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                                                                EXHIBIT 23.1.3





                        CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS


We consent to the reference to our firm under the caption "Experts" and to the
use of our report dated August 15, 1997 (except Note 11, as to which the date
is December 30, 1997), with respect to the consolidated financial statements of
Seymour Sales Corporation and subsidiaries in the Registration Statement (Form
S-4) and the related Prospectus of Home Products International, Inc. for the
registration of $125,000,000 of its 9 5/8 % Senior Subordinated Notes due 2008.



                                                        Ernst & Young LLP


Indianapolis, Indiana
June 5, 1998