CPSC, Northern Bedroom’s Inc. Announce Recall of Bunk Beds
Home product recall 00-027. Announced by CPSC on Dec 7, 1999.
- CPSC: stop using it
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The short answer
Announced by CPSC on Dec 7, 1999. Copied from CPSC on Oct 24, 2026.
- Stop using it what CPSC tells owners to do now (needs attention)
- About 2,800 units, as CPSC gives them
- Reported injuries, in the notice (needs attention)
Every line below is in CPSC’s own words, with its source beside it.
What’s wrong with it?
The top bunk does not have guardrails on both sides. A child could fall or become entrapped between the wall and the mattress if there are not guardrails on the top bunk.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What should you do?
Consumers should stop using the recalled beds immediately and email the company to receive free guardrails for the top bunk.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
- How to reach the firm: Contact Northern Bedroom’s Inc. via email at northbeds@aol.com
Which ones are recalled?
The recalled wooden bunk beds are made out of Northern White Ash and have natural, cherry, honey or golden finishes. They were sold under the model names Prestige, Spindle, and Cottage. There is no identifying information on the beds.
About 2,800 units, as CPSC gives them.
Wooden bunk beds.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Who made and sold it?
- Made by Northern Bedroom’s Inc., Oxford, Maine.
- Furniture and specialty bedroom stores throughout the New England states sold the beds, from May 1995 through February 1998, for about $300 to $550.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Was anyone hurt?
CPSC is not aware of any deaths associated with the beds being recalled. However, since 1990, CPSC has received reports of seven children who died from becoming entrapped between the bed and the wall in upper bunks of bunk beds without guardrails.
CPSC, Recalls API. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
What the record doesn’t say
- The notice lists no UPCs, so check the model, the description and the photos.
- The notice lists no model numbers in a field of their own; its description may give them.
- How many have been returned or fixed isn’t in the notice.
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Sources
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U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, Recalls API.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. Public domain (U.S. Government work). CPSC asks to be credited, and that no endorsement be implied.
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