EXHIBIT 31.2

     CERTIFICATION OF PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL OFFICER AS REQUIRED BY SECTION 302
                        OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

I, Jeffrey A. Hoyt, do hereby certify that:

(1)      I have  reviewed the June 30, 2003 annual  report on Form 10-K filed by
         Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. (the "Company");

(2)      Based on my  knowledge,  this annual report does not contain any untrue
         statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary
         to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances  under which
         such  statements  were made, not misleading  with respect to the period
         covered by this annual report;

(3)      Based on my knowledge,  the financial  statements,  and other financial
         information  included  in this  annual  report,  fairly  present in all
         material  respects the financial  condition,  results of operations and
         cash flows of the Company as of, and for, the periods presented in this
         annual report;

(4)      The Company's  other  certifying  officer(s) and I are  responsible for
         establishing  and  maintaining  disclosure  controls and procedures (as
         defined in Exchange Act Rules  13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Company
         and have:

                  (a)      Designed such disclosure controls and procedures,  or
                           caused such disclosure  controls and procedures to be
                           designed  under  our  supervision,   to  ensure  that
                           material   information   relating  to  the   Company,
                           including  its  consolidated  subsidiaries,  is  made
                           known  to  us  by  others   within  those   entities,
                           particularly  during the period in which this  report
                           is being prepared;

                  (b)      Evaluated   the   effectiveness   of  the   Company's
                           disclosure  controls and  procedures and presented in
                           this report our conclusions  about the  effectiveness
                           of the disclosure controls and procedures,  as of the
                           end of the  period  covered by this  report  based on
                           such evaluation; and

                  (c)      Disclosed in this report any change in the  Company's
                           internal   control  over  financial   reporting  that
                           occurred  during the  Company's  most  recent  fiscal
                           quarter  (the  fourth  fiscal  quarter in the case of
                           this annual report) that has materially affected,  or
                           is  reasonably  likely  to  materially   affect,  the
                           Company's internal control over financial reporting;

(5)      The Company's other certifying  officer(s) and I have disclosed,  based
         on our most  recent  evaluation  of  internal  control  over  financial
         reporting,  to the  Company's  auditors and the Audit  Committee of the
         Board of Directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

                  (a)      All significant  deficiencies and material weaknesses
                           in the design or operation  of internal  control over
                           financial  reporting  which are reasonably  likely to
                           adversely  affect  the  Company's  ability to record,
                           process,  summarize and report financial information;
                           and

                  (b)      Any fraud,  whether or not  material,  that  involves
                           management or other  employees who have a significant
                           role in the Company's internal control over financial
                           reporting.


     /S/ JEFFREY A. HOYT       Vice President, Finance
- -------------------------------
      (Jeffrey A. Hoyt)


September 19, 2003