Case of the disappearing water heater

Spring is finally here! Along with with the blooming trees and flowers comes the sweet smell of spring cleaning and redesigning. The big goal of the summer is to redo the kitchen in my apartment. The kitchen has great bones and quirks; large built in, nice size pantry, colorful flooring, large windows, new white appliances, and a large retro sink.

I plan on coyly persuading my landlord to let me paint and tile, and with new window treatments this kitchen will be dynomite!! That is with the exception of the huge, unattractive water heater in the middle of the room. Being that this is an older building there is a slim chance the landlord is going to do any remodeling, at least not right now. With this in mind a simple, yet creative, solution has to be made to camouflage the water heater.

Help! Send any of your suggestions to hide this monstrosity!!!