Winston Porter and Seeday dressers failed the STURDY Act — one tipped onto a 3-year-old

In 2026, roughly 2,050 wooden dressers sold under the Winston Porter and Seeday names were recalled for tip-over and entrapment hazards: unstable unless anchored to a wall, they could tip onto and trap children, in violation of the STURDY Act — the mandatory federal stability standard for clothing storage units.

The recall covered three models. The 3-drawer and 4-drawer versions were sold on Amazon.com from February through June 2026 for about $110 and $130; the 5-drawer dresser sold on Wayfair.com and Amazon.com from May 2025 through January 2026 for between $70 and $160. All were manufactured in China by Linyi Lingmoxuan, with consumers directed to Linyi Lingmoxuan and Seeday for refunds.

The hazard was not hypothetical: one tip-over incident injured a 3-year-old child before the recall. CPSC's notice stated the dressers posed risks of serious injury or death to children — the exact scenario the stability standard exists to prevent.

The remedy showed how low-trust these recalls have become: buyers were told to write the word 'recalled' on the top and all sides of the dresser in permanent marker, photograph it, and email the photo to a recall address to get a full refund. The recall joined a growing list of STURDY Act failures by Amazon- and Wayfair-sold furniture brands.

About 2,050 three-, four- and five-drawer dressers recalled; one child injured; refunds require marking the dresser 'recalled' and emailing a disposal photo.

A real child was hurt — the standard's predicted failure mode arrived before the recall did.

The 5-drawer model sold unanchored for eight months before the newer models even went on sale.

The disposal-by-marker-photo remedy signals how hard it is to actually get unstable furniture out of homes.

A mandatory standard only works if someone tests against it before shipping: every STURDY recall is a dresser that never met the rule it was sold under.

Consumers were instructed to stop using unanchored units immediately and keep children away; refunds followed photographic proof of disposal. The source records no penalty against the firms.