Exhibit 32.1

                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 27, 2004 as filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I, Jeffrey
R. Scheffer, Chief Executive 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 14, 2004                             By: /s/Jeffrey R. Scheffer
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                                                     Jeffrey R. Scheffer
                                                     Chief Executive Officer