POWER OF ATTORNEY

                         FOR EXECUTING FORMS 3, 4 & 5



        The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Michael J.

Veitenheimer, Vice President, Secretary and General Counsel of The Bombay

Company, Inc., his/her true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:



        1.      execute for and on behalf of the undersigned as same relate to

                The Bombay

                Company, Inc., Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section

                16(a) of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules

                and regulations promulgated thereunder;



        2.      do and perform and all acts for and on behalf of the

                undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete the

                execution of any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and the timely filing of

                such form with The United States Securities and Exchange

                Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and



        3.      take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with

                the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact,

                may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally

                required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the

                documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the

                undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such

                form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such

                attorney-in-fact may approve in his discretion.



        The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and

authority to do and perform all and every act and thing whatsoever requisite,

necessary and proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and power

herein granted , as fully to all intents and purposes as such attorney-in-fact

might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or

revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney attorney-in-

fact shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this power of attorney

and the rights and powers herein granted.  The undersigned acknowledges that

the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of

the undersigned, is not assuming nor is The Bombay Company, Inc. assuming, any

of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations

promulgated thereunder.



        This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the

undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5, unless earlier

revoked in writing.



        Dated this 8th day of June 2005.



                        /S/ PAUL V. HIGHAM



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