Use #1: Not your grandma’s alarm clock. Make your old cell phones permanent bedside companions with an app that can help you fall asleep or ease you into your day.

Devon Dey details his process for restoring a 200-year-old grandfather clock that was passed down through many generations.

If you have an old iPhone and want to do something other than trading it in, you can make it your dedicated white noise machine and alarm clock. Here's how.