UNITED STATES
                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                              WASHINGTON, DC 20549



                                    FORM 8-K

                                 CURRENT REPORT
                     PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
                         SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

        Date of report (Date of earliest event reported) NOVEMBER 4, 2003
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                                MASCO CORPORATION
               (Exact name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)



          DELAWARE                       1-5794                 38-1794485
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(State or Other Jurisdiction    (Commission File Number)       (IRS Employer
        of Incorporation)                                   Identification No.)



    21001 VAN BORN ROAD, TAYLOR, MICHIGAN                        48180
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   (Address of Principal Executive Offices)                    (Zip Code)



                                 (313) 274-7400
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               Registrant's telephone number, including area code









ITEM 7.  FINANCIAL STATEMENTS, PRO FORMA FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND EXHIBITS.

         (c) Exhibits

         99      Press Release of Masco Corporation dated November 4, 2003,
         reporting Masco Corporation's financial results for the third quarter
         of 2003.



ITEM 12.  RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND FINANCIAL CONDITION.

         Attached and incorporated herein by reference as Exhibit 99 is a copy
of a press release dated November 4, 2003, reporting Masco Corporation's
financial results for the third quarter of 2003 and certain other information.
On November 4, 2003, Masco Corporation will hold an investor conference and web
cast to disclose financial results for the third quarter of 2003. This
information, including the Exhibit attached hereto, shall not be deemed "filed"
for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or otherwise
subject to the liabilities of that section. It may only be incorporated by
reference in another filing under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act of 1933
if such subsequent filing expressly references this Current Report on Form 8-K.



                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

                                           MASCO CORPORATION



                                           By: /s/ Timothy Wadhams
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                                           Name:   Timothy Wadhams
                                           Title:  Vice President and
                                                   Chief Financial Officer



November 4, 2003







                                  EXHIBIT INDEX


    99   Press Release of Masco Corporation, dated November 4, 2003, reporting
         Masco Corporation's financial results for the third quarter of 2003 and
         certain other information.