@pnathan > don't, when the baby grows up a little you can pop some chalkboard paint or magnetic paint onto the picture area for an art surface, or even just some whiteboard markers that will rub off the glass.

I don't have a video for this one but if you picture the desk in the first video lower down as a bench, you can throw some low wheeled bins underneath it for things you'll only need occasionally - push one into the space where the bottom of the bookcase would be to use a space that would be hard to utilise otherwise and the wheels will make dragging it out easier