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 ...
The modern waterbed started as a student idea. In 1968, Charles Hall presented a vinyl, water-filled mattress as part of his ...
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 ...
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 ...
Whatever you do, don’t call it a waterbed. The Wavy Gravy-era fixture evokes a time when the free flow, water-filled mattresses were closely associated with shag carpet and bead curtains. These days, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...