Exhibit 10.a.ii

                            RESTORATION STOCK OPTION
                                 {CURRENT DATE}

NAME
ADDRESS
ADDRESS

Dear                 :

      You have exercised a non-qualified stock option previously granted to you,
and you paid all or part of the option exercise price by delivery of Company
stock. In accordance with the program adopted by the Organization and
Compensation Committee of the Board of Directors, subject to your acceptance you
are granted a non-qualified Restoration Option for shares of Company common
stock, $1 par value, subject to the terms of the 1991 Long Term Stock Incentive
Plan, as follows:

         Date of Restoration Option:

         Number of Shares Granted:

         The Option Price:  $

         Exercisable in Full on & after:

         This Option Expires after:

      Copies of the 1991 Plan, the Company's most recent proxy statement, Annual
Report to Stockholders and a Prospectus are enclosed for your information,
except to the extent our records indicate you have already received such
documents. Additional copies of any of these documents are available from the
Company upon your request.

      Except for reference to an option plan other than the 1991 Plan and the
above specific terms, all of the terms and conditions of your most recent option
agreement are incorporated in this Restoration Option, and both the Company and
you are bound thereby. Please sign two copies of this document and return them
as soon as possible to Eugene A. Gargaro, Jr. at the home office, since this
Restoration Option will not be effective until we receive the signed copies.

                                            MASCO CORPORATION

                                            By_________________________________
                                                Richard A. Manoogian
                                                Chairman of the Board and
                                                Chief Executive Officer

Accepted upon the terms above stated:

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DATED:_____________________________