Equity and Redeemable Securities (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2013

Equity and Temporary Equity Disclsoure [Abstract]

Schedule of temporary equity

The following table shows the changes in the classes of preferred stock, which are recorded as redeemable securities (outside of permanent equity):

	Class A				Class B					Class C
	Shares		Amount		Shares		Amount			Shares		Amount
December 31, 2011	5,100		$	—	48,760		$	54,997		—		$	—
Issuance of Class C Convertible Preferred stock	—		—		—		—			5,000		5,000
Recognition of beneficial conversion feature on Class C Convertible Preferred stock	—		—		—		—			—		(5,000		)
Deemed dividend on Class C Convertible Preferred stock	—		—		—		—			—		5,000
Dividends accrued on Class B Senior Preferred stock	—		—		—		4,480			—		—
Redemption of Class B Senior Preferred stock	—		—		(12,372	)	(12,372		)	—		—
Dividends paid on Class B Senior Preferred stock	—		—		—		(10,628		)	—		—
December 31, 2012	5,100		—		36,388		36,477			5,000		5,000
Conversion of Saturn Acquisition Holdings, LLC preferred stock to Stock Building Supply Holdings, Inc. preferred stock (Note 1)	—		—		1,079		—			—		—
Dividends accrued on Class B Senior Preferred stock	—		—		—		1,836			—		—
Reclassification and conversion of preferred stock to common stock in connection with the IPO (Note 2)	(5,100	)	—		(37,467	)	(38,313		)	(5,000	)	(5,000		)
December 31, 2013	—		$	—	—		$	—		—		$	—