Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Nancy Gerrish, 78, reclines on her cherished waterbed with her dog Penny in her Los Feliz home. Gerrish has had a waterbed for 28 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though it’s hardly the first time there’s been talk of a comeback, new sleep-focused consumer trends may be turning the tide. It’s ...

If you were around in the 1980s and 1990s, you undoubtedly had or knew someone who had a waterbed, but they quickly fell out of fashion to the point that most young adults today have never even heard ...

Charlie Hall loves the water. He lives right on it, in a beautiful home on Bainbridge Island, Washington. And as an inventor, over the years he's come up with all kinds of ways to utilize water, from ...

The waterbed was invented by a San Francisco State University graduate student in 1969, and it quickly captured the American imagination. It soon became a symbol of the sex, drugs and rock ’n’ roll ...

Hike up your bell bottoms. The waterbed is relaunching in Florida. But don't confuse this new waterbed with the Free-Love symbol of the '70s. Gone (at least mostly) are the oceanic waves, now tamed by ...

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 ...

While the word “waterbed” may trigger flashbacks to groovier times, the idea of sleeping on a water-filled mattress has never completely faded away. Waterbed enthusiasts still praise the bed’s ...

The bed in Nancy Gerrish’s bright Los Feliz home appears perfectly normal — carved wooden headboard, fuzzy brown blanket, cream-colored bed skirt. The sheets are a tasteful leopard print. A few ...