EXHIBIT 32



                          CERTIFICATIONS PURSUANT TO
                            18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350
                            AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                 SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


  In  connection  with  the  Quarterly  Report of The Bombay Company, Inc. (the
"Company") on Form 10-Q for the quarterly  period  ended July 30, 2005 as filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date  hereof (the "Report"),
each of the undersigned certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted
pursuant to section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of
their knowledge:

(1)   The Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

(2)   The information contained in the Report fairly presents,  in all material
respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.





/S/  JAMES  D.  CARREKER                      /S/ ELAINE D. CROWLEY
-----------------------------                 ------------------------------
James D. Carreker                             Elaine D. Crowley
Chairman of the Board and                     Senior Vice President,
Chief Executive Officer                       Chief Financial Officer
                                              and Treasurer


Dated:  September 8, 2005                     Dated: September 8, 2005