Worlds Oldest!
Waterbed Specialty Store
 est 1969

San Francisco Bay Area, birth place of the
modern day waterbed...

 

Odds n Ends Waterbeds
has proudly served the Bay Area since 1969.

According to legend, the Greeks and Romans slept on "skins filled with water," and Ancient Persians and Egyptians conducted fertility rites on "water filled goat skins." 


 Today's consumer-oriented waterbed evolved from a 1967 graduate program design project of a San Francisco State University student named Charles Hall.

He called it the "Pleasure Pit". 




He applied for a patent and in 1969, formed the Innerspace corporation to market his product.

The youth of America fell in love with them. At that time in the Bay Area, just about every hippie slept on a waterbed mattress. It was nothing like today's waterbed.

Our stores first waterbed mattress was just a large vinyl bag filled with water on the floor without a frame or safety liner.

To lay on it was groovy, like far out, my old friend from Switzerland would say "far awaaay".
Within a short time the waterbed became strongly associated with the counterculture.
 


The times were changing. It was a time of peace and love. A time to be free and seek truth and well being, become one with the universe. The hippie movement was united, after all....... we are all one.



In the beginning, most waterbed mattresses sold, were sold to hippies. It was considered by many to be just a fad.

It was a lot of fun to splash around on a bag filled with unjulating water..... Young people made the most of it.



Research has proven that when sleeping on water there are less pressure points on your body, which means you don't have to toss and turn as much.
This allows you to sleep deeper. When you sleep deeper you need less sleep...

Haven't Slept in Days?...    Start Sleeping all Nite!

 

There's a water mattress for everyone, from a soft yielding surface to extra firm with lumbar support. 

 

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       Yes!...I love this Waterbed!...That's my final answer!

 A water mattress provides (naturally) what other mattresses only try to imitate.

      This man is crying because they don't have  Waterbeds in this hospital.

 Here a softside waterbed mattress goes through vigorous testing.

The waterbed industry was growing and perfecting itself.



A mattress designed specifically for expecting women.

A water mattress provides (naturally) what other mattresses only try to imitate.



An industry filled with revolution and a constant search for perfection and innovations.



It wasn't just a passing fad after all. The waterbed was gaining credibility.




Childrens Hospital Oakland Ca.

The therapeutic benefits were appealing to people of all walks of life.



A waterbed is no longer a vinyl waterbag placed on the floor without a heater or frame.


The more the bedder!



The waterbed has developed into a highly refined and specialized sleeping system that reflects a conventional furniture theme rather than the hippie counterculture image it once had.



The Waterbed is now widely accepted around the world.   

Along with the growth of the waterbed industry, Odds 'N' Ends Waterbeds also grew.


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We have been successfully selling waterbeds for over four decades.



We have experience in both retailing and manufacturing, with many exclusive designs of our own.

I was a young man when I first started my business and sold my first waterbed.



It's over forty years later, and I still have the same enthusiasm about selling waterbeds today as I did then. It's easy, because I believe in my product. 

I believe that a waterbed is the most comfortable and healthy sleep there is.

All I have to do is listen to my own body or what our customers have to say about their waterbeds.
 
Water is soothing,  We're born in it. We are mostly water and so is our earth.

If you are not now sleeping on water, please consider all the facts and remember that you spend 1/3 of your life in bed... Waterbeds are Bedder...

The advantages of a waterbed are many... Above all is the feeling you get when your eyes are closed...

 Sweet Dreams


Thank you...to my daughter's for hosting our on line store... They started out on a crib size waterbed...

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