X0202 4 2005-03-29 0 0000027613 DECORATOR INDUSTRIES INC DII 0001105838 ROBOTTI ROBERT 0 0 1 0 Common Stock, Par Value $0.20 Per Share 2004-03-29 4 S 0 1500 9.7 D 555238 I See Footnote This amount is beneficially owned by an advisory client of Robotti & Company Advisors, LLC ("Robotti & Company Advisors"), registered under the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. As requested by the client to liquidate their account, 1500 shares of the Common Stock, Par Value $0.20 per share (the "Common Stock") was disposed on March 29, 2005. Robotti & Company Advisors did not exercise investment discretion over the disposition of the 1,500 shares. This amount includes 333,155 shares of the Common Stock, directly owned by the discretionary accounts of Robotti & Company, LLC ("Robotti & Company"), a broker-dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 ("Exchange Act"), as amended, and by the advisory clients of Robotti & Company Advisors and beneficially owned by its discretionary brokerage customers and advisory clients. This amount includes 217,318 shares of the Common Stock directly owned by The Ravenswood Investment Company, L.P. ("RIC") and beneficially owned by its partners. This amount includes 4,765 shares of the Common Stock directly owned by Suzanne and Robert Robotti Foundation, Inc. ("Robotti Foundation"), a Delaware corporation. Mr. Robotti is deemed to beneficially own (solely for the purpose of Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the Exchange Act) the securities set forth in footnotes (2), (3) and (4) above through his proportionate ownership of Robotti & Company, Incorporated, a New York corporation and the parent holding company of Robotti & Company and Robotti & Company Advisors, by virtue of the investment discretion Robotti and Company and Robotti & Company Advisors have over the accounts of its brokerage customers and advisory clients, and as managing member of Ravenswood Management Company, L.L.C. which serves as the general partner of RIC, and as a Director of Robotti Foundation. Mr. Robotti disclaims beneficial ownership of such securities except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein. /s/ Robert E. Robotti 2005-03-31