession and integration
plan that began earlier in the year," said Mr. Fontenot.  "Our
first task of consolidating Home Innovations into product-driven
business units under strong management has been completed.  Barbara
and Harry Scharling were the inspiration that made The Rug Barn a
leading supplier to the gift trade.  We know these organizational
changes, along with our many associates at The Rug Barn, will
enhance our ability to expand this leadership position and realize
the many opportunities available to us as a combined company."

Decorative Home Accents designs, manufactures and markets an
extensive line of decorative home accessories including soft
window, bedding and bath products and afghans, or "throws."  The
Company is also exclusive master licensee of all Calvin Klein home
accessories marketed under the Calvin Klein Home Collection
trademark including bedding, sheets, towels, curtains, flatware,
glassware and home fragrances.  The Company has its headquarters in
Abbeville, South Carolina and has operations in New York, North
Carolina and Illinois.