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") Annual
Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2004 (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 our results of
               operations.

Date: February 7, 2005                      By: /s/Douglas I. Payne
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                                                   Douglas I. Payne
                                                   Chief Financial Officer