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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, Frank Borman, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Blank and Ronald M.
Brill, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with
full power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report
of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year of the Corporation ended
January 31, 1999, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, including such as are incorporated therein by reference,
and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any
amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating such changes as any of the said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 16th day
of April, 1999.

                                                 /s/ Frank Borman       
                                                 ----------------------
                                                 Frank Borman


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, John L. Clendenin, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Blank and Ronald M.
Brill, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with
full power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report
of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year of the Corporation ended
January 31, 1999, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, including such as are incorporated therein by reference,
and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any
amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating such changes as any of the said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day
of April, 1999.

                                             /s/ John L. Clendenin    
                                             --------------------------
                                             John L. Clendenin


   3



                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, Berry Cox, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Blank and Ronald M.
Brill, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with
full power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report
of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year of the Corporation ended
January 31, 1999, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, including such as are incorporated therein by reference,
and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any
amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating such changes as any of the said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 5th day
of April, 1999.

                                             /s/ Berry R. Cox
                                             --------------------
                                             Berry R. Cox


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, Milledge Hart, III, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Blank and Ronald M.
Brill, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with
full power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report
of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year of the Corporation ended
January 31, 1999, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, including such as are incorporated therein by reference,
and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any
amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating such changes as any of the said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day
of April, 1999.

                                            /s/ Milledge A. Hart, III
                                            -------------------------
                                            Milledge A. Hart, III


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, Donald Keough, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Blank and Ronald M.
Brill, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with
full power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report
of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year of the Corporation ended
January 31, 1999, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, including such as are incorporated therein by reference,
and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any
amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating such changes as any of the said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 7th day
of April, 1999.

                                                 /s/ Kenneth G. Langone
                                                 ----------------------
                                                 Kenneth G. Langone





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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, Kenneth G. Langone, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Blank and Ronald M.
Brill, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with
full power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report
of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year of the Corporation ended
January 31, 1999, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, including such as are incorporated therein by reference,
and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any
amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating such changes as any of the said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 6th day
of April, 1999.

                                                /s/ Donald R. Keough
                                                --------------------
                                                Donald R. Keough


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                               POWER OF ATTORNEY



         I, M. Faye Wilson, a director of The Home Depot, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, do hereby constitute and appoint Arthur M. Blank and Ronald M.
Brill, jointly and severally, my true and lawful attorneys-in-fact, each with
full power of substitution, for me in any and all capacities, to sign, pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Annual Report
of the Corporation on Form 10-K for the fiscal year of the Corporation ended
January 31, 1999, and to file the same with the Securities and Exchange
Commission, together with all exhibits thereto and other documents in
connection therewith, including such as are incorporated therein by reference,
and to sign on my behalf and in my stead, in any and all capacities, any
amendments to said Annual Report, incorporating such changes as any of the said
attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, hereby ratifying and confirming all that
each of said attorneys-in-fact deems appropriate, and all that each of said
attorneys-in-fact, or his substitute or substitutes, may do or cause to be done
by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and seal this 14th  
day of April, 1999.

                                                 /s/ M. Faye Wilson
                                                 ------------------
                                                 M. Faye Wilson