When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: Getty Images After dropping out of fashion in the 1990s, the humble waterbed seemed to ...

Nancy Gerrish, 78, reclines on her cherished waterbed with her dog Penny in her Los Feliz home. Gerrish has had a waterbed for 28 years after first sleeping on a friend's waterbed. (Genaro Molina / ...

He used Jell-O and cornstarch at first, but the squashy gunk, poured into a vinyl bladder, was too heavy to move. And it began to stink after a few days. Then he tried water. “Rancid Jell-O Led to ...

Have you noticed the resurgence of this nostalgic trend and wondered if it's worth a try? A mattress expert shares reasons why you might want to skip it. While it’s certainly not a full-scale revival, ...

Waterbeds are making a comeback at City Furniture this week. The Tamarac-based business got its start as Waterbed City in 1970s but sold its last waterbeds in 2003, going on to build a chain of 27 ...

BAINBRIDGE ISLAND – The waterbed was just a concept in a San Francisco art gallery, and Charles Hall was just a young graduate student floating an idea back in 1968. Half a century, a popular ...

TAMARAC, Fla. -- Water beds still elicit a wink, wink, nudge, nudge whenever they come up in conversation -- but two pioneers of the industry in the United States are hoping to generate a new wave of ...

It was 1968 in San Francisco. One year after the Grateful Dead joined Jimi Hendrix, the Mamas and the Papas, and Jefferson Airplane at the Monterey Pop Festival. A year after 100,000 hippies descended ...

Millennials, the inventor of the waterbed has a message for you. Especially those of you living right here in the Pacific Northwest, like he does. You need a waterbed. Charlie Hall is 71 and a ...

It’s been nearly 50 years since Charles Hall first unveiled the waterbed in San Francisco. Hall, then a graduate student in product design at San Francisco State University, said he designed the ...

Retailers have abandoned the once-popular mode of sleeping. Mozak's Furniture, 2414 Gordon Drive, is one of the few still selling waterbed components -- heaters, safety liners, mattresses and water ...

After dropping out of fashion in the 1990s, the humble waterbed seemed to vanish entirely. So where did waterbeds go? Why did ...