Exhibit 99.2

                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 March 29, 2003 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 16, 2003                        By:  /s/ Douglas I. Payne
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                                                  Douglas I. Payne
                                                  Chief Financial Officer