EXHIBIT 31.2

                    CERTIFICATION OF CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER
                         SARBANES-OXLEY ACT SECTION 302

     I, James P. Keane, Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer of
Steelcase Inc., certify that:

1)   I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of Steelcase Inc.;

2)   Based on my knowledge, this quarterly 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 quarterly report;

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

4)   The registrant's other certifying officer 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 registrant 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 registrant,
        including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others
        within those entities, particularly during the period in which this
        quarterly report is being prepared;

     b) evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant's disclosure controls and
        procedures and presented in this quarterly 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 quarterly report any change in the registrant's
        internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the
        registrant's most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant's fourth fiscal
        quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected,
        or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal
        control over financial reporting; and

5)   The registrant's other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on
     our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to
     the registrant's auditors and the audit committee of registrant's 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 registrant'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 registrant's internal
        control over financial reporting.

                                                  /s/ JAMES P. KEANE
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                                                  Name:  James P. Keane
                                                  Title: Senior Vice President,
                                                         Chief Financial Officer

January 12, 2004