Exhibit 24.1

                                POWER OF ATTORNEY

         Each of the undersigned officers and directors of Acorn Products, Inc.
(the "Company"), hereby appoints A. Corydon Meyer, John G. Jacob, and Robert J.
Tannous as his attorneys, or any of them, with power to act without the other,
as his true and lawful attorney, to sign, in his name and on his behalf and in
any and all capacities stated below, and to cause to be filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), the Company's
Registration Statement on Form S-3 (the "Registration Statement") for the
purpose of registering under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, shares of
the Company's common stock issuable upon the exercise of non-transferable common
stock purchase rights, and any and all amendments, including post-effective
amendments, to the Registration Statement hereby granting unto said attorneys
and each of them full power and authority to do and perform in the name and on
behalf of the undersigned, and in any and all such capacities, every act and
thing whatsoever necessary to be done in and about the premises as fully as the
undersigned could or might do in person, hereby granting to each said
attorney-in-fact full power of substitution and revocation, and hereby ratifying
all that any said attorney-in-fact or his substitute may do by virtue hereof.

         IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have signed these presents
effective the 22nd day of October 2002.


                                                
       /s/ William W. Abbott                             Chairman of the Board of Directors
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     William W. Abbott


       /s/ A. Corydon Meyer                              President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director
------------------------------------------------         (Principal Executive Officer)
       A. Corydon Meyer


       /s/ John G. Jacob                                 Vice President, Chief Financial Officer,
------------------------------------------------         Treasurer and Secretary (Principal Accounting
       John G. Jacob                                     Officer and Principal Financial Officer)


       /s/ Matthew S. Barrett                            Director
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     Matthew S. Barrett


       /s/ Vincent J. Cebula                             Director
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     Vincent J. Cebula


        /s/ John J. Kahl, Jr.                            Director
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     John J. Kahl, Jr.


       /s/ John L. Mariotti                              Director
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     John L. Mariotti