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I think toning down the colors and new hardware would go a long way. If you change out the hinges, just be aware that you currently have hinges that attach to the front of the door and the front of the cabinet. Many of the hinges now are hidden and secure inside the door. Changing to this type of hinge will require you to make some adjustment to the cabinet or door because of the additional width of a hinge. I learned this the hard way at the end of a DIY remodel when none of the cabinet doors would close until I sanded down the edge of each door to account for the 1/8 inch of the hinge.

I agree with expanding your Craig's List posting to a larger geographic area. Someone would likely be willing to drive quite the distance for a high end product at a good price. We have an Oeuf and I don't know that I could part with it for less than what you're asking. If you do want to store it, just wrap it up really good. Ours just came out of storage (was there for 6+ months) and was in perfect condition. We had it wrapped in plastic and blankets and it didn't get any dings or scratches.

This year Santa scored an awesome train table off of Craigslist and some train track from eBay. I think it's a great place to consider for holiday gifts and we will continue to do shop Craigslist in the future.

This has happened to me twice! Took forever to get all of the glass shards out of the oven. I've stopped using glass bakeware as a result.

We hiked Yosemite with our one year-old using a kelty external frame pack. It was very comfortable for both myself and my husband and I highly recommend it. The pack gave our daughter a great view of everything and she loved it. I definitely recommend checking into that and trying one on. If you have an REI near you should be able to test it out there. That's where we got ours several years ago.

Love this idea. Must make one.

We had some vintage flash cards and had two pieces of plexiglass cut at the Home Depot that were a little larger than the card. Then we sandwiched the card between the plexiglass and used a clear glue in the corners. You could see the glue a little but there might be a better product out there. Then we used a binder clip at the top as the hook and have them hanging in the room. They would not be interchangeable like that but you could do this until you wanted to use them more regularly.

Great suggestions already. Here are mine:
Package of cloth diapers - use as burp cloth, changing pad protector, etc.
Diapers and wipes - include a travel pack of wipes (we totally forgot about needing wipes on the go with our first one)
California baby soap or similar
Munchkin dishwasher basket (if they have a dishwasher) - great for bottles, pacifiers, little baby toys, etc.
Good swaddling blanket - I second Swaddle Designs
Sophie the Giraffe - every child I have given one to has become instantly attached to Sophie
Socks - I think trumpette stay on the best

Mary Meyer has a few wind-up plush toys. They are available on amazon but here's a link to the website, just search for "wind-up" and they come up: http://www.marymeyer.com

Also, carter's has a wind-up giraffe (maybe what @southwick was talking about) and here's a link: http://www.amazon.com/Carters-Child-Giraffe-Wind-up-Musical/dp/B00394TBZE/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=toys-and-games&qid=1289588257&sr=8-1-catcorr

One other option is I remember a musical (chimes, not wind up) apple from my childhood. It was fisher price and I think this is it (http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160500586512). May not fix the hitting himself on the head issue but would be close to shape and size.

cwarren - Looks like the oeuf mini library to me.

http://www.oeufnyc.com/theoeufminilibrary.aspx