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 ...

At their height of popularity in the mid-1980s, waterbeds made up one in five mattresses sold in Australia. By the 90s, demand had collapsed and waterbeds were left with a reputation of being daggy, a ...

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 ...

TAMARAC, FLA. (WSVN) - An iconic piece of furniture is making a comeback in South Florida. Once a staple of the ’70s and ’80s, the waterbed is back, thanks to City Furniture. Called “Afloat,” the ...

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 ...

Today, waterbeds make up only 2 percent of mattress sales, according to data from Specialty Sleep Association (formerly the Waterbed Manufacturers Association), but the retailers that still carry them ...

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 ...