Exhibit 32.2

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


In connection with the Stanley Furniture Company, Inc. (the "Company") Quarterly
Report on form 10-Q for the period ended April 2, 2005 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Douglas
I. Payne, Chief Financial Officer of the Company certify pursuant to 18 U.S.C.
Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of
2002, that, to the best of my knowledge:

     (1). The Report fully  complies with the  requirements  of Section 13(a)or
          15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and

     (2). The  information  contained  in the  Report fairly  presents,  in all
          material respects,  the financial condition and results of operations
          of the Company.

Date: April 26, 2005                          By: /s/Douglas I. Payne
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                                              Douglas I. Payne
                                              Chief Financial Officer