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                                                                   EXHIBIT 24.2


                       [COOPERS & LYBRAND LETTERHEAD]


                       CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS




We consent  to the  inclusion in  this registration  statement on Form  S-8 of
our report dated February  21, 1996 on our audits of the financial  statements
of D.I.Y.  Home Warehouse,  Inc. as  of December 30,  1995 and   December 31,
1994 and for  each of  the three years  in  the period  ended December  30,
1995.   We  also consent to the reference to our firm under the caption
"Experts."


                                                     Coopers & Lybrand L.L.P.

Cleveland, Ohio
May 21, 1996