Note 11 - Lines of Credit (Details) - Line of Credit [Member] ¥ in Millions															3 Months Ended		6 Months Ended		12 Months Ended
	Feb. 16, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2016 USD ($)	Jan. 26, 2016 CNY (¥)	Jan. 20, 2016 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 01, 2015 CNY (¥)	Sep. 28, 2015 USD ($)	Sep. 21, 2015 USD ($)	Aug. 01, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 08, 2015 USD ($)	May 05, 2015 USD ($)	Jan. 22, 2015 USD ($)	Nov. 20, 2014 USD ($)	Apr. 25, 2012 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2015 USD ($)	Dec. 31, 2014 USD ($)	Jun. 30, 2016 CNY (¥)	Dec. 31, 2015 CNY (¥)	Dec. 17, 2015	Sep. 21, 2015 CNY (¥)	May 05, 2015 CNY (¥)	Nov. 20, 2014 CNY (¥)	Apr. 25, 2012 CNY (¥)
Diamond Bar [Member]
Note 11 - Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity				$ 8,000,000			$ 6,000,000		$ 5,000,000	$ 6,000,000									$ 5,000,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End									4.25%										4.25%			4.25%	4.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date							Jun. 01, 2017		Sep. 01, 2015	Jul. 31, 2015									Jun. 01, 2015
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period				3.50%			3.75%
Line of Credit Facility, Collateral																			The line of credit is secured by all of the assets of Diamond Bar and is guaranteed by Nova LifeStyle.
Long-term Line of Credit															$ 6,331,066		$ 6,331,066		$ 5,659,357
Interest Expense, Debt															53,548	$ 51,950	106,254	$ 99,913
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity															1,668,934		$ 1,668,934
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms																			The Diamond Bar loan has the following covenants: (i) maintain a minimum tangible net worth of not less than $10 million; (ii) maintain a ratio of debt to tangible net worth not in excess of 2.500 to 1.000; (iii) the pre-tax income must be not less than 1.000% of total revenue quarterly; and (iv) maintain a current ratio in excess of 1.250 to 1.000.
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance																	Diamond Bar was in compliance with the stated covenants.
Nova Dongguan [Member]
Note 11 - Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity								$ 3,016,045					$ 1,508,023	$ 3,016,045							¥ 20.0			¥ 20.0		¥ 10.0	¥ 20.0
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date					Nov. 09, 2016	Nov. 09, 2016		Sep. 20, 2018					May 19, 2015	Apr. 24, 2015
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period		0.47125%	0.47125%
Line of Credit Facility, Collateral								The loans are secured by the buildings of Nova Dongguan and are guaranteed by the Company’s CEO.
Long-term Line of Credit															3,016,045		$ 3,016,045		$ 2,756,560			¥ 17.9
Interest Expense, Debt															45,721	27,495	88,492	54,865
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity															0		0
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage					0.47125%	0.47125%
Proceeds from Lines of Credit		$ 316,685	¥ 2.1		$ 754,011	¥ 5.0
Nova Macao [Member]
Note 11 - Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity	$ 6,500,000											$ 6,500,000
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate at Period End												4.25%
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date	Jan. 31, 2017											Jan. 29, 2016
Line of Credit Facility, Interest Rate During Period	4.00%
Line of Credit Facility, Collateral												The loan was secured by assignment of Sinosure (China Export and Credit Insurance Company) credit insurance and is guaranteed by Nova LifeStyle and Diamond Bar.
Long-term Line of Credit															1,848,000		1,848,000			$ 1,848,000
Interest Expense, Debt															18,686	$ 20,070	38,414	$ 39,705
Line of Credit Facility, Remaining Borrowing Capacity															$ 4,652,000		$ 4,652,000
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Terms												(i) total outstanding under working capital advance shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the credit commitment of $6,500,000, (b) the insurance claim limit and (c) borrowing base allowed of 80% advance rate against certain eligible accounts receivable; (ii) eligible accounts receivable are insured buyers by Sinosure assigned to the bank and within established insurance limit; (iii) the bank has an absolute right to exclude any portion of the accounts receivable from the aging report for computation of the borrowing base as it deems fit; (iv) in case the aggregate outstanding amount of credit facilities exceeds the available amount of facilities conferred by the aforesaid computation of borrowing base, the excess amount shall be settled within 7 days by Nova Macao.
Line of Credit Facility, Covenant Compliance																				Nova Macao was in compliance with the stated covenants.
Line of Credit #1 [Member] | Nova Dongguan [Member]
Note 11 - Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity											$ 527,808														¥ 3.5
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date											Oct. 18, 2015
Line of Credit #2 [Member] | Nova Dongguan [Member]
Note 11 - Lines of Credit (Details) [Line Items]
Line of Credit Facility, Maximum Borrowing Capacity								$ 1,945,349			$ 980,215													¥ 12.9	¥ 6.5
Line of Credit Facility, Expiration Date								Sep. 24, 2016			Oct. 18, 2015
Debt Instrument, Interest Rate, Stated Percentage								0.47533%																0.47533%