Note 11 - Lines of Credit	3 Months Ended
Note 11 - Lines of Credit	Mar. 31, 2016
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]
Debt Disclosure [Text Block]	Note 11 - Lines of Credit Diamond Bar entered into an agreement with a bank in California for a line of credit of up to $5,000,000 with annual interest of 4.25% and maturity on June 1, 2015. On June 8, 2015, the bank extended and modified the terms of the loan agreement to extend the line of credit up to a maximum of $6,000,000 until July 31, 2015 and $5,000,000 thereafter with an annual interest rate of 4.25% and maturity on September 1, 2015 (the term of which the bank allowed to extend until the renewal described in the following sentence while the bank conducted its own audit associated therewith). On September 28, 2015, Diamond Bar extended the line of credit up to a maximum of $6,000,000 with annual interest of 3.75% (4% from December 17, 2015) and maturity on June 1, 2017. On January 20, 2016, Diamond Bar increased the line of credit up to a maximum of $8,000,000 with annual interest of 3.5%. The line of credit is secured by all of the assets of Diamond Bar and is guaranteed by Nova LifeStyle . As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, Diamond Bar had $5,974,936 and $5,659,357 outstanding on the line of credit, respectively. During the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company recorded interest expense of $52,706 and $47,963, respectively. As of March 31, 2016, Diamond Bar had $2,025,064 available for borrowing without violating any covenants. 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. As of March 31, 2016, Diamond Bar was in compliance with the stated covenants. In addition, the loan agreement provides for a cross default provision whereby an event of default on this loan will cause the Nova Macao loan, which is described below, to also be in default, as both loans are from the same lender. On April 25, 2012, Nova Dongguan entered into an agreement with a commercial bank in Dongguan for a line of credit of up to $3,095,400 (RMB 20 million) with maturity on April 24, 2015. On November 20, 2014, the Company paid off the line of credit and entered into a new agreement with a reduced line of credit of up to $1,547,700 (RMB 10 million) with a maturity on May 19, 2015. On May 5, 2015, Nova Dongguan extended the line of credit of $541,695 (RMB 3.5 million) and $1,006,005 (RMB 6.5 million) with maturities on September 6, 2015 and October 18, 2015, respectively. On September 21, 2015, Nova Dongguan paid off the lines of credit and entered into a new agreement with an increased line of credit of up to $3,095,400 (RMB 20 million) for a period up to September 20, 2018. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, Nova Dongguan had $3,095,400 (RMB 20.0 million) and $2,756,560 (RMB 17.9 million) outstanding, respectively. The loan of $1,996,533 (RMB 12.9 million) currently bears monthly interest of 0.47533% and requires monthly payment of the interest. The loan is due for repayment on September 24, 2016. On November 10, 2015, Nova Dongguan borrowed an additional $773,850 (RMB 5.0 million), which bore monthly interest of 0.47125% and requires monthly payment of the interest with maturity date on November 9, 2016. On January 26, 2016, Nova Dongguan borrowed an additional $325,017 (RMB 2.1 million), which bore monthly interest of 0.47125% and requires monthly payment of the interest with maturity date on January 25, 2017. The loans are secured by the buildings of Nova Dongguan and are guaranteed by the Company’s CEO. During the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company recorded interest expense of $42,771 and $27,370, respectively, related to the applicable line of credit agreements. As of March 31, 2016, Nova Dongguan had $0 available for borrowing without violating any covenants. On January 22, 2015, Nova Macao renewed a line of credit, with an annual interest rate of 4.25% and principal of up to $6,500,000, with a commercial bank in Hong Kong to extend the maturity date to January 29, 2016. On February 16, 2016, Nova Macao extended the maturity date of line of credit to January 31, 2017, with an annual interest rate of 4% and principal of up to $6,500,000. The loan requires monthly payment of interest and that the interest rate will be adjusted annually. 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. As of March 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015, Nova Macao had $1,848,000 outstanding on the line of credit. During the three months ended March 31, 2016 and 2015, the Company paid interest of $19,728 and $19,635, respectively. As of March 31, 2016, the Company had $4,652,000 available for borrowing without violating any covenants. The Nova Macao loan has the following covenants: (i) total outstanding under working capital advance shall not exceed the lesser of (a) the credit commitment of $6,500,000, (b) insurance claim limits 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. As of March 31, 2016, Nova Macao was in compliance with the stated covenants.