Document And Entity Information - USD ($)	12 Months Ended
	Dec. 31, 2016	Jun. 30, 2016	Feb. 17, 2016
Document and Entity Information [Abstract]
Entity Registrant Name	STANLEY FURNITURE CO INC.
Document Type	10-K
Current Fiscal Year End Date	--12-31
Entity Common Stock, Shares Outstanding			14,730,805
Entity Public Float		$ 30,000,000
Amendment Flag	true
Amendment Description	We are filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-K/A ("Amendment") to amend our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") on February 23, 2017 ("Form 10-K"). The sole purpose of this Amendment is to correct an inadvertent error in the Extensible Business Reporting Language ("XBRL") information filed on Exhibit 101 to the original Form 10-K. No changes have been made in this Amendment to modify or update the other disclosures presented in the Form 10-K. This Amendment does not reflect events occurring after the filing of the Form 10-K or modify or update any disclosures in the Form 10-K that may be affected by such events. This Amendment should be read in conjunction with the Form 10-K and our other filings with the SEC.
Entity Central Index Key	0000797465
Entity Current Reporting Status	Yes
Entity Voluntary Filers	No
Entity Filer Category	Smaller Reporting Company
Entity Well-known Seasoned Issuer	No
Document Period End Date	Dec. 31, 2016
Document Fiscal Year Focus	2016
Document Fiscal Period Focus	FY